WESTON COLLEGE

LEVEL 3 EXT DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION

& TECHNOLOGY
(Unit 8)
Project Proposal

CENTRE NAME & NUMBER

WESTON COLLEGE – 50645

CANDIDATE NAME &

NUMBER NAME: BENJAMIN STEVENS
ULN: 9012180073

PROJECT PROPOSAL TITLE AND DATE

SHORT FILM
LAUNCHED ON 26th February, 2024

MAIN AREA OF ACTIVITY / PATHWAY e.g. art/fashion/illustration etc.

CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION

Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production & Technology

Unit 8 Project Proposal
Candidate BENJAMIN STEVENS
Name
Candidate 9012180073
Number
Pathway CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION
Project Title SCREEN TIME
Section 1: Review (approx. 100 words)
Throughout this course, I have gained experience in almost all areas of film
production, as well as developing my amateur skills I had from making films with
family and friends. During the documentary project, I took on the responsibility to
lead the project as director. This role allowed me to build my team management
skills which I am looking forward to carrying into this project. In the music video
project, I took on the roles of editor and digipack designer. These suited my
creative personality perfectly and gave me chance to work on my photoshop and
premier pro skills. In this short film project, I am returning to the role of director and
will be editing my own cut of the production, allowing me to put my skills into
practice.

Section 2: Project Concept (approx. 200 words)

Our project, ‘Screen Time’ will be a horror film based on a strict parent and a
rebellious child. The concept involves a teenage boy who wants to stay up and play
video games with his friends, but his mum confiscates his device chargers.
Encouraged by his friends, he sneaks downstairs to find something to charge his
Nintendo, but unbeknown to him, his mum is secretly a monster. My intentions for
this project are to work alongside Isaac and Jamil, implementing my skills of
directing and team management to produce a short film that both entertains,
scares, and evidences our hard work to our audience. Our inspiration mainly
derives from an existing horror short film called ‘vicious’, which is set in a house
and includes a dark, shadowy monster. The film includes jump-scares that have
inspired us and has helped us develop an understanding of how to create them
effectively. For this project, we have a very low budget, and limited resources to
work with. However, being the director, I am aiming to not let this affect the
cinematic value of the production, proving to my peers and tutors that a gripping
and high-quality horror film can be achieved.

Section 3: Evaluation (approx. 50 words)

In order to evidence my progress and development in this project, I will record it in
my online journal website; Weebly. I will also record any research I have done in
the pre-production stage of the project, splitting it into three sections; Content,
Market and Production. As well as including pages for context and the practical
skills I develop during the project, I will also have a section dedicated to my own
reflection and evaluation for the project.

Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)

Vicious. (2019). [Film]. Bristol: Oliver Park.
Other Side of the Box. (2020). [Film]. USA: Caleb J. Phillips.
Vikram Murthi. (2022). The Jump Scare Lives. [Online]. VULTURE. Last Updated: October
27 2022. Available at: https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/how-to-build-a-jump-scare-in-
modern-horror-movies.html [Accessed 20 March 2024].
Project Action Plan and Timetable

Week Date Week Activity / What you are intending to do - Resources / What you will need to
Beginning including independent study do it - including access to
workshops

1 26/02/24 The short film project was launched, and Paper and pens were used for the
we were assigned into our production mind map, and Google was used
groups. We each began formulating for the research put into them.
possible ideas in the form of rough mind
maps.
2 04/03/24 We created mood boards for our I used PowerPoint to put my mood
individual ideas so that we had a visual board together, and I sourced the
representation of our concepts to show images from Google. I used Celtx
our tutors and peers. These included as my scriptwriting software.
characters, locations, themes, and
colours. We also began writing the first
scripts for our ideas this week.
3 11/03/24 We had a short production meeting with We used Google and YouTube to
Gina who supported all our ideas but research short horror films. A
saw Isaac’s most achievable. We Zoom H4 was used to record
collectively decided to pursue his and sound for Rich’s foley workshop.
began research into short horror films.
We also did our first workshop of the
project which involved us recording
sounds around college as foley to a
short film Rich made.
4 18/03/24 Trip to Los Angeles. I used my phone camera to take
On our trip, we went to several pictures of things I found useful or
production studios including Warner inspirational for my project.
Bros and Paramount Pictures. These
trips gave us a physical insight into the
making of films, and even gave us some
inspiration to bring back home.
5 25/03/24 Trip to Los Angeles. I used my phone camera to take
On our trip, we went to several pictures of things I found useful or
production studios including Warner inspirational for my project.
Bros and Paramount Pictures. These
trips gave us a physical insight into the
making of films, and even gave us some
inspiration to bring back home.
6 01/04/24 Easter Break. I will use PowerPoint to compile
I plan to work on my research my presentation, and I will use
presentation over the half term, ready to Google to source my information
present when we are back. and images.

7 08/04/24 Easter Break. I will use PowerPoint to compile

I plan to work on my research my presentation, and I will use
presentation over the half term, ready to Google to source my information
present when we are back. and images.
8 15/04/24 This week will be dedicated to working PowerPoint and Word will be used
on documents for the pre-production to complete pre-production
folder, presenting the research documents and deliver the
presentation. presentation

9 22/04/24 This week will be used for finishing up PowerPoint and Word will be used
the pre-production documents ready for to complete pre-production
hand in, and finalising any preparations documents.
for filming the following week.

10 29/04/24 The first production week. I plan to have The film will be captured on a Sony
at least 80% of filming completed by the X70 camera and the sound on a
end of this week. Zoom H4. We will also use
headphones and a boom pole in
aid of this.
11 06/05/24 The second production week. I plan to I will use Adobe Premier Pro to
finish up any remaining filming, and to edit the film.
begin the editing process.

12 13/05/24 This week is dedicated to finishing the I will use PowerPoint and
edit and working on the film poster Photoshop to create the poster for
ready for final hand in. the film.

13 20/05/24 The final film and poster will be handed Online journal will be formatted on
in this week, and we will use the extra a Weebly website.
time to finalise our online journals for
submission.