Matthew Burniston is proposing a short film project titled "Blue and Yellow" to be completed by 24 weeks. The film will follow an artist struggling with mental health and his lifelong goal of achieving success in his art. It will explore how color and costumes can reflect the characters' emotions. Burniston will conduct research on color meaning and film techniques, as well as interviews to develop authentic characters. He has created a schedule covering pre-production, production, and post-production tasks like script drafting, location scouting, editing, and evaluation. The project will be evaluated through weekly diaries, peer and self-reviews to improve his skills and future work.

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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Number:
Matthew Burniston 347722
Project proposal title and date:
Blue and Yellow 31/02/2020
Main area of activity:
Film (and maybe poster?)
Rationale:
Currently in this medium I feel a lot more confident progressively on set (not always being as
confident person around strangers and/or when presenting ideas that are very real to me), I’ve
also come to figure out a lot more about things work in perspective of filming, I've learnt how to
format scripts properly (with the help of software's – unlike when I originally planned and wrote the
first draft for this), not to mention I’ve become increasingly more confident in visual story telling an
blocking.
Previously before this I would take an interest in graphic design – more specifically digital art
(something I still do in my own time, just not the focus). I mainly would specialise in doing posters
or pre-existing films and franchises.
Project Concept:
My film will follow an artist struggling with his lifelong of achieving his art – due to his current
crumbling state of his mental health. In this he often confides in his (close and only) friend, who will
on one day choose to stick out for his neck out and give the protagonist the lifechanging
opportunity of setting him up with one of his friends – in a determination of preventing him from
being so illustrate and ‘ground him to reality’ - stop his wasting his time on art as it’s not working
out.
For this I will be researching into a lot of colour as I want this to play a huge part in my short-film -
such as emoting the character’s through their costumes or getting the colour grade to make the
world take on colours of a Van Gogh painting - supported by the fact that this is film about an artist
and it’s as if it’s their world. I also want to conduct personal interviews with people to help support
the character in my screenplay and make them seem more authentic. Furthermore, I want to be
able to figure out the best way of filming this prior.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
Through each week, I will be producing a weekly evaluation – reflecting on all the work I’d
produced for that week. I will also further do post-production evaluations; three people will evaluate
my product (including myself), I will also be doing further self-evaluation in – research, planning,
time management, technical and aesthetic qualities. By doing all this I will be able to push myself
to do more work from the pressure of the weekly diary, all whilst being able to improve my future
work through the rest of my evaluation – from previous mistakes I can learn and from previous
succes I can adopt.

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2. Wright, E. (2004) Shaun Of the Dead.
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5. Nicholls,M.(1967) The Graduate.
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8. Hoser, T (2018). Introduction To Cinematography. London: Routeledge. p0-316.
9. Lie,J. (2018). aestheticfonts.Available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPMWSQu32-g&list=WL&index=5&t=0s.Last
accessed31st Jan 2020.
10. ThinkStory.(2017). WritingStrongCharacters - The ImportantDistinctionBetweenWant
and Need. Available:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zci-54NbeMo&list=PL2F-
QswQwYWMNwMp4CTcIsYC5k9Q5Mp8k&index=53&t=0s.Last accessed31st Jan 2020.
Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Pre-Proposal What Planning Did I Do in Advance for My FMP / What Is My
Area of Interest for My FMP / If I Had to Choose Right Now,
What Would I make? / What Production Techniques Most
Interest Me / How Will My Previous Work Support My FMP /
What Are My Inspirations for My Project / Self-Evaluation /
Skills Audit / Schedule.
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Proposal
Concept One / Concept Two / Chosen concept / Chosen
Concept Summary / What Genres Will I Be Working In /
Audience Profile / Mood-board and Mood-board Analysis.
3 Colours And Tones / Fonts / Costumes Mood-board
(Protagonist) / Costumes Mood-board (Love Interest) /
Costume Mood-board Analysis / Key Influences / What
Research Will I Be Doing / Additional Planning Notes And
Goals.
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Research
Colour Meaning / Product Research: Film / Product Research:
Short-Film / Product Research Analysis / Secondary Audience
Research / Product Research Analysis.
5 Secondary Audience Research / Primary Audience Research /
Interview One / Interview One Analysis / Interview Two /
Interview Two Analysis.
6 Interview Three / Interview Three Analysis / Conducting My
Interview / Subject Research / Subject Research
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Experiments
Do three experiments relevant to previous research I've done.
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9
Pre-Production
Rough Draft / Character Research / Character Profiles / Casting
Actors and Crew.
10 Script Drafting / Illustrate Key Shot and Camera Positions/Shot
List.11
12 Location Hunting / Props and Costume / Cast And Crew List /
Contingency Planning / Health And Safety / Filming Schedule /
Final Draft.
13 Re-Forming My Work Go over all previous so far and check it makes sense,got the
information and if there's anything else I need.
14
Production
Pick up the c100 and gather all my footage, ready to edit when
I get back. Check I have everything I need and always check15

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the footage looks ok!
16 Edit togetherall my footage and audio.
17 Add a colour-grade and music to my footage.
18 Create a posterfor my product with additional final touches.
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Evaluation
Research Evaluation / Research Analisis / Planning Evaluation
/ Time Management Evaluation / Time Management Angliss.
20 Technical Qualities / Aesthetic Qualities.
21 Audience Appeal / Feedback / Peer Feedback Summary.
22 Moderation Start preparation for show as my work's being evaluated.
23 Show Preparation Prepare Work Display.
24 Show The final shows put on.