Jack Bevens proposes creating his first comedy silent film. He has developed filmmaking skills over the past two years making horror films. A comedy silent film allows him to use exaggerated body language and facial expressions without dialogue, which is important as he is deaf. He will focus on melodramatic and slapstick acting. Jack plans to find deaf actor friends or contact local theatre groups. He will get feedback by sharing the film online and through development diaries to improve his filmmaking skills, especially working with hearing actors.

1. Proposal
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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Number:
Jack Bevens 343970
Project proposal title and date:
Flirt! June 2020
Main area of activity:
Film
Rationale:
I made two horror films over the last two years. In the beginning, I had no idea how to use filming
equipment and software for editing. During the last two years, these skills have developed. Now I
will create a comedy silent film because I would like to move on to a different genre. This comedy
film will be my first. I decided to create a comedy silent film because this is easy for me to use
body language and facial expression to understand communication without any dialogue. This is
because I am Deaf and I have excellent body language and facial expressions, as part of my
language which is British Sign Language. So, I like comedy silent films because my characters will
be melodramatic and use slapstick comedy stunts.
Project Concept: 200 words approx.
One thing that is important is that my actors must be good acting because I need melodramatic
and slapstick acting, big seriously over the top. So, I need to find out how I can ask some actors
from performing arts or ask my Deaf friends because of easy communication. I might ask theatre
groups in York. I will research on the web for find information about theatre groups. I love
melodramatic acting because that makes me feel more energetic, with lots of action.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
I will send my comedy film to YouTube, Facebook and maybe InDesign because I want to get
feedback from my audience. Feedback will help me to understand how to improve my filmmaking
in the future.
I will be writing in my development diaries to explain what exactly I am doing. That will help me to
review and develop my research, planning, pre-production and post-production. I need to become
more confident asking some hearing actors because in the future I will need to work with hearing
actors. Also, I want more practice with equipment and software to continue to develop my skills.

2. Proposal
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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  Start Reflection
9 Production  Rehearsal with Actors
10 Production  Filming
11 Production  Editing Film
12 Production  Continue Editing Film
13 Production  Editing Trailer
14 Evaluation  Evaluation
15 Evaluation  Continue Evaluation
16 Evaluation  Presentation
17 Moderation  N/A
18 Show Preparation  Practice with Show
19 Show  Let’s Show Time!