Term Project(s) Proposal: Due January 23
KYLA MALLETT
Term Project(s) Proposal: Due January 23
The proposal for your project(s) this term should be about two typed, double-spaced pages long. Longer is not better. It is desirable that your proposal be clear, well structured and that everything you write be relevant to your enterprise. Your proposal should cover the points listed below.
1. Introduction: what are you going to do; e.g., “For my term project, I will produce a series of approximately six medium-scale photos on the subject of ...” (1-2 sentences)
2. Ideas: how did you come up with this concept? What is your interest in pursuing this particular idea? — Maybe your planned project will give you the opportunity to further explore a subject or process you have long found interesting or you have already been working with. Maybe your research revealed a particular fact that makes you want to approach this project in a particular manner. Are you drawing ideas from historic sources? If so, which ones? Etc.
3. Goals: What do you want to achieve? You may already have stated that you intend to produce “six medium-scale photos,” but to what end? In addition to conveying the content you are interested in, are there other motivations to making this work? Do you want to learn how to operate a video camera? Would you like to learn more about lighting? Are you interested in investigating how to develop a narrative structure? Have you long been fascinated with small talk and you feel that this medium will allow you to explore this social phenomenon in some depth?
4. Appearance: What will the project look like? Be specific: colours, materials, duration, scale, finish, how will it be encountered and where?
5. Method: How will you go about realizing your project? What materials/methods/resources are necessary? Where will you obtain necessary materials/equipment? Will you need expert help and where/how will you get it? Have you thought about whether the method of production is appropriate for the given time frame? You may be thinking of a relatively simple method of production, however it may be very time consuming, e.g. knitting a “cozy” for a car may be impossible to accomplish in one term, you may be better off considering sewing it.
6. Documentation and Presentation: Given that this is an online course, please consider the best way to present your work in an online format. There will be step 1) the making of the work in its physical form, and then 2) the documentation and presentation of the work for this online course (of course, those things could merge given the right project...)
7. Time Line: How are you planning to structure your project? You will be required to present or show an aspect of your project on several occasions throughout the term, (in meetings and critiques). Attempt to anticipate what you might be able to show at these stages.
8. Budget: Put together an estimated budget of what the project might cost, so you don’t discover halfway through that the material or processes you were planning to work with are far too expensive for you.
9. Conclusion: Summarize your project and your goals. This may include technical or conceptual challenges that you are aiming to resolve and/or a particular response from an audience you are hoping to achieve. (1-2 sentences)