Year 2 - Personal Project - Proposal Notes

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[08:21] You are asked to produce a project proposal that will demonstrate a high level of knowledge in your subject area. You should produce a range of alternative directions to enable some flexibility when your project is negotiated with your tutor

[08:21] <> the negotiation bit is fluff, it's already occurred

[08:22] <> you know what a proposal is

[08:22] <> choosing history because I was pretty good at it

[08:22] <> and I love it

[08:23] <> a range of alternative directions; for my chosen subject it will be the various elements that reappear through time

[08:23] <> such as politics, economics, society

[08:24] <> I tend to gravitate towards politics and society more so than economics

[08:24] <> if I had to prioritise my interests Politics, Society, Economics in that order

[08:25] <> Obviously sub categories fit within these main three; such as the concepts of royalty for politics, architecture and clothing for society etc

[08:25] <> also these sub categories are cross section, for example religion easily fits across all three

[08:26] <> the reason why I have chosen to identify these three points is simply for the reader and myself to clarify how I am approaching an understandably broad subject

[08:26] <> it is more so making a foundation of language and approach

[08:27] <> that is how I am demonstrating showing the range of alternative directions

[08:28] <> literally

[08:29] <> as for figuratively, I plan to put in my introduction my philosophy on history and why it is extremely important to take in note for creative development and as a source of inspiration. With a brief sampling of examples of how mythology and culture permeates through original works

[08:30] <> within your area, you should select a subject which in addition to interesting you will provide enough scope for different responses to your research material

[08:30] <> My 'area' refers to what I wish to do with my creativity; in this case it is illustration primarily, with a secondary source of creative writing in which to fuel this illustration

[08:31] <> I've already explained above how my subject has an absurd amount of scope

[08:32] <> the response to my research is entirely fuelled by my person; my values, my creative ingestion of what I will be inferencing

[08:32] <> The selected area should be given a cultural and contextual perspective and all possible angles should be considered for exploration

[08:34] <> Cultural and contextual perspectives should ideally be covered within my introduction, as well as how I believe that to the best of my capability and skills in research and using such research to my means will cover the 'possible angles'

[08:35] <> You should produce a work schedule with the planned progress of your research toward its final presentation for assessment. This research should be shown in a final outcome which should creatively reflect the subject chosen

[08:36] <> This is quite simple, I need to show my discipline and determination to stick to a brief without altering it's intents. This shows that I must balance my eagerness to produce that in which is to the best of my standards to the constraints of time for this project

[08:37] <i> I must know what I am researching, why I am researching it, and the various ways in which I can creatively interpret this

[08:38] <> The best metaphor I can associate to this is that of translating one language into another. The language of history into my language of creative thinking

[08:39] <> The final outcome is the accumulation of all of my translation into a script in which can be enjoyed by audience

[08:39] <> How this figurative script shall be displayed, I am yet to decide

[08:40] <> As for the presentation, a presentation that covers the 'gist' of the project without being a word for word description of what I have done, is ideal

[08:41] <> You can employ a range of technologies to show the research you have uncovered. These methods can be recorded in your supporting documentation. There should also be recognition of Legal and Professional issues relating to your findings.

[08:42] <> These 'ranges of technologies' are the physical results of my creative thinking

[08:43] <> This can be through various graphical mediums, such as through digital artwork (which is my primary skill) to traditional mediums such as pencil, paint, etc. It can also mean creating sculpture, exploring materials in which to stimulate these creative thoughts

[08:45] <> These results can either be embedded within the research itself, so that the logical progression of my thoughts are clear. Or they can be separated from the research and seen as a concluding summary of my opinion for each segment of research that I do (using my annotated thoughts alongside the resarch to show creative thinking as I go through the research)

[08:46] <> As for legal and Professional issues, seeing as my project is largely more cerebral and opinion based rather than through industry and practice, The best I can see to cover this area is through the motions of plagarism and what is considered to be in the public domain

[08:47] <> Thought Should be given to creative ways to present your research, to engage your audience and communicate your message effectively. Proposals should be shown to indicate how these presentations can be made

[08:48] <> I have pondered upon how to creatively reflect my research, and it might be fitting to do a combination of both rather than fit to a determined structure that may hinder moreso than help

[08:49] <> To engage my audience, the final presentation should be made in consideration to this, as an introduction to the project as a whole rather than to be too concerned with going through everything I am covering

[08:49] <> These notes are akin to a proposal, to get my first thoughts down on how to approach and conduct myself

[08:50] <> When I have had feedback on these notes, I can begin to structure them into a more presentable format rather than my free thinking thoughts 

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[09:09] <> Working to a self-negociated brief with considerations of needs and requirements of target audiences.
[09:10] <> I need to identify how I am going to present my findings to an audience, whether I am talking to adults or children. The way in which my research is understood is vital to making this distinction
[09:11] <> if my intentions are towards an audience of children, then they cannot possibly read the raw research material and my thought processes due to both not having the faculty to do so that an adult does, and also due to an untrained self-discipline to keep up interest within it
[09:11] <> This would mean that my presentation would have to be presented in which my material can be easily formatted and digested in an exciting way, suitable for them
[09:12] <> If my intentions are towards an audience of adults, then I should not be condescending and simplistic in my approach - I must act as if I am presenting my work to an unknowing version of myself, with consideration to not being too complex as to alienate certain populace
[09:13] <> These adults are also capable of reading the raw material, and so do not need as a descriptive presentation of my work

[09:14] <> Considering factors..... Form and Function, Moral, Ethics & Constraints
[09:14] <> These are sub categories in which can be moulded into the research, both from my own morality and ethics to the morality and ethics of the time period in which I am researching
[09:17] <> I need to inference both, to show that how what may be immoral during that time period to that audience, would not apply to an audience of this current era
[09:17] <> and other various examples relating to the concerns above