1. Proposal
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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Number:
Abigail Long
Project proposal title and date:
Don’t forget to read the fine print in your demon summoning ritual
Main area of activity:
This is a print project, so mainly visual aspects like graphic design and editing
Rationale:
Throughout the last few years I’ve been at college I’ve focused on the more visual aspects of my
work. I appreciate style and order, and I like going outside of my comfort zone and experimenting
with various styles. I’d say I’ve grown the most working with pixel-art, which was a skill I never
used to be able to do and now practice regularly. I’ve also gotten significantly better at editing from
when I first started, even though I personally think there’s still a lot I can learn. Of course, I’ve been
writing for mot of my life, but having to do so with certain limitations to meet criteria has been a
task I’ve continuously struggled with. I have improved a lot at it, but I still prefer a more freestyle
way of writing. I’m hoping to use my visual skills and editing skills to create an aesthetically
pleasing work that matches the setting of the book.
Project Concept:
The concept for my project is a single narrator explaining how to summon demons to the audience
in a comedic way.
I think the good way to present this would be as a fanzine or a pamphlet about 6 pages long. It’ll
be split up into certain sections, along with a front cover, back cover, introduction and contents
page. I’m aiming it towards teenagers my age, so the majority will be very modern humour with a
few pop culture references and acknowledgements to popular trends. I’m not sure what it’ll look
like aesthetically, I want it to be kind of a cross between dark colours and lighting to the classic
white and yellow blocky style of a informational book. Everything will be written out and most likely
stylised to suit this.
I mainly want to focus on getting the comedic feel right, so I’ll be focusing on other TV shows,
movies and books that have leaned in this direction. I may focus on a few specific people well
known for this as well as some comedians, and I’ll research fanzines for general layout
commonalities. As well as that, I’ll look into different cryptids and internet humour (mainly memes)
to find out what people my age appreciate. I’m hoping that branching out and researching from
several different sources will help me make the best project I can.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
I’ll publish my work online and reach out to my online contacts for feedbacks, as well as asking
other teenagers for their feedback. I may conduct a questionnaire for feedback as well.
For self-reflecting, I’m going to keep a note on what changes I make and whether they positively or
negatively effect my work. At the end I can sum up the progress I’ve made as well as evaluating
my work as a whole.
By doing this, I’ll hopefully find a good process for finding feedback and criticism so I can keep
improving during college and for personal projects. Being able to see what caused problems
means I can work around those issues in my next project too, and I’ll overall be able to see what
areas I need to improve in so I can work on those further ad expand my skills.
2. Proposal
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Bibliography:
1. The Good Place (2016-2020) NBC 19/12/16
2. Galactic Café (2011) The Stanley Parable PC Game.
3. Fink, J & Cranor, J . (2012). Welcome To Night Vale. Available:
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4. David Gilbert, B. (2018). Polygon Unravelled. Available:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaDrN74SfdT7Ueqtwn_bXo1MuSWT0ji2w. Last
accessed 14/03/2020.
5. Juan Pablo Arce . (2008). SCP Foundation. Available: http://www.scp-wiki.net/. Last accessed
14/03/2020.
6. Final Destination. DVD. Jeffrey Reddick (March 17th, 2000)
7. The Cabin in the Woods. DVD. Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon (March 9th, 2012)
8. Shaun of the Dead. DVD. Edgar Wright. (29th March, 2004)
9. Ghostbusters. DVD. Ivan Reitman. (7th June, 1984)
10. Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) WB 10/03/97
Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Pre-production Proposal and background research
2 Pre-production Research- primary and secondary
3 Pre-production Research- primary and secondary
4 Pre-production Experiments
5 Pre-production Experiments
6 Pre-production Pre-Production and planning
7 Pre-production Pre-Production and planning
8 Production Production and reflections
9 Production
10 Production
11 Production Draft peer feedback
12 Production
13 Production
14 Evaluation Evaluation
15 Evaluation Evaluation
16 Evaluation Presentation
17 Moderation
18 Show Preparation
19 Show
