We have around 5 weeks left to do our FMP. During this time something that has really helped me with seeing what I’ve done to what I haven’t done in a orderly fashion. This board has helped me see what I need to get doing and/or needs to be complete.

For today’s task we had to create a presentation board on our final project that explains what we have done and haven’t done and what needs improving on. On the left hand side we had to write down our project so far so what we’ve done may that be practical or written work.

On the middle for the left hand side was ‘what I did during Easter’, even though what I did for the Easter wasn’t a lot in my opinion  but it was enough to plan out my week. Right next to it in the middle was the ‘what to do next’. Knowing what to do next is always a struggle as that’s when your plans come into action. Now I know what I need to do today to get myself in the working spirit.

Finally on the right hand side we have the overall look and main focus. This is morally for seeing where I am currently. Things i need to improve on and do today.

This board really does help knowing with what I need to do, like today I need to do sketch the other art pieces that’ll go inside the books with each chapter matching the art. I will also need to write down the the back cover on what its about and create a survey. This starter has really helped me know what needs doing or checking over.

The world on horse racing can be a very controversial thing to talk about. However, we cannot let this go un-noticed anymore. Horses DO die on track. These are caused by either over working them or after going over a jump falling and either breaking or twisting their legs or part of body, half the time the horses take a really rough fall to the floor, mess of tangled limbs, fractured bones and broken spikes, all of these things is enough for a horse to either be put on retirement or even shot and “put down”. When horses do die or are injured the jockeys see the horses as replaceable. These horses to jockeys are just something to ride to win a race. Just like any other sport, drugging is involved. This is extremely illegal, these drugs can be to make them work a lot harder just like they way steroids do but the majorette of the drugs are to mask any type of injury, so instead of the resting or getting treatment they will carry on running like nothing is wrong, trainers can be banned from ever entering again as well as the jockey as they may or may not know of what the horse has taken or been given. When horses are too old for racing or stop performing well enough to get a win or a medal they’re often sent to slaughter. Thousands of horses from the industry are killed in the UK alone every year and often turned to dog food or cheap meat. We all know The Grand nationals. It’s the most deadliest course in the world, it has a total of 16 jumps, they’re required to run 4mi, 4f (7,242). This track has racked up many fatalities. Having 40 skidish horses makes accidents of all sorts including pile ups.  It’s only the horses that pay for their lives. The jockeys do abuse their horses, they strike the horse- mostly at the end of the race, this causes pain and suffering to the horses. Horses are made to learn how to race at a young age. Now this can cause to affect the to the growth of the horses and get them to cause injuries and really its not surprising. ALL of this is for money, they horse gets nothing out of this but recognition from the public. There is very limited things we can do , turning your backs on the sport or simply protesting is the only way to go, protesting isn’t a great idea but turning your back on the sport and letting people know how they really treat these horses and that it’s not worth it, hopefully they’ll turn their back on the sport as well.

In this Blog I’ll be doing all these things listed to make sure I’m not missing anything out.

1. prop list
2. character list
3. story board
4. age rating
5. risk assessment
6. camera angles

Prop List

1. table
2. 4 chairs
3. laptop
4. camera
5. clip-on mics

Character List

As I have real people they would be counted more as Models really.

Izzy, Alfie, Betti, Marie and Myself.

Story board

Age Demographic.

because of the subject matter it can be hard to take in all of the truth of abuse that these horses endure. For this reason only i recommend that anyone from the ages 13+ would be interested and able to watch in a respectable matter.

Risk Assessment

Camera Angle

Because this is more of a reaction interview we will need to be able to see their faces the whole time the camera angles will be very basic. Just the Wide shot and a couple of close up shots, I can edit this when the interview is done to give it more affect.

Where my FMP stands currently is just all on paper, all in my blogs. Mostly planning, research and mood boards with a dash of my cover art. Everything is a little all over the place but once i get on a scheduled I should be fine. Since the beginning my FMP has changed a lot. I want to get my interview done by the end of the week but I really don’t feel like that’s possible because of the list of things that I need to do that need a lot more attention than the interview. I would like to see if one of my friends could do a digital interview as they know a lot about my FMP’s subject matter and she’ll be perfect to explain it all better and give some insight. With the two weeks we have off I would like to possibly do a poster and I’ll need to start on the better ways section for each chapter that I talk about. As I personally don’t ride a horse all my information will be coming from my friend that I’ll be interviewing and google. I have high hopes for my FMP and I really hope it comes out alright.

I have finally found a name for my final project and name of my book finally.

Two options that i need a vote on what one i should use as a final cover so I can illustrate  it. Otherwise I’m stuck between the two. I may decide to make another option during the week and Easter holidays but for the meantime what I have currently is perfectly fine.

( have credits to the video owners first and a little discretion )

(me) – What do you know about dancing horses at the moment?

(me) I’m going to show you a few seconds of a short clip and tell me what you think after.

=After watching video=

(me)What did you think of that video?

(me) I’m going to now show you the same sport but differently..

=After watching video=

(me) So what did you think of that?

-After reply-

( me ) Do you now still think this is ( whatever they say )

 

This is just a very simple script as its more of a reaction interview than a regular interview.

During rodeos we’ll be focusing more on the horse side. Many horses are injured during these events. Once the horses are injured and are no longer able to perform they get “put down”

When a horse bucks it can cause pain in the back and neck when trying to buck of its rider. Horses have a heavy “fight or flight” like most people do. When a horse can it’ll run. However if it’s concerned or threatened or scared the horse will buck. Horses buck for fun but there’s a fine line between a playful buck and a fearful Buck. Take for example, strawberry fudge a horse who was killed July 19 2009 during a rodeo. During the 2009 forntier days rideo many horses were injured, but strawberry fudge was the only one reported by the local media sharks efforts to get local media to report on other animal injuries were ignored.

There’s a video online showing strawberry’s death- this is graphic so have a look at your own discretion. The stress going through rodeo horses making them stressed out. As I mentioned earlier the “fight or flight” and start bucking right away, others run for a bit then start to buck, this puts pressure on the horse for being aggressive and may end up chucking itself onto the ground in order to try and get the person of their back. The horses that get badly injured they usually get put down by either a injection or with a silent gun to the head. Quick, swift and painless. They don’t do this respectfully. I’m rodeo and possibly many other places, they are out into a small long box with other horses and shot in the head one by one. I am aware that putting a horse down is normal, but they do it a lot more respectfully. Rodeos are a cheap quick entertainment to watching horses get scared out of their mind.

Today I managed to get 3 people for an interview practice so I know what to do and so they know roughly what to expect for the final piece. I’ll have to edit the video tomorrow and post it for a rough plan on what the final piece would be.

I need to ask someone to be the  camera man for the final piece as I want it to have a great quality outcome. Im not 100% sure if I would like to have the interview in the studio or somewhere else.

We had to pick a piece of paper blindly that had a word on it relating to nature. I got given trees so with clay I made some water droplets on a stick. However, my droplets didn’t go well at all, they came out horrid the photos. As you can see, this cane out horribly so I made another picture of some blossoms.

These came out a lot better and the results go better with the card I was assigned with 🌸