The student proposes a documentary pilot episode focusing on interviewing children of people born before the 1950s about their parents' lives. The project will last under 10 minutes and include still images, b-roll footage, and a single continuous shot of the interview. Extensive pre-production research will be done on documentary styles, directors, and existing works. Production will involve filming interviews in Harrogate and Filey then editing the footage, adding titles, credits, and music. The work will be evaluated based on what went well, what could be improved, and changes that would be made for future projects.

1. Proposal
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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Number:
Toni Ann Gibson
Project proposal title and date:
The Blackwell Tale
Main area of activity:
In my video I will mostly focus on Film. This will be including one continuous shot of the main
interviewee and some b-roll footage to break up the continuous shot. I would also want include still
images of photographs that relate to what is being spoken about.
Rationale:
Throughout the two years at college, I think I have improved a lot with the write up tasks. For
technical skills I think I have improved on how the final look of my films come out. Whether that
being the colour grading or the overall exposure. I have also learnt the importance of sound
editing. Having the correct sort of music can make or break a film. I have also learnt a lot of
different skills in premiere pro, such as how to make a title of a film look good, whether that is
using appropriate font or what is in the background of the title. I have also looked at the proper way
to lay out credit as well as what to include in them. I have also learnt the correct way on how to set
up a shot for an interview. Having the person off to one side and looking at the interviewer not the
camera when they talk gives the video a lot more of a professional look. All these skills I have
learnt, I think will help me to create my project to the best it can be.
Project Concept:
The idea for my project is a pilot episode for a documentary series that looks at different people’s
lives and how people lived before the 1950’s. To achieve this, I plan on interviewing the children of
people born before the 50’s and have them tell their parents stories. Within my production I would
like to use a lot of still images. I want to do this so that the audience watching can get a clear
understanding of who the person being interviewed is talking about as well as what they look like. I
also want to include some b-roll footage to break up the constant shot of the interview. I plan on
having my project to last for just under 10 minutes. I want it to last this long because I don’t want to
rush through different points that the interviewee is going to make. Also I don’t want the person
being interview to talk fast. I want them to talk slowly because the topics that are going to be talked
about are going to be quite sensitive. I also want to include pauses between each points that are
made. I decided to do this because I don’t want to jump to another point having people miss what
is being said next. I plan on ending my project with an “in memory of” because I think it going to be
something that the people watching would remember. The research I plan on doing for my project
would include looking at existing documentary series, documentary producers and presenters and
how a documentary is set up.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
When it comes to evaluating my work, I plan on looking at what went well for each part of my
project and what didn’t go so well. I plan on comparing the two to see what could have been done
better. I also will be including points that I would change if I would have to do it again. During
production I and keeping a production diary and can reference back to that when it comes to
evaluating my project, I can talk about what specific things went good/bad and what part of
production it happened and why. The diaries will also have how I overcame any issues during my
production, and whether it made my production any better. When evaluating my work I want to
reference to specific things that could have gone wrong because doing this will help me to avoid
these issues again when doing other projects.

2. Proposal
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Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Pre-production  Proposal and background research
 Researching different directors
 Looking at existing products
2 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary
 Look at the different style camera shots I would
like to include within my product
 Compare different directors and their styles to my
own project idea
3 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary
 Research existing documentaries
 The styles and length of different types of docs
 What problems I could face
4 Pre-production  Experiments
 Look at my target audience
 Look at my target age group
 Why these specific groups?
5 Pre-production  Experiments
 Looking at solving problems
 What issues could I face
 What could I do to prevent these issues
6 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning
 Planning what I would want to call my
documentary
 Why have I called it this
 Film schedule
 Filming set up style
 Who will be helping me film
 When I will be filming

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7 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning
 Prompt script
 Camera set ups
 Editing points/ideas
8 Production  Production and reflections
 Filming (Harrogate)
9 Production  Filming (Filey)
 Opening shot
 Re-film interviews
10 Production  Start to edit
 Sync up audio
 Trim footage
11 Production  Draft peer feedback
 What changes could I make?
12 Production  Continue to edit my film
 Add in my choice of music
13 Production  Make my title screen
14 Production  Make credits scene
15 Evaluation  Evaluation
 What changes could I make
16 Evaluation  Evaluation
 What do I like?
 What could be better?
17 Evaluation  Presentation
18 Moderation  Any catch up work
19 Show Preparation  Make presentation display for mac
 Include last years work
 Write a short description of my film
20 Show  Get public feed back on my film