This document is a project proposal by Daniel Alexander Davidson Firth about creating a website and short video honoring his great uncle who was a RAF pilot in World War 2 and was lost in action. The project will include animated banners, interviews with family members, historical photos, and research on the plane model and squadron. Research sources will include family records and online archives. Progress will be evaluated daily during production and through peer review. The final project will be compared to similar WWII and squadron websites and videos.

1. Proposal
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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Unique Learner Number:
Daniel Alexander Davidson Firth 369669
Project proposal title and date:
The lost pilot 14/1/21
Main area of activity:
Print/ website
Rationale:
In the past 2 years I have learnt how to format my pre-production work, from pre-proposals to my
experiments and how to format my ideas and put them onto documents, I have also learnt how to
professionally produce and evaluate my projects. I have learnt how to format my pre-production
work from past projects such as my factual topic, as lots of research and planning was needed to
produce a mini documentary. During that project I also learnt how to edit footage and audio
together and add effects and use premier pro. In past projects I have also learnt how to evaluate
my work to the best standard and evaluate every aspect of my work from pre-production to my
final production.
As I am planning on making a website with animation imbedded in it, one past project that will help
me with my current project is the animation project as I learnt how to create smooth flowing
animations on photoshop.
Project Concept:
I am planning to make a website with a animated banner and a short video or something similar for
one of the pages, I want to make it themed around my great uncle who was a RAF pilot in ww2
and was unfortunately lost in action, when flying back from a mission. for the video I am wanting to
use interviews of my family and still pictures of him and his squadron with the script talking about
my great uncle before, during and then his legacy. For the print portion of my project I want to use
still pictures of my great uncle with promotional text about the film i am wanting to create.
For the research I will be using the research my grandad has done whilst researching my family’s
history, I will also need to use the internet and research the plane that was being flown, similar
incidents. The history/ current events of the squadron he was in (118), with what is available to the
public and what my grandad has managed to get a hold of, and as I am a blood relative I can also
request information from the MOD archives, witch if not classified should have his Commanding
officers report of the incident.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
I will review and evaluate my work by documenting and reviewing my work on the daily after each
day of production, I will evaluate the good and bad parts of my progress that day. I will also
evaluate all my pre-production and production I will evaluate the quality and quantity of my written
work, during production and once my project is completed I will use peer analysis and review to
help me evaluate my work and if I have enough time I will work on improvements if any are pointed
out too me by my peers.
There are many websites on similar subjects (ww2) which I will compare my own against in terms
of quality and design, as I am also wanting to create a video for my project I will compare that to

2. Proposal
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Bibliography:
1. Daniel, Firth. (2021) creator (conducted on …)
2. Alexander, Davidson. Research and evaluation (2021) Interviews (conducted on …)
3. Existingwebsite:research:118 Squadron - Personnel 003 Flight Sergeant George Alexander
Croall (rafjever.org) (seen on 19/1/21)
4. Existingwebsite:research,evaluation:118 Sqn - Long History 2 (rafjever.org) (seen on
19/1/21)
5. Book:research: Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two – Spearhead of Victory - Google
Books (firstseen19/1/21)
6. Existingwebsite:research: 118 Squadron - Royal Air Force (helis.com) (seen 19/1/21)
7. Enid,Davidsonresearchandevaluation(conductedon…)
8. Existingwebsite:research: Forces War Records - Over 26 Million Military Records & Military
History Data (forces-war-records.co.uk) (seen 19/1/21)
9. Book:research:RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII - Google Books (seen 19/1/21)
10. Website :research:No.118 Squadron | Squadrons | Research | National Cold War Exhibition (seen
19/1/21)
Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Pre-production  Background research
2 Pre-production  Background research & Proposal
3 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary
4 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary
5 Pre-production  Experiments
6 Pre-production  Experiments
7 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning
8 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning
9 Production  Production and reflections
10 Production 
11 Production  Draft peer feedback
12 Production 
13 Production 
14 Production  Evaluation
15 Evaluation  Evaluation
16 Evaluation  Presentation
17 Moderation  Prepare ideas and resources for show
18 Show Preparation 
19 Show 
Moderation: When you will be off timetable after the final hand in and are getting everything ready for
the show
Show: Minimum input doing an analysis video of your own work linking back to influences and your
original intentions for the project. Some students have done broadcasts, exhibitions and screenings of
their work also to get a higher grade. Though you may not be able to do this due to Covid, you can
still plan and record your ideas as if you were able to for a higher grade.
existing similar videos on terms of content and quality.