Chloe Ross proposes a mystery/thriller film trailer as her final major project. She will create a trailer, poster, DVD covers, and possibly merchandise for a serial killer film. Ross has experience making videos, podcasts, and a horror trailer that prepared her for the technical and creative challenges. She will research film techniques from influences like James Wan, Christopher Nolan, and Martin Scorsese. Ross will film scenes, edit the trailer, add sound effects, and create additional materials over 19 weeks. She will evaluate her work and skills throughout the process and present the final project.

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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Unique Learner Number:
Chloe Paige Ross 7225653880
Project proposal title and date:
Decipher 12/01/21
Main area of activity:
The main area of activity I will be making my project in is film.
Rationale:
Throughout my years in college, I have created a range of products from video games to film.
Making a video game has helped me learn the different aspects of what I can do in photoshop, this
could help me when it comes to making my FMP as when I make my film poster, I could do one as
a moving image. I have also created a podcast in my first year which helped me experiment with
sound and how to change the pitch to make the voice deeper or higher, learning this will also help
me when it comes to recording sound for my FMP especially with the voices. At the end of my first
year at college I made a horror trailer for my FMP, when I made this it was during lockdown so I
had to find a way around making it with the limitations, this has prepared me for when I make my
final project this year and how I will go about production and what software I can use in case
College’s are unavailable. Knowing this now has helped me create a concept for my FMP that I
know is doable in case lockdown is put in place.
Project Concept:
I plan to make a mystery/thriller trailer, the plot is about a serial killer who is targeting specific
people and leaving their bodies for a certain detective to find. Every time a body is found the victim
is left with a puzzle box in one hand, a bag over their heads and a tape recorder in the other hand.
The puzzles are left by the killer for the detective to solve and if they solve one, they stop a murder
and are one step closer to finding out who the killer is. Along with the trailer I also plan to make a
poster, and experiment with trying to make a moving image poster as well. I also plan to make
DVD covers and if I have time some merchandise design as well. In order to make my project to
the best standard I will need to conduct some research, looking at movie trailers, posters and I will
also need to conduct some primary research making interviews and surveys. This will help me get
a better understanding about how I can go about making my project, looking at trailers will allow
me to see the different ways it’s edited and clips they use to convey the plot, looking at posters will
give me ideas about designs I can use to show the genre of the film and looking at primary
research will help me understand the audience and what they are looking for in the film genre I
have chosen. I will also be researching some major influences for my trailer, such as James Wan,
Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese. These directors have all been major influences towards
me wanting to work in film and looking at their works and what inspired them will give me a better
understanding towards how I can go about making my trailer by implying the techniques my
influencers have used on their own works.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
When it comes to evaluating my final project I will be doing self-reflections on my work when I start
production looking at what went well that week and what I need to work on, then I will move onto
my final self-reflection looking at everything I have done to work towards my final outcome of the
project as well as the final piece itself, I will be evaluating what went well, how I managed my time
and how I could of improved it. Evaluating my work and criticising it will help me in the future as I
can look back at what went well and apply the same techniques in my future works, the same goes
for anything I find that goes wrong in my project I can find ways to either improve or avoid it in my
future projects. Overall doing this will help me improve on my works and learn where I go wrong
within my projects and improve on that.

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Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Pre-production  Proposal, explaining what the concept of my
project is and what will aid me to make it.
Background research, researching influencers in
my chosen field as well as theory research.
2 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary, researching
trailers, posters and DVD covers as well as
conducting interviews and surveys
3 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary continuing
researching existing products and gather primary
responses.
4 Pre-production  Experiments, experimenting different techniques I
can use when filming such as audio or transitions
and even editing techniques.
5 Pre-production  Experiments, continuing finishing off experiments
and do some extra if finished
6 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning, Start writing up risk
assessments, and filling out location forms as

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well as gathering up the cast and team needed.
7 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning, writing up scripts
and storyboards ready for production.
8 Production  Production and reflections, start the production of
my trailer filming the first scenes I have planned
to shoot in my planning.
9 Production  Second day of filming try and finish off filming the
scenes I need in my trailer, then go through the
footage to see if there is any reshoots needed.
10 Production  Third day of filming if re shoots are needed, if not
then it is the first day of editing the clips together
in a chronological sequence
11 Production  Draft peer feedback, collect feedback from peers
on the work I have done so far.
12 Production  Continue editing the clips and collect any sound
effects if needed to be edited into the projects.
After Editing it all together move onto creating my
poster and DVD covers.
13 Production  Go through the final product making sure
everything is okay with it, finish off the posters
and extra products I plan to make along with it.
14 Evaluation  Evaluation, evaluate what I have produced
looking at what went well throughout the whole
production and what I could of improved on.
15 Evaluation  Evaluation, continue the evaluation still looking at
where I could improve and gather feedback from
peers.
16 Evaluation  Presentation, present my final project to the class
explaining what I did and why I wanted to make
it.
17 Moderation  Tutors will moderate my final project.
18 Show Preparation  Show how I planned and prepared to get to my
final piece.
19 Show  Share my final project to everyone, in a
presentation.