Fmp Proposal

Fmp Proposal

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  Proposal 1 Centre Name andNumber: York College 48357 Student Name and Number: Benjamin Wincup 351602 Project proposal title and date: Working Title: Lies and Deceit February – June 2020 Main area of activity: I will predominantly be working in the audio medium, focusing on my skills of sound design. There will be visual sections, i.e. making a title card to display said product. Rationale: Over the past 2 and a half years of my college education, I’ve developed an understanding and appreciation for the production of sound. This first came around during my first year at college where I developed a radio presentation based on the D-Day landings. I learned a lot of things during that, such as where is appropriate to record and how to record, and decided that for my FMP that year, I’d make an audio book. Making the audio book was a huge step forward, as I had to write and read a script, which I’d never done properly before. I will be using both my script writing and my knowledge of locations to help make my project this year. Project Concept: I will be making an audio drama heavily inspired by the radio soaps of the early and mid-20th century. It will be a spy thriller/espionage procedural set during at the beginning of the Cold War when tensions between the USSR and the USA were rising and both powers had agents in every corner of the globe. I want to try and set it in Moscow, perhaps in the KGB headquarters and create an atmosphere of tension, uncertainty and paranoia by having characters with untrustworthy characteristics. To add to the oppressive ambiance, I am considering setting the whole show within a single interrogation room, save for perhaps the introduction. The concept of the story will be inspired by existing stories, real events and conventions and staples of the spy genre. To fully understand this, I will be reading Ian Fleming, John Le Carre and Ben Macintyre to research existing products and real-life spies. I will then be looking at existing research into the spy genre so that I can understand the conventions. One final piece of research I will be doing is listening to some audio dramas both modern and old so that I understand how they’re made. There will also be research into the period, so I understand how spy work was done at the time. How will the project be evaluated and reviewed: To conduct reviews, I will send three in-depth questions alongside the audio to three of my peers to gather qualitative feedback. Doing this will help me to see, in detail, what others like about my product. To gather some quantitative feedback, I will be looking at reaching a wider audience on social media and asking concise questions to get simple answers. This can be done in multiple ways, including asking family and friends to share, posting it online and giving it to my college tutor to provide to students. I will then compare this final piece to my first college audio project and talk about the ups and downs. I’ll write, in detail, what I enjoyed and what I didn’t enjoy so that I can be aware of what I’ll be doing in the future.
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  Proposal 2 Bibliography: 1. Ament, V.T.(2014) The Foley Grail: The Art of Performing Sound For Film, Games, And Animation. (Routledge) 2. Beck, J. (2010) The Routledge Companion to Film History (Routledge) 3. Flemming, I. (1959) Goldfinger (Penguin Books) 4. Ivankin, A. (1999) Sworn To Secrecy: Secrets of War. (Series 1, Episode 27: Stalin’s Spies) 5. Le Carre, J. (1974) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Hodder and Stoughton) 6. Macintyre, B. (2018) The Spy And The Traitor (Penguin Random House UK) 7. Price, T.J. (1996) Spy Stories, Espionage And The Public In The Twentieth Century. Journal of Popular Culture 8. Ratner, P. (2018) The History of The KGB And It’s Legendary Methods. Available At: https://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/what-was-the-kgb-and-why-did-it-terrify-the-world (Last Accessed on 3rd Feb 2020) 9. Wikipedia. Cambridge Five. Available At: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Five (Last Accessed on 3rd Feb 2020) 10. Wright, P. (1987) Spy Catcher (Heinemann) Week Tasks to be Completed: Specific Tasks 1 Pre-production  Proposal and background research: Look at key influences on my work style and write proposal 2 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary: Existing products and historical research 3 Pre-production  Research- primary and secondary: Audience research 4 Pre-production  Experiments: Realistic soundscape 5 Pre-production  Experiments: Directing voice actors, collecting sfx, clean smooth audio 6 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning: Make a production schedule, writing script, casting call 7 Pre-production  Pre-Production and planning: Planning shot gathering, booking out equipment ahead of time 8 Production  Production and reflections: Recording 9 Production  Production and reflections: Recording 10 Production  Production and reflections: Audio editing 11 Production  Draft peer feedback: Three strong questions and five weak questions 12 Production  Production and reflections: Audio editing 13 Production  Production and reflections: Photography for title card 14 Production  Production and reflections: Final polish and title card editing 15 Evaluation  Evaluation: Send out the questions to various people, compare work to existing products 16 Evaluation  Evaluation: Talk about good and bad sides of production in immense detail 17 Evaluation  Presentation: Seek to present on radio, make PowerPoint about work, hurdles I had to overcome etc. 18 Moderation  19 Show Preparation  Make sure work is exported, set up small booth(?) with speakers to listen to work 20 Show  Attend show