UAL Level 3 Diploma

Unit 8: Developing a creative media production project

The Final Major Project (Year One)

STATEMENT OF AIMS

Unit 8 is the summative unit in the first year of the two-year qualification. It will
provide students with a measure of self-directed learning through the
completion of a substantial creative media production and technology project.

The unit requires students to apply the skills, knowledge and understanding
developed in Units 1–7, to complete a creative media production project. It will
provide students with a measure of self-directed learning, and an opportunity to
begin to clarify their longer-term goals through their choice of an activity to explore in
greater depth

Name
Ed Goddard

Disciplines Animation
(primary/secondary)
(e.g. video,
animation, sound,
photography
Project (e.g. short
narrative film, Short narrative film with animation
experimental short
film, experimental
animation,
cinemograph, time-
lapse etc. )
Section 1: Rationale (minimum of 100 words)
This section provides you with an opportunity to reflect on, review and summarize your
progress and achievements through the first 7 units, and the knowledge, skills and
understanding you have acquired. What you know now, and what it means to you, compare
with what you knew and could do before you stared the course and how this has influenced
your choice of pathway and your project proposal.
in my work this year I have improved a lot on my animation skills this has made me want to
choose animation and video as the primary themes for my final major I especially enjoyed my sun
and cloud animation as it taught me many skills in animation but I can use my final major such as
frame by frame animation and tweening. In my animation lessons this year I have learnt about
colour theory which will help me two choose the correct colours of fully background of my video
animation.

Section 2: Project Concept (minimum of 200 words)

This section provides an opportunity for you to clearly explain the concept and aims of your
project, the research and ideas that will support its development, what you anticipate
producing, the levels of and types of resources that you will need and an indication of the
form in which you will complete and present your project realisation within the allocated
timescale. In this animation my concepts is solitude and will show an animated character in a
different and smaller world by using video clips that I will take on a smaller scale and anime
character that looks normal scale into it. For my project I will need to use Adobe animate and
Adobe after effects so I can use my animations from animate and import them into after effects
over the top of my videos. For my project my characters will be basic but still stand out over the top
of my film video, I will also need the drawing tablet to complete my animation which I can find in
college classrooms or use my own personal tablet. For research ideas I will do research into similar
types of animation done by other people that they have uploaded to YouTube and I will break them
down and analyse them on my research page. My aims for this project is that my final animation
looks to a good standard and fits the time frame of two minutes that has been set as part of the
criteria.
Section 3: Evaluation – How you plan to record your progress (minimum of 100
words)
This section provides an opportunity to explain how you will reflect on, and evaluate, you
work as both an on-going activity and at the conclusion of the project. You should describe
how you intend to record your decision making and how you will document changes to your
ideas as work progresses. The evaluation should be referenced to your stated aims and be
reflective and analytical rather than a description of actions completed. Remember, you are
consistently evaluating and reflecting on your work throughout the process, not just at the
end.
I will record my work in a weekly blog where I post screenshots and an update on the software I've
been using and the progress I have made on my website. I will also in this weekly blog reflect on
skills I have learned or research I have done to further my FMP I will also use this blog to post any
screenshots I have taken of software I have used, or research I am doing. I will also use this as a
reflection of how my work is going and how I feel that I can improve it in the next weeks of doing
my blog.

Proposed Research Sources

These will be resources and influences to inform your project, which may include audio-
visual texts, articles, websites etc.
I will use other examples other narrative films to flesh out my animation and the theme and style. I
will use certain video tutorials to learn how to do effects and techniques in animate

Equipment Required
e.g., cameras, computers, software etc. Be as specific as you can with regards to software
as you may need a variety of programs.
I will require a drawing tablet and a computer to complete my work. I will also require a
computer with Adobe animate and any device that can take video.

Resources Required
e.g., props, locations, costumes, make-up, sounds (where applicable)
I will require reference images and character design sheets that I will make myself.

Skills to develop/learn
Appropriate skills for chosen pathway (this will be helpful for staff to know to organise
particular workshops). Be as specific as you can with the skills you might need to develop.
I will need to develop my skills of anatomy and drawing if I want to achieve well in
this project.

Personnel and responsibilities

The Final Major Project is designed to be YOUR personal project. You are working
independently but may require some assistance or include models, actors, crew etc. Identify
all personnel involved. If it will just be yourself, please make this clear.
My fmp will be all my own work and drawing I may use other audio from credible
sources.

Intended audience and context

Be specific about your intended audience. Try to consider age, interests etc.

The context will be how and where your finished product will be used for; e.g., an art gallery
installation which requires some degree of ‘interactivity; from the audience.
I intend to make a fantasy themed and dark animation heavily inspired by series
like berserk vinland saga and vagabond so fans of the serieses or similar series
may enjoy it.
How my project will ‘loop’
Be as specific as you can with regards to how your 2-minute project will loop. This might be
having matching images at the start and finish of your project or perhaps a sound which will
loop.
It will be a story that loops with sword fighting and showing of a vast world.

How to successfully complete a final major project

1. Do something you enjoy – look back on projects this year and think about
what skills you’ve learnt and which you have really enjoyed. What job would
you like to do in the future? How can you apply it to your project? Pick an area
which you can connect with.
LOVE YOUR PROJECT

2. Do lots and lots of research – primary and secondary are both essential.
Use a wide range of methods and resources, such as questionnaires,
surveys, interviews (Primary), and researching the work of professional
practitioners and techniques (Secondary).

3. Manage your time – 9 weeks of practical work is not long. Just think how
fast this year has gone so far. Plan ahead and don’t fall behind. MAKE USE
OF INDEPENDENT STUDY TIME.

4. You must document everything what happens as you go along. Your entire
journey from start to finish should be fully recorded. Describe and analyse as
you go along. Every aspect of your project should be fully considered. Your
Planning and Schedule will be vital to the success of your FMP

5. Research, design, experiment, build, evaluate. Your project should evolve

over the allotted time. Be flexible and adaptable if your FMP decides to go in
a different direction than first intended. Ensure you record all developments as
the project develops.

6. Critically analyse and evaluate – this will refer to the research you undertake,
the pre-production, production and post-production. Don’t just describe but
analyse, interpret, research and evaluate.
7. Listen to advice from your lecturers in formative assessment sessions
throughout the project. You might just find that as we are used to marking
work we know what the requirements are to make good/exceptional projects.
Remember, your work will be graded at Pass, Merit or Distinction, so aim
for the best grade you can and take advice on board when given.

8. You are being graded against FOUR Learning Outcomes, so you need to
ensure that you do the very best in each of them to achieve the grade you
may require, so pay close attention to all parts of the FMP. Remember that
the lowest awarded grade for any Learning Outcome will be the final grade
for the FMP unit.