The student proposes creating a podcast exploring Japanese mythology, specifically the tale of "The Bamboo Cutter". Research on similar podcasts informed the concept of an informative yet fictional podcast, where a story is followed by facts about its history. The podcast aims to educate audiences of all ages and genders. Evaluation will include self-reflections and peer feedback to improve weaknesses. A 19-week schedule outlines pre-production research, production, evaluation, and a final presentation.

1. Proposal
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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Unique Learner Number:
Thea Hope Jennings 359915
Project proposal title and date:
Monogatari
Main area of activity:
Podcast
Rationale:
Over the last two years this course has taught me a wide variety of skills and knowledge that I can
put together and use here. I have done several different projects in audio that has helped me in
many ways, due to the variety of what I created. Over time I have become proficient with a
microphone and with various Adobe products such as Audition and Photoshop. I discovered new
ways to speed up the editing process using techniques such as Inline Tools and more complex
cuts done with only a crop tool. This has made me confident that I can make a podcast more
superior than anything I have made before. As I have learnt how to use Photoshop in many print
projects, I can create an abundance of extra products. It will be a massive help in creating posters
and several types of merchandise that could end up being the area to bring my project up from a
merit to a distinction. Another project that will help massively is my audio project. As of now my
idea will involve a lot of voice overs, sound effects and music. From my audio project in the first
year, I have an advantage as I made an audio story involving all these aspects. It means I will be
able to add these to my film in a way that feels natural, making them fit in well with the rest of it,
allowing everything to blend and creating a solid final product.
This year I think my first project, which was the client project, will really help towards this project. It
is where I learnt a lot about depth of field and how important post-production can be to make a
video as good as it can be.
The whole outline of each different project has led up to what I am doing now. Pre-production has
its similarities for every single different media outlet, all involving research and having to plan in
ways both similar and different, but it has also taught me how to delegate work.
Project Concept:
My project is a podcast exploring Japanese mythology and specifically exploring the oldest
Japanese fable of all time “The Bamboo Cutter”.
In preparation for this project, I researched a few various products as well as people, straight off
the bat when we first had to brainstorm ideas, I already had a clear idea of what I wanted to create
however the research really tried everything together and any loose screws within my concept and
initial ideas were tightened. The products I researched all had specific aspects that I liked for
example, I like the mixture of fact and fiction in the podcast ‘Lore’ or the sequencing and
information within a story for an audience such as 'Tales’ I will use that information and those
specific aspects form the mentioned products to influence my final product so that all its technical
aspects (e.g., tone and mood, editing, sound etc.) are as good as they can be and are coherent
with the story that I want to tell. The project that I am going create is an informative yet fictional
podcast, the concept of the project is very liner, the idea is that we can listen to a certain folklore
from Ancient Japan such as ‘The Bamboo cutter” then after the story finishes the radio host will tell
the listener certain facts about the story and the history behind it. The podcast logo and the t-shirt
will tie in as the product behind my project is a radio show campaign, so the audio ad and poster
work quite well as a tie in; as well as adding professionalism.

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Audience Classification
My audience will be male and female and of different ages, this is because my podcast is
informing and entertaining people of the famous folklores and facts behind the legends of Japan
and I also hold the belief that unknown stories and information can be learned and discovered by
many different ages and genders. The stories and historical information used within the podcast
will be the type of stories and information that you will hear in podcasts such as Lore and Tales
and which again tends to be enjoyed by an audience of all genders and ages. My audience will fall
into the social grades ABC1, this is because this audience will be more likely to have a disposable
income compared to social grades C2DE which do not have as much disposable income. The
Psychographic results are based on my personal knowledge of political stereotypes as well as
gender and age stereotypes, which leads me to believe that seen as though most of the audience
who would listen to this podcast are people of different ages and genders that leaning left
politically the audience is likely to fall under the following psychographics: Emulator; and Bala.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
The main way I will evaluate my work is by going through everything piece by piece and talk about
what worked and what did not. This itself will be done in two ways, through an evaluation
PowerPoint at the end of the project, and a weekly reflection which will be done throughout the
project, which will show, and I think I have done well and what I could improve on. As well as
evaluating it myself, I will show what I have done to other people and allow them to tell me what I
have done well and what I need to do better. This will be especially important as multiple opinions
are much better, as well as seeing my project from a unique perspective.

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Bibliography:
1. Anon. (2021). The Legend of the Bamboo Cutter and the Princess of the Moon.
Available: https://www.faena.com/aleph/the-legend-of-the-bamboo-cutter-and-
the-princess-of-the-moon. Last accessed 13th Jan 2021.
2. Anon. (2016). Princess Kaguya and the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Available:
https://fairytale.fandom.com/wiki/Princess_Kaguya_and_the_Tale_of_the_Bamboo
_Cutter. Last accessed 13th Jan 2021.
3. Anon.(2011). Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) (竹
取
物
語
). Available:
https://www.japanese-wiki-
corpus.org/literature/Taketori%20Monogatari%20(The%20Tale%20of%20the%20Bamboo%20Cutt
er).html. Last accessed 13th Jan 2021.
4. Andrew Kincaid. (2014). An Ancient Science Fiction Story: The Bamboo-Cutter and
the Moon-Child. Available: https://japanpowered.com/japan-culture/ancient-
science-fiction-story-bamboo-cutter-moon-child. Last accessed 13th Jan 2021.
5. John Spacey. (2012). Mount Fuji And The World's First Science Fiction Story.
Available: https://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/tale-of-the-bamboo-cutter. Last
accessed 13th Jan 2021.
6. okamimythology. (2013). Princess Kaguya. Available:
https://okamimythology.tumblr.com/post/65086327956/princess-kaguya. Last
accessed 13th Jan 2021.
7. Keene, Donald (1999). Seeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late
Sixteenth Century.
8. Katagiri Yōichi, Fukui Teisuke, Takahashi Seiji and Shimizu Yoshiko. 1994. Taketori
Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Heichū Monogatari in Shinpen Nihon Koten
Bungaku Zenshū series. Tokyo: Shogakukan.
9. Donald Keene (translator), The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,
10. Fumiko Enchi, "Kaguya-hime", (in Japanese hiragana)
11.
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
10 Production  Production
11 Production  Production
12 Production  Production
13 Production  Production
14 Production  Production
15 Evaluation  Evaluation
16 Evaluation  Evalution
17 Moderation Evalution
18 Show Preparation  Prepare ideas and resources for show
19 Show  Presentation

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