Proposal

1. York College 48357
Hannah Flowers
Title- The Year of Women
Main Area- Journalism and independent publishing
Rationale-
Throughout the two years which have led up to this project, I have learnt many new skills.
Last year, I learnt the basics of InDesign during my print rotation but this year I feel as
though I have more of an understanding of InDesign. This year I have been mainly focusing
on creating print based projects. This year alone I have created two fanzine layouts which
have needed knowledge on Photoshop and InDesign. Throughout these projects I have
learnt how to create a layout for a fanzine as well as other things. From my most recent
project for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust I learnt how to create textures on Photoshop for the
illustrations. From what I have learnt in the past two years, I hope that I can make a project
which my audience will like as well as creating a project which looks professional.
Project Concept-
From the past few years I have noticed what my strengths are and my weaknesses. From my
first year, it was easy to say that film and video was definitely not my strong point but print
was. For my previous fanzine project, I created a general feminism fanzine- this featured
history of feminism, influential women and the best feminist books in 2018. I want to carry
on with this idea. For my FMP, I am going to create a follow on from this fanzine instead
with the theme of Role models. I wanted to create something personal to me. My main idea
is to interview people all around the world and find their role models and why this person
inspires them. This is going to require a lot of research but I am prepared to put in 110%
into this project, the research which I will conduct will make this project more professional
and knowledgeable. This fanzine is going to be something which people won’t have seen
before so I want to create the best articles, drawings and poems for this project. At the end
of the project, I want to look at my work and feel proud, so much so that I can showcase my
project on different websites and maybe even competitions.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed?
Over the past projects which I have completed, my evaluation has always been a weakness
this project will be different. I want to create a good evaluation, to do this I will complete a
development diary. For the first few weeks of this project I will create a weekly diary but
when it comes to my production at the end of the day I will complete a development diary
on the day and what I have managed to achieve. This is something which I want to excel
myself in as before in my other projects this is the section which has brought my grade
down. The development diary will help when I reach my final reflection section as I can refer
back to what I struggled with and how I overcame that. I hope that by doing this process of
reflection I can use it in my future, self-reflection is a skill which I will need at university so if
I perfect this it will help me in the next few years.

2. Bibliography-
1. .. (.). Caitlin Moran . Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Moran.
Last accessed 24th January 2019.
2. FemNewsMagazine (2017). Divinity. Mexico City: Fem Newsmagazine. p1-36.
3. Teal Triggs (2010). Fanzines. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd . p130-170.
4. John Waters (2010). Role Models. America: Tantor Media. ..
5. Mary Queen of Scots produced by Josie Rourke,Glen Coe (distributed by Universal
Pictures 2019) 125 minutes.
6. Greer, Germaine (2001). 101 Poems . London: Faber & Faber. p1-224.
7. Your, Name. (2019) Target Audience Research Survey (conducted on DATE)
8. Interviewees, Name. (2019) Target Audience Interviews (conducted on DATE)
9. Your, Name. (2019) Target Audience Research Survey (conducted on DATE)
10. Interviewees, Name. (2019) Target Audience Interviews (conducted on DATE)
11. Taylor, Marilyn. “Writing like a woman: it’s time to finally squash the stereotypes of
women poets.”. The writer, 2007, p 17.
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 Production 
15 Evaluation  Evaluation
16 Evaluation  Evaluation
17 Evaluation  Presentation
18 Moderation 
19 Show Preparation 
20 Show 