proposal fmp

In today's theory lesson, I finalised my FMP proposal and started to research sources to use in my video.

Project proposal.

My proposal for my dyslexia documentary project is to document about myself and others that are dyslexic and to educate people about it.

I have chosen to do a video as it is a more visual form of media than a radio show or print. I have more experience in video making and editing and I am passionate about this area of media, and feel that it will be more beneficial for me to do this.

I will ask people at college if they would like to or feel comfortable taking part in the documentary. People that do struggle with dyslexia I will ask them to talk about it and things that they may find difficult, and also people that aren’t dyslexic to give their views on it and what they think it might be, and what might define the learning need. I can talk about the successes of people that are dyslexic and how they didn’t let it slow them down, such as Richard Branson who is the owner and founder of Virgin, and Albert Einstein.

My target audience is people who have dyslexia and people who want to learn more about dyslexia, like parents or teachers. The demographic goes from people who learned they had dyslexia at a young age in school to people who didn’t get a chance to be tested for dyslexia and were just cast off to the side and forgotten about. The parents would be aged 18 to 50.

The title for my video I want to have spelled correctly at the top and mixed up towards the bottom, this will show the viewers what dyslexic people may see. To do this I am going to use After Effects.

I may face a few personal challenges during my research as I will have to do a lot of reading which sometimes I can find difficult. I will do some online research and look at some articles written about dyslexia.

The initial research sources that I will use is videos on YouTube about a similar topic, books from the library that have been written about dyslexia or publications uploaded to the internet. I am going to look at how dyslexia impacts peoples learning from the early years of school right through to adulthood. I have done some research on YouTube and found a video called “I am dyslexic” by Thom J. Davis, where he speaks about his own experiences and experiences of others, he also includes some animations. This video is very similar to what I plan to do, but is very dated, slightly depressing and hard to follow as it is boring. I plan to add more animations to engage the audience.