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Centre Name and Number:
York College 48357
Student Name and Unique Learner Number:
Flynn Westwood Bryant 3136039946
Project proposal title and date:
Into The Forest | A Westy Production. 2/2/23
Main area of activity:
My Project will be a short cinematic film
Rationale:
My progress and projects over the years have mainly involved working in video with a large
percentage of my work being film based. My year one FMP was an amazing steppingstone to find
out where I was technically and organisationally as I really pushed myself to create something
great from a technical standpoint. The video did have flaws, but I understand what they are and
am looking to improve that in this project. My audio project will also help with this project as
recording foley sound will prove to be very important if I have no dialogue. Going into this project I
will be aiming to plan more in depth and organise myself a lot more so I know what days I’m doing
what and what I’m going to film or record.
Project Concept:
My project is going to be a cinematic focused adventure short film using no dialogue meaning an
emphasis on shot structure and foley sound with suspenseful horror aspects as I feel it keeps a
short film exiting and fun to watch. To push myself in this project, I want to work heavily on
integrating colour grading into my work as it makes a lot of more professional videographers’
videos more complete and can convey atmosphere. I will have to research heavily on the best
apps, methods and approaches for colour grading during the research period and in doing so will
hand in hand look at professional videographers and their work to help gain an understanding of
shot types and the narrative I want to try and follow in the limited time and places I must film.
Watching pre-made films also allows for inspiration to be taken on things like costume which all
counts towards valid research for my project. My idea has taken inspiration from film makers and
videographers I have watched on YouTube such as GAWX and JustKay who use similar styles to
the video I envisage making. Combining all these influences and ideas I hope to create my film on
a theme of loneliness which is conveyed through a solo character who goes on a journey to find
himself.
How will the project be evaluated and reviewed:
The evaluation of my project will be done in two major ways. I will do my final review at the end of
my planned production segment to personally look at the positives and negatives of the project
through self-reflection. I will also be keeping weekly logs in the form of a diary to monitor my short-
term progress over the weeks of production.

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Bibliography:
1. Jakob Mihailo. (2018). My page. [Online]. jakobmihailo.com. Last Updated: June 2018. Available at:
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2. Youtube. (2023). We’re all Human - Cinematic Shortfilm. [Online]. YouTube.com. Last Updated: 23rd January 2023. Available
at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbzTQF-np9I&ab_channel=JustKay [Accessed 14 February 2023].
3. FilmSpace. (2023). This Trick will make Your Videos look like Movies.. [Online]. YouTube. Last Updated: 3rd February 2023.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL3ruhfGTdM&ab_channel=Filmspace [Accessed 14 February 2023].
4. Joris Hermans. (2022). Cinematic Color Grading Made EASY! | DaVinci Resolve 18 Tutorial. [Online]. YouTube.com. Last
Updated: 11th November 2022. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h12LYZlvzI&ab_channel=JorisHermans
[Accessed 14 February 2023].
5. Netflix. (2016). Hush. [Online]. Netflix.com. Last Updated: March 12th 2016. Available at:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80091879 [Accessed 14 February 2023].
Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks
1 Pre-production  Influences for context (researching creators and
finding the style of work I wish to try and use)
2 Pre-production  Contextualising and finding potential research
methods along with potential plans and
limitations
3 Pre-production  Researching existing products finding styles,
techniques and methods I wish to replicate along
with themes and conducting audience research
to better understand my niche
4 Pre-production  Research codes and conventions of short film to
ensure my video fits into the medium I wish to
work in and has similar characteristics to pre
existing products
5 Pre-production  Problem solving by testing my research methods
to determine whether I like my design choices or
not. Creating contingency plans and looking at
potential issues regarding practical and
theoretical challenges.
6 Pre-production  Gathering location information and gaining the
necessary information surrounding the logistics of
creating my project including production
schedules and props/costume
7 Pre-production  Visual planning including storyboards and shot
lists to begin creating and drafting the final idea
before shooting.
8 Production  First week of filming gaining all the necessary
shots and audio to begin the editing process
9 Production  Second week of filming to ensure all required
shots are obtained and to begin postproduction
work including colour grading and assembly
10 Production  Postproduction work with heavy emphasis on
assembly as majority of filming and
postproduction will be complete. Gathering final
shots if necessary
11 Production  Having a finished video which has been fully
developed and finished to be put onto social
media and submitted to a tutor. Production diary
also to be made to log my progress throughout.
12 Evaluation  Evaluation on the practical side of my project

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assessing the positives and negatives of the
physical creation of my project
13 Evaluation  Evaluation on the organisational side of my
project with emphasis on assessing the positives
and negatives of the planning and personal skills
I developed or lacked during the project.
14 Evaluation  Creating and displaying methods of distributing
my project and displaying them to a live audience
15 Evaluation  Displaying my final video to a large audience who
will evaluate and discuss the pros and cons of my
project with me
16 Moderation 
17 Show Preparation 
18 Show 