Work in progress 4/2/26
This will be a walk through guide on how to layout your Unit 3 (Final Major Project) which will start Early March. If you follow the guidance and lay your work out in this suggested way it will hopefully enable you to work in a clearly constructed and coherent manner. What is important is that you work on one practical project at a time and don't move on to the next stage until you get the work (images) into your PPT and write-up your Reflection.
Set your page so that the size if correct and that your power-point is the correct format. If you know you're going to photograph people for the most part set your pages so that they are 'Portrait format'. Also set the page to the A4 or A3 size proportions.
Write your name and the title of the assignment on your first page.
0. Download proposal template (Word document). Use this to write up your proposal. Update it as you progress through the next 11 weeks.
1. Analyse the brief
2. Produce the research x 2
You must adhere to the UAL rules with regards to the use of AI. Whenever you use AI you have to admit to doing so explain what you've used and done.
*Additional research is advised throughout the work in order that it kick starts new ideas or supports using more experimental approaches to your work.
Make sure you save the HTML links for the websites you get you images and information from in your Proposal in the "Research sources and bibliography" section after you've converted the links to the Harvard style references using Mybib.
If you're looking to attain high grades use quotes in your work and cross reference the quotes with references. Make sure you quotes stand out as being different to the main text.
3. Write up the post research reflection
4. Start to compile your proposal. At this stage you should have a pretty good idea of what it is you're going to be doing at this early stage. Your rationale should include the fact that you're going to produce the work in such a way that it challenges you and enables you to have the time to produce your work in a variety of experimental ways exploring a range of equipment, methods, materials, techniques and processes. You should also mention problem solving, the development of ideas through additional research, robust planning and reflective practice, the analysis of your own use of visual language, your identification of an operational context and it's audience and potential use and clients and issues around sustainability and ethics.
*Remember, as you produce your project you will need to re-visit your proposal and update it so that it mirrors your activities seen in your project.
5. Plan/Intention Write up this part in as much detail as possible. With the plan, use it as an opportunity to identify potential problems prior to them happening.
- Explain your basic plan/intention.
- Identify a learning intention with regards your shoot.
6. "Execution" the production of the practical work in-line with the plan.
7. Reflection
Once you've got this far you now repeat stage 5, 6 and 7 as frequently as you can developing your idea and photographic skills whilst being as experimental as you can. With further research you can steer your work into new creative directions in terms of photographic content or the idea and concept. In an idea world look to do a minimum of 1 shoot per fortnight and during the holiday breaks try and use that as opportunities to shoot on location with new backgrounds, new models or places and potentially better light.
Finally leave time for a MEGA Reflection and check that your proposal mirrors what you've produced in your Design sheet.
