Project Proposal

Guidance and
Template
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Diploma in Creative
Media Production
and Technology
Diploma in Creative Media
Production and Technology

In producing the project proposal, and in Section 1 - Rationale

preparing for the project realisation, you (Approximately 100 words)
should familiarise yourself with Unit 8 of
the qualification. This section provides you with an opportunity
to reflect on, review and summarise your
In particular, you should understand the
progress and achievements through the first 7
assessment and grading criteria which will be
used to determine standards of achievement. units of the qualification, and the knowledge,
skills and understanding you have acquired:
Unit 8 requires you to produce a project What you know now, and what it means to
proposal of about 350 words, excluding the you, compared with what you knew and could
project action plan and bibliography. Project do before you started the course and how
proposals should not be so succinct that they this has influenced your choice of pathway
do not address the requirements listed and your project proposal.
below, nor should they be excessively long
and unfocused. Section 2 – Project concept
(Approximately 200 words)
Your project proposal should be sufficiently
challenging to ensure you have the
best possible chance of meeting the This section provides an opportunity for you
grading criteria. to clearly explain the concept and aims of
your project, the research and ideas that will
Your project proposal should include: support its development, what you anticipate
- Centre name and number producing, the levels and types of resources
- Candidate name and number that you will need and an indication of the
- Project proposal title and date form in which you will complete and
- Main area of activity / pathway, e.g. film, present your project realisation within
TV, games design etc.
the allocated timescale.
The project proposal must be word processed
and presented under the headings listed here: Section 3 - Evaluation
(Approximately 50 words)

This section provides an opportunity for you

to explain how you will reflect on and evaluate
your work, as both an ongoing activity and at
the conclusion of the project.

You should describe how you intend to

record your decision-making and how you
will document changes to your ideas as the
project progresses. The evaluation section
should reference your stated aims and
be reflective and analytical rather than a
description of actions completed.

When working in collaboration with others,

you should comment on how this may impact
either positively or adversely and outline the
steps you can take to minimise disruption to
your own progress.

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Diploma in Creative Media
Production and Technology
Project proposal template

Additional requirements, not included in the

350 word limit of the proposal:

Project action plan and timetable:

This section provides you with an opportunity

to outline your planning and organisation
over a period of weeks and the activities you
will need to carry out in order to successfully
complete your project in the agreed time
frame. The more time and thought you give to
planning your project, the more successful it is
likely to be.

It is important that you consider how you will

balance ambition, time and realism in the
realisation of the project. You should also
include what you are going to do, how you
will do it and by when. Remember to include:
time spent sourcing materials and other
resources to conduct research, feedback from
tutors and peers, and when you will carry out
independent study.

Bibliography (Harvard Format):

This section provides an opportunity to record

the initial research sources, both primary and
secondary, that you intend to use.

Your sources of research should be as wide

as possible and could include libraries,
galleries, books, magazines, films, computer
games, websites, blogs, social media, radio
programmes, archive material etc. Where
appropriate, you should use the Harvard
system of referencing. The bibliography should
be continuously updated as the
project progresses.

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 Diploma in Creative Media
Production and Technology
Unit 8 Project Proposal
Candidate Name
George Stevens

Candidate Number
20154390

Pathway
Graphic and Digital Design

Project Title
Culture Pamphlet/ booklet

Section 1: Rationale
(approx. 100 words)
The brief is asking me to create my project based on something I am
interested in, and develop it in the form of posters, storyboards, comic strips,
or some other form of media like that, and present it in a format like
magazines, pamphlets, or some other format. I am reasonably confident in
executing this project because it is entirely up to me, I have no restrictions,
limitations, or anything that could limit my ideas. This project will call upon
my knowledge of Adobe illustrator and photoshop as well as the research and
design skills I have acquired throughout my time at the college. This project
allows me to familiarize myself with the new Adobe software that I will need
to present my produced word, besides that the only opportunity this project
gives me is to refine my already existing skills.

Section 2: Project
Concept
My overall idea for this project is to create a pamphlet or booklet with
(approx. 200 words) educational information on Haitian Voodoo with the pages in a design layout
similar to a magazine, and images are done on Adobe Illustrator. My target
audience is people influenced by the negative interpretations of Voodoo in
pop culture as well as by other religions. The research I would need for my
project is research into specific parts of the religion I am doing the pamphlet
or booklet for, such as their deities, their priest and priestess, how they prey
and why and other parts of the religion I would need to look at, I would also
need to look into alternative forms to present my works in the format I want
to present my work in if I can’t print my work I would need other ways to
present my work such as FlipHTMI5, PowerPoint, a simple slide show and
others I might look into, and finally I would look at successful pamphlets,
booklets, and magazines to help design the final product when all the
illustrations are done. For practical work, I would need to do some practical
experimentation with Adobe InDesign to get familiar with it, and I would need
design sketches for the illustrations and layout sketches for the pages of my
final product, as well as final illustrations for the pages for visual
presentation. The resources I will need for this project would be pens,
pencils, and paper for design sketches, my computer and the Adobe software
I have listed priorly, and access to any of the forms of the presentation I have
already listed.
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Production and Technology
Unit 8 Project Proposal
Section 3: Evaluation
(approx. 50 words)
Throughout this project I will attempt to do a weekly blog, what I mean is that
on the Friday of each week, I will try to do a weekly blog depending on how
much work I have done and how much I need to do, I would like to do focus
groups but I am not sure if I will act on what I intend to do. I will use my
annotations to reflect on my work this will be done by reflecting on what I
have done what was good, what was bad, what needed improvement, and
how I will use it in later pieces of work, I will do this and I will also document
my decisions on the project as well as extra research, new skills and the
results of feedback improvements. Finally, at the end of the project, I will
write a full evaluation.

Proposed Research Refugiatei, W. made this site S.D. and D.A.M.A.A. (n.d.). James Duvalier. [online] jamesduvalier.com.
Sources and Available at: https://jamesduvalier.com/articles/role-ancestors-voodoo/ [Accessed 17 Mar. 2023].
Bibliography
(Harvard Format) fliphtml5.com. (n.d.). Free HTML5 Flip Book Maker Online; Interactive HTML5 Digital Publishing
Platform for Magazines, Catalogs, and more | FlipHTML5. [online] Available at: https://fliphtml5.com/.

Learn Religions. (n.d.). Maman Brigitte, Loa of the Dead in Voodoo Religion. [online] Available at:
https://www.learnreligions.com/maman-brigitte-4771715.

Wikipedia. (2022). Manbo (Vodou). [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbo_(Vodou).

Guynup, S. (2004). Inside the Voodoo Rituals of Haiti. [online] National Geographic. Available at:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/haiti-ancient-traditions-voodoo.

Open, H. (2020). Haitian Art: History, Galleries and More. [online] Haiti Open, Inc. Available at:
https://m.haitiopen.com/country/haitian-art/ [Accessed 17 Mar. 2023].

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). How Change InDesign page size! [online] Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2qhgR6ZQ-k [Accessed 21 Mar. 2023].

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). InDesign - How To Insert & Delete Pages. [online] Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5dAK9OMho [Accessed 21 Mar. 2023].

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). GLOW EFFECT in Adobe Photoshop - glowing objects (1 min tutorial). [online]
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xds4PBtlFv4 [Accessed 24 Mar. 2023].

Art, S. (2020). How to Create Glowing Lines on Portrait Image - Photoshop Easy Tutorial. YouTube.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MDdAeP3yvU.

www.youtube.com. (n.d.). Neon Light Effect Photoshop Tutorial | Glowing Line Effect. [online] Available
at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIUL43nzW0 [Accessed 24 Mar. 2023].

Samara, T. (2017). Making and breaking the grid : a graphic design layout workshop. Beverly,
Massachusetts: Rockport.

www.vistaprint.co.uk. (n.d.). Save the Date Cards, Save the Dates | VistaPrint UK. [online] Available at:
https://www.vistaprint.co.uk/stationery/save-the-
dates?quickView=6669438&PCXTVATINCLUSIVE=&utm_id=2B03501281516408222761&coupon=&partner
=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BING_UK_EN_Consumer_Save-the-
Dates_Main&utm_term=%2Fsave-the-dates&ps_vtp=279360859 [Accessed 17 May 2023].

www.pens.com. (n.d.). Branded Office Supplies & Stationery | National Pen. [online] Available at:
https://www.pens.com/uk/c/office?cd=&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NB-UK-
EN-DSA-Non-
Pens&msclkid=441cc5c7dc0a1c66f111a1a3191cf9f8&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pens.com%2Fuk%2
Fc%2Foffice&utm_content=Office-Asortment [Accessed 17 May 2023].

Wall, K. and Clerici, C. (2015). Vodou is elusive and endangered, but it remains the soul of Haitian people.
[online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/vodou-haiti-
endangered-faith-soul-of-haitian-people [Accessed 12 Dec. 2019].
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 Project Action Plan and Timetable
Date Week Activity / What you are intending to do - Resources / What you will need to do it -
Week
Beginning including independent study including access to workshops

Layout for the final product with how Pens, Pencils, and Paper, as well as
many pages. my computer to document design
staged.
Illustration context information and
1 17/4/23
design sketches for the paged.

Final Product page layout design.

Pens, Pencils, and Paper, as well as

my computer with Adobe software’s to
digitally develop document design
Finalizing the illustration design
staged.
sketches and starting digital illustrations.
2 24/4/23

Finalizing page with the information and Pens, Pencils, and Paper, as well as
attempting digital design on another my computer with Adobe software’s to
3 1/5/23
Adobe software before getting feedback digitally develop document design
and adding it to InDesign. staged.

My computer with Weebly to pair the

Finalizing the digital design and pairing pages and document design staged.
4 8/5/23
them with the visual illustrations Weebly.

My computer with Weebly to pair the

Organizing and placing the pages in the pages, organize them and document
5 15/5/23
right order. design staged.

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 Inserting them into InDesign and My computer with Weebly and other
attempting to put the pages into a digital
things I have access to put it all
6 22/5/23 booklet or pamphlet or putting them into
a slideshow or PowerPoint in case together and document design staged.
printing isn’t available.

May Half Term (1 week)

My computer with Weebly to write the

evaluation and document design
Get feedback from peers and improve if
staged.
7 5/6/23 necessary them final evaluation for the
project

8 12/6/23

Date Week Activity / What you are

Beginning intending to do - including
independent study

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