Project Proposal

Guidance and
Template
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Diploma in Creative
Media Production
and Technology
Diploma in Creative Media
Production and Technology
In producing the project proposal, and in
preparing for the project realisation, you
should familiarise yourself with Unit 8 of
the qualification.
In particular, you should understand the
assessment and grading criteria which will be
used to determine standards of achievement.
Unit 8 requires you to produce a project
proposal of about 350 words, excluding the
project action plan and bibliography. Project
proposals should not be so succinct that they
do not address the requirements listed
below, nor should they be excessively long
and unfocused.
Your project proposal should be sufficiently
challenging to ensure you have the
best possible chance of meeting the
grading criteria.
Your project proposal should include:
- Centre name and number
- Candidate name and number
- Project proposal title and date
- Main area of activity / pathway, e.g. film, TV,
games design etc.
The project proposal must be word processed and
presented under the headings listed here:
Section 1 - Rationale
(Approximately 100 words)
This section provides you with an opportunity to reflect
on, review and summarise your progress and
achievements through the first 7 units of the
qualification, and the knowledge, skills and
understanding you have acquired: What you know now,
and what it means to you, compared with what you
knew and could do before you started the
course and how this has influenced your choice of
pathway and your project proposal.
Section 2 – Project concept
(Approximately 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 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.
Section 3 - Evaluation
(Approximately 50 words)
This section provides an opportunity for you to explain
how you will reflect on and evaluate your work, as both
an ongoing 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 the project
progresses. The evaluation section should
reference your stated aims and
be reflective and analytical rather than a
description of actions completed.
When working in collaboration with others, you
should comment on how this may impact
either positively or adversely and outline the
steps you can take to minimise disruption to your own
progress.
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Production and Technology
Project proposal template

Additional requirements, not included in the

350 word limit of the proposal:

Project action plan and timetable:

This section provides you with an opportunity to

outline your planning and organisation over a
period of weeks and the activities you will need to
carry out in order to successfully complete
your project in the agreed time frame. The more
time and thought you give to
planning your project, the more successful it is
likely to be.

It is important that you consider how you will

balance ambition, time and realism in the
realisation of the project. You should also include
what you are going to do, how you will do it
and by when. Remember to include: time spent
sourcing materials and other resources to conduct
research, feedback from tutors and peers, and
when you will carry out independent study.

Bibliography (Harvard Format):

This section provides an opportunity to record the

initial research sources, both primary and
secondary, that you intend to use.

Your sources of research should be as wide

as possible and could include libraries,
galleries, books, magazines, films, computer games,
websites, blogs, social media, radio
programmes, archive material etc. Where
appropriate, you should use the Harvard
system of referencing. The bibliography should be
continuously updated as the
project progresses.

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Production and Technology
Unit 8 Project Proposal
Candidate Name
Anthony Walls

Candidate Number
20164429

Pathway
Graphic and Digital Design

Project Title
Personal Project - Music Magazine

Section 1: Rationale
(approx. 100 words)
I think I’ve made a lot of progress during the first 7 units. I made a sports magazine around
November last year and that showed me the way magazine covers are designed and certain
things like logo versatility. I knew basically nothing about graphic design before starting this
course but now I’d like to say I’ve got a decent knowledge of how graphic design works
enough to make me feel confident to work on my project independently. As well as that the
sports magazine has inspired me to make another just on another topic instead.

Section 2: Project
Concept
For my project I will be making a music magazine. It will be called The Vinyl and as well as a
(approx. 200 words) magazine there will also be an app and a website. The magazine will have things such as the
charts from that week, the best-looking album covers in certain genres and reviews of newly
released albums. I will make a concept of the magazine which will contain 16-24 pages, it has
to be done in 4s due to the way the magazines are made. Like I said in section 1 I made a
sports magazine and that is what inspired me to again do a magazine but make it about music
instead of sports. I also plan on making a clothing brand from this but I’ve said I will only do
this once I have completed everything there is to do with the magazine consider it a WOW
task for my personal project. The logo for my brand is going to be a vinyl I designed in
photoshop, and the writing will go either where the detail about the vinyl goes or just a label
on the logo that says the vinyl, I haven’t decided yet, but It'll be either one of those two.

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Unit 8 Project Proposal
Section 3: Evaluation
(approx. 50 words)
I have gone into detail about what I am going to do and I believe I’ve got it planned out very
well and I’m making sure to document the big steps that happen during the personal project. I
have been told to remember to show progress of my skills and sketch out what the magazine
cover would roughly look like. I could also use focus groups to see what is good with my
magazine and what can potentially be Improved, I will also write an evaluation on how I think
I did.

Proposed Research
Sources and Pinterest. (n.d.). Pin by Mariona Triay on Places around the world / Lugares del
Bibliography
(Harvard Format)
mundo | Camden london, Camden town, London places. [online] Available at:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/1136173812221420024/

Wikipedia. (2023). List of music artists and bands from London. [online] Available at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_artists_and_bands_from_London

Spotify. (n.d.). Sex Pistols. [online] Available at:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1u7kkVrr14iBvrpYnZILJR.

Iconic Images. (n.d.). Elton John wearing a white feather suit, circa 1973 — Limited
Edition Print. [online] Available at:
https://iconicimagesgallery.com/en-et/products/terry-oneill-elton-john-wearing-a-
white-feather-suit-circa-1973-limited-edition-print

Pinterest. (n.d.). Pin on People Inspire. [online] Available at:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/451697037624720507/

To Have And To Hold Records. (n.d.). Coldplay | To Have And To Hold Records |
Tewkesbury. [online] Available at: https://www.tohaveandtoholdrecords.com/coldplay

Pinterest. (n.d.). Hidden Gems of London That Most Tourists Never See (+ Map) |
London tourist, Secret places, London places. [online] Available at:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/1136173812222493532/

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Project Action Plan and Timetable

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

Adobe Photoshop
Date Week Activity / What you are
Beginning Logo/ Magazine cover
intending design
to do - Ruler
1 17/4/23 Magazineincluding
measurements
independent
study

Back cover design

Magazine topic layout
Adobe Photoshop
Page design
2 24/4/23 Adobe Indesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign
Make pages 1-10 for the magazine
3 1/5/23

Adobe Photoshop
4 8/5/23 Make pages 11-20 for the magazine Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign
Finish up the pages if haven’t
5 15/5/23 Double check completion Weebly
Start Weebly work

Weebly
6 22/5/23 Continue Weebly work

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