Project proposal

Candidate Name	Annishah Razaq
Candidate Number
Project Title
Section 1: Rationale (Approx 100 words)
Experiencing new and challenging situations under practical and evaluative situations throughout the previous units has provided me with feedback/appropriate knowledge I would like to apply within unit 8. At the beginning of the year, I was unaware of technical elements, including aperture/shutter speed, how to use a Nikon in photography, and moving image wise post production editing in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro and Audition. Experiencing practical tasks including experimentation with lighting techniques in the photography studio to creating documentaries both independently and in teams under moving image has provided me with both technical and soft skills, the ability to work in a group whilst being able to independently edit, to applying the required knowledge on camera adjustments creating a photographs definition, altering how the audience views elements like highlights and shadows, projecting a story I desire to show to the audience, this influencing ideas for my final project under photography. The ability to visually know what you want your audience to see is a skill developed through the previous technical experimentation-I will further practise this in my final project.
Section 2: Project Concept (approx 200 words)
Intertwining the forest, culture and radical element of the theme, my idea includes landscape& portrait photography presented in a book layout, the photographs accompanying (free verse) poems of a progressing story in the form of a dream. The story-line focusing around a character living in a disruptive society, (possibly portrayed through the lack of colour and distorted text) The connotations of a dream being perfect, the character dreams of a better, cultural society. The purpose and creative intention of this including London's Borough of Culture, the idea that the event will make Waltham Forest a better borough by bringing art, further diversity and improvements to environments. Pre production planning and reflection may have to be completed earlier under the allocated timescale, as I will require time to technically get the book made whilst considering text fonts, compositions of photographs when printed, etc. My previous documentary 'city vs country life' has influenced the story-line of this concept, the moving, travel theme in the documentary linking to the movement and progression of the characters dreamed journey through experiencing a better society. Further influences include research undertaken from my final unit 7 photography project including photographer Connor Franta, ideas of composition within his book 'Note to Self' have heavily influenced desired ideas, helping contribute to ideas I currently hold, along with agreed feedback given from previous projects by teachers that I am embarking on.
Section 3: Evaluation (approx 50 words)
Demonstrating continuously my said ideas throughout the unit, I will evaluate using voice-noted recordings with (if appropriate) photographed evidence over the audio, the end evaluation written alongside video/photographed examples.To document the videos made, I will keep them on a USB folder and under a label in blogger, titled evaluative progress (e.g) A timetable can be used to set goals and aims for certain weeks e.g having a deadline for completing final photographs and reflecting on how reaching this aim has gone, these deadlines also acting as evidence as things that were planned beforehand and if they've now had to change, allowing me to reflect on challenges to progress to the next goal. I will also reflect on collaborating in teams & relying on others e.g getting the book made through a company, impacting time.
Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)
Ways in which I will conduct secondary research include using Connor Franta's books (Franta,2016)  and searching for similar ones on the internet and in libraries, further finding poem books and using page examples of photographs in parallel or contrast to words composed next to them, examples being: Note to self, Connor Franta http://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/note-to-self/index.html  // https://connorfranta.com/    - Note to self trailer  https://youtu.be/RGaRii3V6U0 Wider mediums including film and videography Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur https://rupikaur.com/books/ (help inspire own poems and accompany photographs along with researching into composition of wording to create effect) Brandon Woelfel Luminescence https://shopcatalog.com/luminescence/ (photobook, helps inspire the photography including in the book including aesthetical elements like lighting and vibrancy.) Chris Bukard, https://www.chrisburkard.com/Pages/Portfolio (development from the previous project researched under unit 7 photography, inspiring the desired landscape photography) audible.co.uk  Audible (https://www.audible.co.uk/ep/enjoyshows?source_code=M2M30DFT1Bk12109261801YC&ds_rl=1235674&ds_rl=1238482) taking inspiration from these when producing my own poemslistening to poems on Audible, taking inspiration from these when producing my own poems. Primary research techniques I intend to use include interviews with people living in Waltham forest, this being people met in streets or those I know, asking what culture means to them and what needs improving in the borough. This contributing to the beginning of my story, where the characters town isn't as landscaped/ needs improvement. Primary research techniques - Museum visit - museum of london gathering photographic information  Possible interviews with people living in borough.  Artists currently involved in Waltham Forest's Borough of Culture include Greenaway and Greenaway, accounting for the graphic visuals, short cinematic trailers and audio presented in events celebrating the Borough of Culture. Throughout unit 8, I would like to consider the brothers work as secondary research, using the web to find out more information on events they have managed along with primary research, showing people from Waltham Forest the clip the artists made for the Walthamstow event, and what culture means to them/ if they think the borough is welcoming enough, etc. The example video used visually being a short clip made filming a diverse range of people in Waltham Forest, inspiring the diversity of people I wish to add within my photography. This linking to stories and messages Greenaway and Greenaway have managed to tell, visually intertwining diverse people with colourful, vibrant graphics and dramatic sound giving messages of cultural people welcoming together bringing happiness.

Project Action Plan and Timetable
Week	Date Week Beginning	Activity / What you are intending to do - including independent study	Resources / What you will need to do it
1	4/3/19	Finish rationale, project concept and evaluation summary.	Access to blogger and brief template
2	11/3/19	Present proposal slides in form of Pecha Kucha presentation to class audience. Upload filmed footage on blogger and reflect.	Presentation slide
3	18/3/19	Begin Case study for contextual research - secondary research aspect.	- Franta's books - physical forms of desired poem and picture books e.g Milk and Honey or PDFs.
4	25/3/19 27/28	Begin case study for audience research - primary research aspect. Use Note to self, searching in libraries for further poem books, primary -  interview/ questionnaires Contextual research end   Reflective diary - how was/ is looking for similar books, researching further photographers, was secondary research more challenging than primary etc.	- Resources required for primary techniques, (questionnaire papers etc)
5	1/4/19	- Audience research end  - Production research, - worded information about planned book website, going on location for photography, possible people to use for ' diversity' idea	- Camera equipment
Easter	8/4/19 -                -  Know what book website to use		- Internet access to search websites and possible access to call / email company for further questions. Planning more on locations, etc. - Reflect on progress
6	22/4/19	-Production research   - Begin production documentation - font sizes, example photograph sessions, risk assessment, gathering poems through storyline	- font size websites and AO-A8 layout papers for examples
7	29/4/19	- Production documentation - poems and considering composition  - Reflect on progress	- Poem books, access to documentated areas of
8	6/5/19	(Copy / rough version of work)  Practise photographs or some real, final photographs  - rough storyline output including words and photos following storyline,-  - reflection on this	- Practise work documented, camera equipment.
9	13/5/19	- Reflect on finding and creating the book using website upto this point - order book at latest.	- Know what website to use
10	20/5/19	Write evaluation	- Blogger, internet access
Half Term		Write evaluation, reflect on getting book.	- Blogger, internet access
11	3/6/19	Project Due June 5th 2.30pm