FMP Proposal

Unit 8 requires you to produce a project  proposal of about 350 words, excluding the Project Action Plan (Schedule/Timeline and bibliography. 

Project Proposals should not be so succinct that they do not address the requirements listed,  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. 

The project proposal must be word processed and presented under the headings listed here:  

Please complete the following sections

UAL Unit 8 FMP Project Proposal

Candidate Name: 

Candidate Number:

Pathway: UAL Music - Performance Pathway

Project Title: 

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. 

Use the subheadings in red to help you to structure your ideas..

Section 1 - Rationale:

• Explain why you are doing this project? 

• How will it benefit you in terms of skills and knowledge development?

• Will it help you move towards your long term career goal?  

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 2 - Project Concept:

• Explain your project, what are you going to do and how?  

• Who are you going to collaborate with?  

• What will your final product be? 

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.

Section 3 - Evaluation:

• Evaluate your project proposal. What are its strengths and weaknesses?

• What are the challenges and how do you plan to overcome them?  

• What are the opportunities for development?  

• What external threats could stop / damage your project – plan to mitigate them?  

• What feedback did you get in your presentation and how did you change your project after?  

Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Referenced)

Explain what research you intend to undertake and why this will be critical to the success of your project. Provide examples of both primary and secondary research you will undertake in a range of areas that are relevant to your project

Primary Research

• Target Audience 

Secondary Research 

Genre Research 

• Resources and Techniques (equipment)

• Roles, responsibilities and collaboration.  

• Pre-Production 

• Production 

• Post-Production  

Bibliography (Harvard Referenced)

Include a list of reference source links, correctly harvard referenced, see examples below: 

EXAMPLE:  

• Hans Zimmer: Powerful scores (2017) Scoring the Score. Available at: https://sites.psu.edu/scoringthescore/2017/09/22/hans-zimmer-powerful-scores/ (Accessed: 18 March 2025). 

• Sodomsky, S. (2017) Hans Zimmer announces new live album ft. Johnny Marr, Pitchfork. Available at: https://pitchfork.com/news/hans-zimmer-announces-new-live-album-ft-johnny-marr/ (Accessed: 18 March 2025). 

• Use this site to help you with Harvard Referencing: https://www.mybib.com/