Project Pitch:
For my final media arts project, I am proposing to do a Let’s Play video of a video game that I am interested in. The Let’s Play most likely will include commentary, in addition to the video game content and my experience playing through it. The intended/target audience will be male and female gamers between the ages of 18 and 30. The exhibition and distribution plans will be to upload the project to YouTube to display the video, and share it with this blog and maybe Facebook to also play the video.
Detailed Project Proposal:
It will be a Let’s Play video of a video game I own. I will use my PlayStation One or PlayStation Two as my video game console in order to play the video game. I will use my Television to play the video game on my video game console. I will provide commentary during the video to provide my gaming experience playing the game, and also provide game content with music and sound effects that the game includes. I will use my iPhone to record the Let’s Play, commentary and gameplay along with the sounds and music, and make sure I get the best quality my iPhone will allow. I will use an iPhone tripod to stabilize my iPhone as I record my video game, while having me and my controller free in order to play the video game. I will also be using iMovie, an app for my iPhone, to edit the video and audio clip(s) and create the final project. After the final project is complete, I will upload the project to YouTube and share the video on my blog and maybe my Facebook page for the world to see.
The script will include my commentary, in addition to the video and audio clip(s) the game includes. The script will go through the whole short video and sequence of events from start to finish.
The project will be a documentary of my video game experience. The video game content contains nonfiction elements, but the project itself will be real events of me playing the video game and my experiences. It will be an interactive project, where I play the video game, and the video game will progress based on my inputs with the controller. I will provide narrative in this project, which will be my commentary explaining what I am doing, and showcasing my experience while I play the game for my whole project/video. The video game will be linear, where I play the part(s) of the video game from start to finish. The script, storyboard and video may be both linear and nonlinear, including the editing processes. I may do an experimental run-through of the video game that I am deciding on for this project, but I have complete knowledge of the video games I have and can smoothly progress through the video games for the video part(s) of the project.
There will most likely be no budget, as I have all the necessary things I need to create this project.
The Target Audience will be male and female gamers between the ages of 18 and 30. I feel like that audience will be the most interested in video game/Let’s Play videos. I want the final results to have my friends and new people appreciate the Let’s Play that I create. I want to replicate the quality and hard work that the popular Let’s Play YouTubers put into their videos.
The video game/Let’s Play experience will be a high-quality project that will showcase my ability to make Let’s Play videos. I want to be able to make YouTube videos of video game Let’s Plays more often in the future.
I will use a gaming setup I created that will be used as my recording and project environment, as well as my bedroom for my setting. 
Rough Outline/Timeline:
- Find Video Game to Play
- Figure Out Which Video Game Console to Use
- Test iPhone and Television with Quality, Sound and Voice (Commentary)
- Set Up Gaming Setup
- Project Test Runs – Comfort
- Storyboard
- Script
- Shooting Script
- Record the Video with Sound Effects, Music and Commentary
- Progress Through Project – New Recordings – Changes/Adjustments
- Live Roundtable Review
- Editing & Final Touches
- Final Project
