Final Major Project Brief

OUDF603

Extended Practice (Final Major Project)

60 Credits (worth half of final years grade)

Module briefing – 12^th December

Bring together everything I’ve learnt over the last 2/3 years

Negotiate an appropriate project for yourselves

Identify what  they want me to do

The brief is fairly straight forward

their more interested in what the idea is based around

think about conversations, speaking with people, negotiating, experiences and processes and document it all

before Performa, blog about research. Download, re fill it in and drop it into the dropbox

Research is self directed

Everything you do towards this project!! (powerpoints, research, things that go wrong etc.)

Milestone 1

Must include overview of area of study

How its developed

A content I may produce

How isit appropriate to industry/post grad study

Statement of intent (main body of what I want to do) has to be around 500 words – DEADLINE 4pm 9^th JAN – SERIOUS DOCUMENT – mikes around all day so if I hand it in at 9am he can sit down and give me feedback that day

Milestone 2

Presentation (10min) 6^th Feb

Present visually and verbally my statement of intent for project.

Identift specific areas:

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Milestone 3 (HALF WAY)

Research and development presentation Thurs 27^th March 10am onwards

Substantial demonstration

Milestone 4

Realization. Design and response to the self initial brief

TURN UP TO CRITS AND PRESENTATION

Don’t just present your blog – PULL OUT INFORMATION THAT IS RELAVENT

Talk to people  - priomarry research to drive your project forward

Exiting this degree as professionals

Should have an idea of where your going to be, what your going to do – and this work should help you towards that

Resolution that is innovitave, excellently executed, to produce a BLOODY GOOD PROJECT

Analyse any information you’ve collected, an evaluation

Demonstrating prior to evaluation as to why you’ve approached and tackled your project in the way you have – have you actually gone out and find out what the BBC actually want for (example) a childrens program?

STATEMENT OF INTENT

The more info we give, the better feedback we will receive

Task

Subject/theme

Short film – what is it about? Isit about (for example) domestic violence? Why do you want to explore that specific subject

Statement of intent

Bulk of statement will be 500 words

Explain how this will be developing your specialist subject

Film makers will need to identify why the role I choose is relavent/appropriate to me

Practical skills/workshops

What do you need? Where do you need to do it? By when?

Are there any stakeholders in your project?

Any external people? Any collaborations? Whose helping out? This could effect your planning and levels of organization

Bibliography (secondary research)

Are there any books/texts that will help persuade, inform my project

Any film festivals, events, exhibitions, etc?

Research (primary research)!!

Who do I need to talk to to be more informed

Going out and finding out about that thing

Where do I need to go

ACTION PLANNING

Location scouting

Health and safety (risk assessments)

Identifying people who you need to lease with outside of college

Identifying funding/sponsorship - Examples:

-       People have managed to get for example, Nuke by emailing the company that makes it for almost next to nothing

-       I can email a company (like provision) and ask to use some or a piece of kit and put their logo in short film.

Other relavent information

-       Use to ask questions (if I have any) that Mike can answer