Harry Adkins-Pennington proposes creating a trailer for a dark sci-fi TV series as a film and graphic design project. He will conduct research on similar genres and trailers to inform his work. Harry plans to evaluate his progress daily, seeking feedback from others, and adapting his work based on that feedback. He outlines a weekly schedule over 19 weeks for research, planning, production, and evaluation of the trailer and accompanying promotional materials.

1. Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Number:
Harry Adkins-Pennington 355043
Project proposal title and date:
Life Hack Advertisement
Main area of activity:
Film and Graphic Design
Rationale:
I have created a trailer before that did not go very well due to poor time management and lack of detailed
planning so I will use this as a way to encourage me to spend more time planning so then I can manage my
time much better than before.
I have created different graphics and animations before, so I know what to show and what not to show when
making a poster or teaser for a tv series
Because of my GCSE’s in Drama, I can act the way I am required to do like playing the main character(s) or
any side characters; I can also lead my team on how they need to act and where we all need to be when
recording.
Project Concept:
The concept of my series is that in the future of 2045, everyone has chips implanted in different parts of their
body so hospitals can track them and see if any issues in the body arise, however a young prodigy comes
across a USB stick that somehow gives him access to those chips, giving him the power to kill without
anyone knowing until it is too late. After too many people die, the police become suspicious and decide to
add more security to try and stop the killings which in turn causes the main character to adapt and kill in
different ways and it becomes a wild cat and mouse game between the police and the main character.
I will be creating a trailer for a dark sci-fi tv series along with some posters, merchandise, social media pages
and a website to promote this series, using Death Note as my main inspiration.
I will do research on the Death Note anime, dark sci-fi movies, the official and fan made trailers for them, the
different merchandise around them and the different people who created them like the writers and directors.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
I plan to evaluate my work (both the project itself and everything beforehand like planning) each day by
looking at the progress I have made and explaining what is going well, what can be improved and how I can
improve it as I go along; I will also send my work to different people each day for their feedback to get further
information on how my work is going. While making my trailer, I will send each version to different people to
get their opinion on the trailer and see how I can improve it during production.
This way of evaluating will help me develop my practices by telling me what works, how it works and how
could it be improved during production and beforehand.
Bibliography
1. Harry Adkins-Pennington. (2020) Target Audience Research Survey (conducted on 4/02/2020)
2. James Cameron (2020) Wikipedia
3. Death Note Manga (2003)
4. Radio Times (2018) https://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2018-06-05/10-secrets-about-movie-
trailers-from-the-people-who-make-them/
5. SCIFI NOW Magazine (2007)
6. SFX (1995)
7. Survey Monkey Candidates (2020)
8. Bladerunner 2049 (2017)
9. Watch Dogs (2014)
10. Anonymous (2003)

2. Week Days Subject Specific Tasks
1 27/01/202
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Pre-
Research
 Pre-Proposal and background research
 Do some background research on my key influencers
 Explain why they are my key influencers
 Explain how my key influencers will help me with my project
 Write log down in Development Diary
28/01/202
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01/02/202
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02/02/202
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2 03/02/202
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Research  Research- Primary and Secondary
 Create a survey for my Primary research
 Send the survey to multiple people on Facebook and Reddit
 Write down my findings
 Research other film trailers to see what works, what doesn’t
and why people prefer one trailer to another
 Analyse the trailers for certain films
 Write log down in Development Diary
04/02/202
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05/02/202
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06/02/202
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07/02/202
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08/02/202
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09/02/202
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3 10/02/202
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Research  Research- Primary and Secondary
 Do some extra planning
 Do some extra research on different products and the
creators so I know what works, what does not and how to
change my project
 Write log down in Development Diary
11/02/202
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Half term 17/02/202
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Pre-
Proposal
 Experiments
 Do some extra planning
18/02/202
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3. 19/02/202
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 Do some extra research on different products and the
creators
 Write log down in Development Diary20/02/202
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4 24/02/202
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Pre-
Proposal
 Experiments
 Write down the different problems that may occur during
production and how to resolve them
 Create a mind map to give a small overview of the different
issues and the solutions to them
 Write log down in Development Diary
25/02/202
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5 02/03/202
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Pre-
Proposal
 Pre-Production and Planning
 Write down the different problems that may occur during
production and how to resolve them
 Book equipment and the studio for the days I will need for the
experiments during week 6
 Write log down in Development Diary
03/03/202
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6 09/03/202
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Pre-
Proposal
 Pre-Production and Planning
 Write down script
 Create a shot list
 Create a storyboard
 Book equipment and the studio for the days I will need for
recording
 Write log down in Development Diary
10/03/202
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4. 15/03/202
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7 16/03/202
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Pre-
Production
 Pre-Productions and Reflections
 Edit the script
 Edit the shot list
 Edit the storyboard
 Write log down in Development Diary
17/03/202
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8 23/03/202
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Production  Production and reflection
 Record footage and have it ready for editing
 Upload the current version to YouTube and to my website as
part of my development
 Get some feedback on the current footage I gain
 Write log down in Development Diary
24/03/202
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9 30/03/202
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Production  Production and Reflection
 Extra Planning and Research
 Get some footage together ready for editing
 Upload the current version to YouTube and to my website as
part of my development
 Get some feedback on what I have made currently
 Write log down in Development Diary
31/03/202
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01/04/202
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02/04/202
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03/04/202
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05/04/202
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Easter 06/04/202
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Extra
Planning
and
Research
 Write down the feedback I have received so far
 Do some extra planning for the video
 Do some extra research on different products and the
creators
 Write down logs for my Development Diary
07/04/202
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08/04/202
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5. 09/04/202
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10/04/202
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Easter 13/04/202
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Extra
Planning
and
Research
 Write down the feedback I have received so far
 Do some extra planning for the video
 Do some extra research on different products and the
creators
 Look for different royalty free music to use for the trailer
 Use my own version of Photoshop to make some posters
 Write down logs for my Development Diary
14/04/202
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10 20/04/202
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Production  Production and Reflection
 Get some footage recorded and ready to edit together
 Edit any footage I already have and gain during the week
 Upload the current version to YouTube and to my website as
part of my development
 Get some peer feedback for what I have so far
 Write down the feedback I receive
 Write log down in Development Diary
21/04/202
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11 27/04/202
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Production  Production and Reflection
 Get some more footage ready to edit together
 Edit any footage I already have so it is all together ready for
more
 Upload the current version to YouTube and to my website as
part of my development
 Draft peer feedback
 Write log down in Development Diary
28/04/202
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Production  Production and Reflection
 Get some peer feedback for what I have so far
 Write down the feedback I receive
 Upload the current version to YouTube and to my website as
part of my development
 Write log down in Development Diary
05/05/202
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13 11/05/202
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Production  Production and Reflection
 Edit everything together
 Upload the current version to YouTube and to my website as
part of my development
 Get some peer feedback for what I have so far
 Write down the feedback I receive
 Write log down in Development Diary
12/05/202
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Production  Production and Reflection
 Finish editing everything together and upload it to YouTube
and onto my website
 Get some peer feedback for what I have so far
 Write down the feedback I receive
 Write log down in Development Diary
19/05/202
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Moderatio
n
25/05/202
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Evaluation  Evaluate my work
 Ask different people for their own feedback on my project
 Write down the feedback I am given26/05/202
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7. 29/05/202
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15 01/06/202
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Evaluation  Evaluate my work
 Ask different people for their own feedback on my project
 Write down any extra feedback that I have been given02/06/202
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Evaluation  Present my work to my class for feedback from them for the
work itself and how I can present it during the show
 Prepare myself for the show
 Write down a first draft of the script
09/06/202
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Moderatio
n
 Prepare work for display
 Edit the script for the show
 Do some rehearsals so I know what works, what doesn’t and
what could be improved
 Make sure all of my work is legible to everyone in the
audience
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 Prepare work for display

8. 23/06/202
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Show
Preparatio
n
 Rehearse everything so I am prepared for the show
 Help anyone out with their rehearsals
 Make sure all of my work is legible to everyone in the
audience
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Show  Get the final show over with
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