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Unit 8 - Developing a creative media production project
Provide students with the opportunity to make use of the skills, knowledge and understanding developed through the previous units to complete a creative media project. The unit 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.

UAL Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media Production and Technology 

Date Issued: 26/02/24

Proposal Deadline: 09/03/24

Interim Deadline 1: 28/03/24

Interim Deadline 2: 26/04/24

Summative Deadline: 17/05/24

The FMP (Unit 8) is the final unit on the Level 3 Diploma. You are expected to produce a body of work which includes; relevant planning, ongoing research, practical work, weekly reflections and analysis and evaluations of your work.  These should show that you have worked through design ideas and a selection of outcomes. This unit will provide an opportunity for you to explore, in greater depth, a creative media specialism of your choice. This is your chance to show us what you are truly made of. 

You may wish to investigate a range of themes including:

• British Values

• Prevent

• Equality and Diversity

• Local Issues

• National Issues

Your FMP will consist of:

• A Proposal

• Research and experimentation

• Documented Practical Work

• Reflections for every week

• A final Evaluation.

All of the work from each day will be recorded into your Sites and the process will be reflected on. You will be graded against: UAL’s  Awarding Body Grade Criteria – Level 3. 

Proposal

Unit 8 requires that you produce a project proposal of about 350 words, excluding the project plan and bibliography.

The Project Proposal must be word processed and presented under the headings listed below. 

1. Centre name and number

2. Candidate name and number

3. Project proposal title and date

4. Main area of activity / pathway, e.g. level design, film, animation, sound composition, 3D modelling, programming, etc.

There is guidance on writing the proposal on UAL’s website:

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 seven 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.

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, seek feedback from tutors and peers, and identify when you will carry out independent study.

Trello                JamBoard                Figma             Wrike

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.

https://www.citethisforme.com/uk/referencing-generator/harvard

The research and development to support your ideas and practical work is essential to the success of the project. You need to maintain interest and energy throughout. 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, including libraries, museums and galleries, books, film/video/games, magazines, TV/radio programmes, web sites etc. Where appropriate you should use the Harvard system of referencing. The bibliography should be continuously updated as the project progresses.

For guidance, as a minimum, you should research the following four areas, considering how you will present this research:

1. Inspiration from other people.
   Look at a range of artists/designers working today who influence your work. State why. You should also consider the historical and cultural aspects that influence both their work and your own.
   Some areas to start your research: Artists, Filmmakers, Environment Designers, Level Designers, Games Composers, Illustrators, Games Designers, Programmers, Graphic Designers, Digital Artists, Animators, 3D Designers, etc.
   
   

2. Ideas.
   You could begin with listing possible ideas for your project, thinking about your project from beginning to final outcome.  You will need to show you have thought about inspiration for every stage of your project, and thoroughly researched every aspect.
   
   

3. Non-subject related Inspiration
   You should research and list at least contemporary influences that inspire your work such as cinema, theatre, music, games, literature, newspapers, books, websites etc, and state why!
   
   

4. Subject related Inspiration.
   List exhibitions, events, expo’s you have visited, or intend visiting, as part of your Final Major Project. These must include Primary & Secondary sources of research (galleries, libraries, expo’s, magazines, internet etc.).

Interim Assessment

There will be three Interim Assessments including your proposal. 

During each assessment, you will present your sketchbook/diary/journal and you will discuss the direction of your project and how to develop your ideas to a conclusion. 

For the assessment we expect to see a well-presented project containing the following:

• A wide range of primary and secondary sources of research material which directly links to your practical work. This must reflect more than one idea, one starting point and one solution.

• A Google Site

• Developmental works that show your ideas – this must include a detailed process section showing how you created your outcomes. 

• Drafts/experiments, test prints etc and a clear plan of action of how your project
  was developed.

• Your concluded outcome/s. 

The Final Assessment will take place from 17/05/24, you are NOT present for this, so your work must be self-explanatory, cohesive and have well annotated, clearly written evaluations and discussion about your work. 

Grading for Level 3 Diploma

Grade Definition

This is the only Unit on your course that has a grade; this will be the grade for the whole year. 

Unit 8, the final unit of the L3 Diploma in Creative Media Production & Technology provides for the evidence submitted by the candidate to be assessed and graded.

The overall grade for the Level 3 Diploma in Creative Media Production & Technology (Games Design) is determined by the candidate’s achievement in Unit 8: Developing a creative media production project. 

All internal assessment and grading decisions are subject to external moderation. This means that, until an external moderator from UAL has come to view your work, we cannot give you a grade for your project. 

The grades that can be achieved are:

Referral

If a candidate provides insufficient evidence to meet all of the assessment criteria then that candidate is referred. The candidate has one further opportunity to redeem the referral by the submission of additional evidence within a timeframe agreed by the Centre and confirmed to the Awarding Body.  (If you Refer at the first assessment the highest grade you can subsequently achieve is a Pass.)

Fail

If the candidate is unable to provide further evidence that meets the assessment criteria then they will receive a Fail grade.

Pass

To achieve a Pass grade a candidate must achieve all of the assessment criteria listed within Unit 8.

Merit

To achieve a Merit grade a candidate must achieve all of the assessment criteria listed within Unit 8 and must additionally meet the entire Merit grade criteria listed on the following page.

Distinction

To achieve a Distinction grade a candidate must achieve all of the assessment criteria listed within Unit 8 and must additionally meet all of the Merit grade criteria and the entire Distinction grade criteria listed on the following page.

All work is graded according to UAL’s  Awarding Body Grade Criteria – Level 3. This is definitely worth looking over in detail when completing your FMP.