Proposal
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Project Aims
What is the overall aim of the project?
Project Justification
Why is the project necessary? What do you want to improve? How will this project introduce new / extend your knowledge or skills? Will the project help you with your progression plans? Is this a personal interest?
Project Objectives
What do you want to accomplish? What new skills do you want to learn? What do you want to explore? State at least two objectives.
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Existing Skills
What existing skills will you need to use? How will you go about developing these skills? Who will you need to help you with this?
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What research will you need to do? Is this achievable within your timeframe? Do you have access to the required research sources? How will you organise your research? How will this research inform your project?
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Primary Research
Methods you will use to collect information yourself. For example, visiting a location, interviews, surveys, focus groups, skill development, practical exploration, and observations.
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Secondary Research
What existing research sources will you access? For example, books, magazines, data, websites, historical records, news articles and journals.
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Additional Research
Is there any other research that could be considered? Are there any opportunities to conduct experimental research?
Resources
What resources will you need for your project? Do you have access to these already? How will you use and manage resources? Are there any resource implications such as locations, time, costs, copyright?
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Examples: photographs, video footage, libraires (physical and online), hardware, software, specialist equipment, new technologies, rehearsal space, venues, studio space and human resources.
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Other considerations
Are there any health and safety considerations? Do you need to consider any copyright requirements? Do you need to conduct a risk assessment? Are there any ethical, equality, inclusivity, diversity, environmental or sustainability issues to consider?
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Budget
Does your project require a budget? How will you plan and manage your costs?
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Management and Review
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How will you manage the stages of the project and review the outcome in relation to your intentions? How will you monitor and review your own performance?
What key stages will your project move through in order to realise your aims and objectives? What methods will you use to manage the progress of your project?
What methods will you use to evaluate the success of your project?
Timeframe
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List all milestones and activities to be carried out during the project and the order these will take place.
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Create a table with all the activities listed, and dates, and a checkbox to tick off.
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You are able to create and use your own project plans that meet your needs and the needs of your project. Please make sure that any additional evidence is included in your portfolio of evidence for assessment.
Don’t forget to include a time plan or project plan with your proposal to show the detail of how and when you will meet your identified milestones.
Priority Checklist
You can use a priorities checklist to plan your key priorities for your overall project or use it to breakdown the things you need to achieve on a weekly or daily basis.
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Contingency Plan
What problems do you think you may encounter? How will you overcome these to complete your project? What impact could these have on your project?
Identified or potential problem(s)
What will you do?
What is the impact on your project?
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Final Idea
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Write out your final, SIGNED OFF idea in full. Or create Googleslides if you prefer, which are easier to include reference images.
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Pass - Use critical and contextual perspectives to initiate a creative media production project proposal. Use analysis and evaluation to clarify and develop ideas for a creative media production project proposal.
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Merit - Use critical and contextual perspectives to initiate a creative media production project proposal to a high standard. Use analysis and evaluation to clarify and develop ideas for a creative media production project proposal to a high standard.
Distinction - Use critical and contextual perspectives to initiate a creative media production project proposal to a very high standard. Use analysis and evaluation to clarify and develop ideas for a creative media production project proposal to a very high standard.