UAL Awarding Body - Level 3 Diploma

Unit 8 - Project Proposal

Name Damian Piotr Dowgiello

Pathway Video Editing/Graphic Design

(favourite subject
specialism)
Project Title Bodybuilding Documentary

Section 1: Rationale (Approx 100 words)

This year I have really enjoyed video editing, this is the main reason why I have decided to make a
documentary, the documentaries we have done for unit 1 & 2 a few months back were awesome
and have taught me how to plan and execute. The one I have done really turned out amazingly. The
other reason why I have decided to make a documentary specifically about bodybuilding is also
because I am taking a part in that sport. I love it and I know a ton of information about that sport.
Making a documentary about bodybuilding will be pure fun.
Section 2: Project Concept (approx 200 words)
One day while thinking about what I will do for my FMP while I was in the gym, I have thought to
myself, what is it that I really enjoy, what is it that I can talk about for a week non-stop and what is it
that I want people to know more about. Then it hit me, it’s bodybuilding, people are very mistaken
most of the time. They always think that if a guy is huge it’s because he takes a lot of steroids and it
is NOT true AT ALL. So after I have thought about the topic of what I want to make, I had to think on
how I will put this into a media product. One media product I had in mind was a documentary, I was
thinking about it for a long while, I just wasn’t sure if I can pull it off. But you know what? I CAN and I
WILL.
I will explain what advantages and disadvantages bodybuilding has on your body. I will explain the
mistake people make while talking about steroids. I hate when people say “Oh steroids are a
cheating way of getting muscle.” I don’t condone them, I dislike steroids for what side effects they
have and I will explain that for sure, but they are not a “cheating” way of getting muscle. I will show
a clip of a bodybuilder being true about steroids. I will explain that steroids are a part of the sport
and if someone wants to take them they can but if no they don’t have to. I will explain the nutricion
and the diet bodybuilders have to go through. Also I will compare bodybuilders to strongman and
powerlifters.
 Section 3: Evaluation- How are you going to record (approx 50 words)
I will keep my log updated and I will keep following the plan I have created for filming. I may also go
ahead of the plan but we will see about that.
I will record all of my footage in the gym so if it comes down to that part of my work I really don’t
have to worry about that. I also have a few people that work for the gym and who will be helping me
with the documentary.
Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)
Bodybuilding Information. 2017. Rich Piana. [ONLINE] Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/1DAYUMAY​.​ ​[Accessed 11 April 2019].
This is the channel I took most of the steroid information from.

Bodybuilding Information. 2019. Bradley Martyn. [ONLINE] Available at:

https://www.youtube.com/user/bradleymartynonline​. [Accessed 11 April 2019].
This is the channel I took most of the bodybuilding information from.

Documentary Styles. 2019. Generation Iron. [ONLINE] Available at: ​https://generationiron.com/​.

[Accessed 10 April 2019].
This is the website which has a documentary that I would like to replicate but in my own style, it
speaks of what bodybuilders go through and it uses some awesome techniques within it.

Documentary Styles (Pro). 2019. Documentary Styles. [ONLINE] Available at:

https://www.videomaker.com/article/c06/18423-six-primary-styles-of-documentary-production​.
[Accessed 10 April 2019].
This is a website which shows all of the main documentary styles which are the big six. I have chosen
one of the styles from the website already and I have decided to use the style throughout the whole
documentary. The style I have chosen is an informative style which is most often used in
documentaries about a certain place or about nature.
 Project Action Plan and Timetable
Week Date Week Activity / What you are intending to do -
Beginning including independent study
I have started all of my documents, I have
1 26​th​ March decided to prepare everything before hand,
so it will be easier for me to follow up on it.
I am planning to finnish of all of the
2 2​nd​ April research or at least most of it because it will
be work in progress for ages.
I want to finish my google slides and
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3 9​ April continue with my research to get some
decent progress.
By this date I would like to finnish of all of
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4 16​ April my written work or at least most of it and I
would like to start filming with the start of
week 4, which happens to start here.
I am planning to plan, write and record all
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5 23​ April of the narration for my documentary this
week.
After I record all of the narration I need to
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6 30​ April start filming the vox pops, interviews, the
clips and I also need to start collecting all of
the archive footage to make the
documentary extra interesting.
Once I gather up all of the assets I will edit
7 7​th​ May them into the documentary making it as
good as I can.
Once I finish all of my editing I will start my
8 14​th​ May evaluation and I will send the documentary
to my class so they can review it.
Once everything is done I will make sure I
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9 21​ May have done everything correctly and
properly.
Resources / What you will need to do it -
including access to workshops
I will just need a Mac or a PC and an
internet connection.
Again I just need a Mac or a PC and
internet connection.
Mac or a PC will be the only things that I
need.
To do my recording I will need a camera, a
tripod and a charger. Well, the charger
isn’t for recording but I will charge the
camera batteries for the camera to work
using it.
I will need a microphone, an SD card or a
Pendrive. As well as a PC.
Internet connection, a PC and a
camera/mic combo will be needed to
complete this segment.
For this I will need a PC or a Mac and some
good editing software.
I need internet connection and a PC to
execute that goal.
DEADLINE HAND IN ALL WORK
PC or a Mac will be needed to accomplish
this goal.