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  Proposal Letter to Client: Hello, My name is Amy Norris and I am a student at Sunderland College who has been tasked with making a documentary. The aim of this documentary is to engage young people and to encourage them to think about the impact of the digital age on modern society, and to highlight what defines that culture, and talk about my own experiences with it and other people who identify with it. When choosing an idea for this documentary, I decided to go with one about video games. Basically, most young people play video games nowadays, to the point where video games have become a daily part of their lives, and i thought it would be interesting to talk about the impact video games have had on us and society. Also, i enjoy playing video games myself, which means that i could easily talk about my own experiences while gaming and experiences i had/have with the gaming community. Because i’m active in the gaming community, i also know other people who enjoy playing video ga...

SHOOTING SCHEDULE Date Scene Location Completed Comments 15/02/2021 Scene of Xbox console and controller in TV stand shelf Living Room   Scene of stack of video games inside TV stand cabinet Living Room       Scene of my laptop, TV, Xbox and Playstation on my desk (with gaming chair in shot) My Bedroom       Scene of just my Xbox My Bedroom       Scene of my Playstation My Bedroom       Scene of stack of my video games My Bedroom       A scene of an Xbox One X Cyberpunk 2077 box My Bedroom       Over-the-shoulder footage of me playing a video game My Bedroom        Actual in-game footage from my laptop My Bedroom       In-game footage on my Playstation My Bedroom        In-game footage on my Xbox My Bedroom       Scene of someone in my family playing video games Living Room       Scrolling thr...

  SELF REFLECTION, AND SELF MARKING Final reflections : ● Interpretation of the brief ● Existing Product analysis ● Research (Google Form and results) ● Mindmaps ● Chosen idea/Meeting the Brief ● Refine your idea ● Presentation ● Creating a plan (Pre-production paperwork) ● StoryBoard ● Risk Assessment ● Proposal ● Test Footage ● Proto-types ● Equipment ● Final Product ● Documentary Evaluation ● Dairy Self Marking: P - Pass , M - Merit, D - Distinction. What did you do to a high standard? I did a lot of research about the subject so that I would have a lot of things to talk about in my script/documentary. Why did you struggle during the assessment period? Bad mental health/depression made it difficult for me to do any work for any of my projects as well as struggling to understand what I should do for certain parts of the work. What have you learnt from this experience? I learnt that if I'm struggling to do the work because of either bad mental health or I'm stuck on a piece o...

      Risk Assessment Form – Part A         Production Name:   Video Game Documentary Organisation   Sunderland College (Bede Campus) Production Address:     Durham Rd, Sunderland SR3 4AH Producer / Editor   Tel:  Mobile:  Amy Norris Start date     End date     Distribution   Who gets a copy of the assessment   Amy Norris, Lecturer (Drew Naylor)   Outline of risk assessment   Summary of what is proposed in terms of sequences and set ups.   The location of the production is at my house. All of the equipment used in the production of the documentary are my own. I use my own phone for filming and my laptop for editing. Team members / experts / contractors / contributors etc.   List those involved   Amy Norris Locations   Outline locations involved – indicate any which are hostile environments   Amy Norris’ Home.   Assessor  Name  Sig...