FMP Lesson 4

Today you are going to
continue conducting
RESEARCH and PLANNING
for your FMP

(Grading Matrix: Context - Distinction)

Research Criteria
2.1 Review a range of research sources
to support a creative media production
project.

‘Independently identified, thorough and
sustained research and investigation of a
range of relevant sources, insightful
interpretation and synthesis of information
used to inform, support and develop ideas.’

INTENT:
To continue investigating into a range of relevant resources to inform ideas for your FMP.

(To complete any outstanding work before starting the FMP)
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IMPLEMENT:
STARTER: FORM – what is trial and testing
DELIVERY on trial and testing

ACTIVITY 1: Learner's review what trial and testing they are going to undertake.

ACTIVITY 2: WORKSHOP: Set individual Target on Tracker

Activities:
Trial and Testing
Proposals

•Conduct Primary, Secondary Research

•Harvard Reference and Reflect on findings.

•Pre-Production and Production
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EXTENSION TASK
- Create a folder on your One Drive to save all development work.
- Begin PLANNING - mind maps, storyboards, mood boards, scripts, draft copy etc....
-Create your WiX site or Adobe Express Site

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END OF THE SESSION: PRODUCTION DIARY
Individually review the Grading Matrix to highlight skills area(s) that you are good at and areas that need
developing.
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IMPACT: Be able to apply previous learning to FINAL MAJOR PROJECT and be aware of own personal
development.

Level 3 Year 1 A
https://forms.office.com/e/Xi6sCdxW65

Level 3 Year 1 B
https://forms.office.com/e/6q7T9z9qde

Trial and
Testing

•
Create drafts of your product and test
with your audience e.g. Focus Groups,
Interviews, Surveys etc…

•
Do test shoots, test edits, scamps
(sketch designs), sample layouts etc…

•
Test different music, colour grading,
lighting, graphics, fonts images, props,
hair and makeup etc…

•
Record all changes

•
Remember to book out kit in advance
e.g. cameras, lights etc…

You can test fonts styles and title names

Testing
effects

Colour Grading

Examples of Problem Solving

•Problem Solving | Serendipity (c2067034.wixsite.com)

•781c4b_17cb2e54ab994e5185f368375a6e8580.pdf (filesusr.com)

•Problem Solving | Alfie Johnson Final (alfi3johnson.wixsite.com)

•Problem Solving | Final Major Project (j2270853.wixsite.com)

•Trial and Testing | My Site 6 (f2270773.wixsite.com)

•https://mathildeerose.wixsite.com/finalfmp/problem-solving

•RESEARCH | Equinox Editing Port (c3004154.wixsite.com)

•Planning | Dusk and Dawn- FMP (hannahcope31.wixsite.com)

•ea2df9_c8cb377ddfc544e58016c01dbd8b491e.pdf (filesusr.com)

TASK 1

Make a plan of what Trial
and Testing you are
going to undertake for
your FMP

FMP
GUIDE

Use the WIX Guide to support you.
Research | Mysite (lynseybrown8.wixsite.com)

•All work needs to be uploaded to either a WIX site
or Adobe Express.
•All word documents and PowerPoints must be
uploaded as a PDF doc.

Tasks you need to complete
deadline 24thmay

•PROPOSAL

•RESEARCH (Primary and Secondary)

•PLANNING

•PRACTICAL APPLICATION (Final FMP)

•EVALUATION

•LEARNER AUTHENTICATION (download from
WIX Guide ‘Learner Authentication Tab’)

FMP Brief

• Read each section clearly

• Review Grading Criteria and Task
Expectations

• Note deadlines

• On Teams > Final Major Project >
> File > FMP Brief

Word Cloud

How do you meet Distinction Criteria for Research?

TASK 2
Set your Target for today on the FMP
Tracker

•What are you working on today?

•Trial and Testing
•Development of ideas
•Proposal Rationale
•Proposal Concept
•Proposal identified research sources
•Proposal Evaluation
•Proposal Schedule
•RESEARCH (Identify specific research)
•Planning (Identify specific Planning)
•Production

At the end of the session
complete a Production Diary

●What did you do?
●What went well?
●What skills did you develop?
●What needs improving? (Use the Grading Matrix and your feedback to
review areas of development)
●Plans for next scheduled production date? Use your production schedule to
help organise your production and meet deadlines.

SESSION CHECKLIST:



Checked to see that you have completed ALL previous Unit work before
beginning planning ideas for FMP. If work has not been completed, you will need
to use this session to complete this.



Planned for your trial and testing


Begin Research into chosen idea


Created a folder on One Drive (FMP - *your name*) to save all development
work.


Developed a basic idea


Completed Proposal


Extension Activity) Begin PLANNING - mind maps, storyboards, mood boards,
scripts, draft copy etc....



At the end of the session:
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Production Diary Keep a production diary to reflect on your learning throughout
this project.

(Use the Grading Matrix to reflect and to identify skills development. This will also count towards
your Rationale section of your FMP Proposal.

Create a Research Log to record your research and
reflect on what you have learned from this

Type of Research e.g.
Website/Book etc…
Harvard Reference

How did the research
help you?

Harvard Referencing
Guide

You will need to Harvard Reference all of your
research.

• There are free Harvard Referencing Generators that format the
reference for you such as:

• https://www.citethisforme.com/citation-generator/harvard
• https://www.mybib.com/#/projects/jVkMe3/citations

Example using:
https://www.citethisforme.com/citation-
generator/harvard

• For a Youtube Video you will
need to copy and paste the
URL.

• You will also need to take note
of the publisher e.g. Nigel
Danson and the Date
Published.

• Date accessed is the date you
looked at the video.

• You may also need the title of
the video

How to create
the reference:

• Copy and paste the URL into
the generator: You can select
book, website, video etc…

Once you
have
searched the
URL select
‘Continue’

• You will need the details from the Youtube video to fill in the
details. E.g. Page Title and Author e.g. Nigel Danson.

• Once you have completed all the details that you can select
‘complete citation’

• Copy and paste your reference for your bibliography

Final
Reference

• Danson, N., 2022. 7 PHOTO COMPOSITION MISTAKES I
See Beginner Photographers Make. [online] Youtu.be.
Available at: <https://youtu.be/kpy7oWk4ef4>
[Accessed 27 April 2022].

Website

•Hellerman, J., 2019. How a Film Color
Palette Can Make You a Better
Filmmaker [W/ Infographics]. [online]
No Film School. Available at:
<https://nofilmschool.com/Film-
color-theory-and-color-schemes>
[Accessed 27 April 2022].

Amazon Books are useful

• If they have a ‘look inside’
feature you can read some of
the book.

You can get the
details of
publishers here:

•Monaco, J., Monaco, J., Monaco, J.
and Monaco, J., 2009. How to read a
film. 4th ed. New York: Harbor
Electronic Publ.

In Text Citations

• https://www.scribbr.co.uk/referencing/harvard-in-text-citation/

• Use this website to guide you on in-text citations:

• e.g.

How to reference a film

Film seen at the cinema

To reference a film seen at a cinema, you’ll need the
following information:

Title (in italics)
Release year (in round brackets)
Director name
[Feature film]
Place of distribution: Distributor

Example:

The Help (2011) Directed by Tate Taylor. [Feature film]. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures.
For the in-text citation, the title of the film is used, followed by the release year separated by a comma, if the film title
is not mentioned already. If the title is mentioned in the text, then only the year should be given, in round brackets.
Examples:

The characters in The Help (2011)a reveal…

The film showcases race relations during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s in Jackson,
Mississippi (The Help, 2011).
https://www.easybib.com/guides/ci
tation-guides/harvard-
referencing/how-to-reference-film-
movie-harvard/

FMP Proposal: Rationale

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?

FMP Proposal: Project Concept

(Complete when you have planned your idea)

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.

FMP Proposal: Evaluation

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.

FMP Proposal: Research Bibliogrpahy

Section 4 – 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.

Extension
Activity: Schedule

•
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

After FMP

RESEARCH

Conduct thorough, relevant research to help develop your project.
Analyse and evaluate your research, this will help you to make
informative decisions on the viability of your project idea.

Research should include:
•
Primary Research
•
Secondary Research
•
Trial and Testing
•
Drafts and Mock-ups
•
Investigation into your Target Audience and their engagement with your
product.
•
All research must be annotated and reflected upon e.g. how has the
research helped you?
•
All research needs to be correctly Harvard Referenced in a
Bibliography.

Remember research should be relevant and be used to inform decisions of
your Final Project.

Market Research

For your Product you will need to investigate into your Target
Audience

Magazine: NRS.org (National Readership Survey)
Film: BBFC
TV: Ofcom
Radio: RAJAR
Photography: Social Media hits and Primary Research

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Investigate into your target audience.

• Back up your target audience with research.

• Research your target audience via collecting
quantitative and qualitative data

• E.g.

• BFI statistics, BARB, NRS, BBFC etc…

• Primary: Surveys, Interviews, Focus Groups etc…

AUDIENCE
PROFILE

•From your research, create an
audience profile:

•Demographics
•Psychographics
•Geodemographics
•Social Class

Research into
your Platform

Where will your product be featured and why?
•For example, online, TV, Cinema, Print etc…

SURVEY

❑Share ideas with your peers (survey)

•

Test your ideas with your peers.

•

Create a survey to gain responses on your concept, pitched to the right
audience, areas to develop

ANALYSE FEEDBACK

❑Analyse your peer feedback

❑What have you found out (Create a research
report to analyse your results)

❑Do you need to make any changes to your
ideas?

Other Proposed
Research

•Historical/Cultural information
•Similar Products
•Professional Examples who inspire you
•Facts that can help build character e.g. research
into personality types
•Research into best lenses for photography
•Research aperture styles
•Research into different page layouts
•Test facial expressions for photography and
animation
•Audience Trends etc…

HARVARD
REFERENCING

Use this site to correctly reference
your research sources

https://www.mybib.com/#/projects
/jVkMe3/citations

Suggestion to create a Research
Log to record all evidence of
Research

PRESENTATION

•You will be making a website to
showcase all your work

•This can be on Wix or Adobe
Express