Rationale
My FMP project is filming a documentary in Italy because the theme is “pocket planet,” so I’m planning to explore the culture of Italy and the scenery of Italy. I now have better skills and knowledge in filmmaking, video editing, and planning. At the start of the course, my planning skills were very basic. A few aspects are written down on a word document and some plans. However, now I have better pre-production skills as I know what types of pre-production documents to use to plan my project. I have also improved my filming skills, as I now know how to correctly position the camera for the certain tones and moods I want to achieve in filming. I knew a lot about editing in Premiere Pro before coming into the course, but I was still able to learn more, like storytelling and how to tell a narrative through camera shot types and sound. I had a lack of skills in pre-production and storytelling prior to the course, but now, after learning convention types and codes and analysing films and storytelling, I have a better understanding of how to create a compelling narrative in media and use pre-production to help aid the project.
Project Concept
The project concept is filming a documentary in Italy revolving around the theme “pocket planet” considering filming the culture, scenery, and lifestyle. The music for the film will be done by the music students, so that is covered. I’m hoping to help with editing and promotion. My aim is to create a high-quality documentary that is professional and can portray Italy in the way I intend to show how well the scenery, food, and lifestyle in Italy are. I will do secondary research on already existing documentaries and short films about Italy to gain inspiration and ideas for what I may want to shoot in Italy. I plan on doing primary research when I’m in Italy and conducting location spots to see what areas I may be likely to film in Italy. Then, as for my secondary research, I will plan on watching and reading films, articles, and YouTube videos about Italy so I get a better idea of what I should be doing once I’m there. The aim of the project is to create a poetic documentary in Italy about the culture, scenery and lifestyle and create a poetic documentary that encapsulates Pesaro the city in Italy. The poetic documentary should explore different parts of Italy and give a mood and feeling to what being in Italy is like. Capturing the lifestyle in Italy will be our main goal as the music will be done by the other 4 music students in our project and the 4 media students will be mainly capturing the lifestyle of Italy Pesaro through visual imagery.
Evaluation
For my evaluation, I plan on documenting what happens every day of the project, recording any troubles we have on the project and any positives we have on the project. We will document the troubles we had and how we overcame those troubles. As I progress on the project, I will check my work with the 3 others in it just so that I can get a second opinion on my work and be reassured that the work is up to a good standard. I think I will document my problems in a word document and keep updating the document as the days progress. Reflecting on my work will guide me and show what changes and improvements can be made in order to make the process of creating the documentary come out smoother and make the outcome more polished out because of the reflection about each decision.
Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography
For my Research I will be using Harvard referencing to refer to all the sources of information I use. I will be using articles websites and YouTube for my secondary research then I will be doing my Primary research when I am in Italy and survey the area in Italy to see what information and Ideas I can gain to help with our Documentary.
Word doc of proposal