thephoenixparkguide.com The Phoenix Park guide project plan (Phase 1) Sep – Dec 2011 Prepared by Cathal McDonagh - B DMEDH 2012

Requirements Gathering Identify aims & goals thephoenixparkguide.com, will your first source for a video travel guide offering information and resources on the Phoenix Park in Dublin. With a wide range of videos on the tourist attractions and monuments in the park as well as practical information on how to get there and where to eat. Thephoenixparkguide.com can show you everything you need to see to embark on an unforgettable travel experience to the park.

Requirements Gathering Here at thephoenixparkguide.com we have a team of student filmmakers who are traveling around the park so that we can bring you the greatest sights and sounds that it has to offer. We are proud to be the only place on the internet where you will not only have access to some of the most detailed and informative travel guides for the Phoenix Park, but we also offer intriguing and helpful videos that will provide you with a very real and fascinating perspective of the park. We are creating a serious of videos that will be hosted on a website. The website will be called thephoenixparkguide.com The vimeo channel will be called thephoenixparkguide.com tv.

Planning – Short videos and content 1 - Farmleigh 2 - Aras an Uachtarain 3 – Dublin Zoo 4 - Phoenix Park North – Ashtown Castle and Visitors Centre The Phoenix Monument Polo Grounds Dublin Zoo Peoples Park Garda Headquaters

Planning – Short videos and content 5. Phoenix Park South - Wellington Monument Magazine Fort Papal Cross War Memorial Gardens

Planning – Short videos and content The videos will around 5 to 10 minutes long The videos will be scripted The videos will be narrated The videos will feature interviews with tourists to the park and people who work in the park There will be a questionaire developed for the interviews. The website will have a page to host each video.

Planning – Short videos and content We want to keep the videos short and will add extra videos if they run longer than 5 to 10 minutes. We are currently developing the trailer for the presentation in January The trailer will be on the first video which is Farmleigh house and estate. We are currently developing the storyboards for the videos.

Planning – Map of the Park

Planning – Farmleigh video and trailer Location of filming Farmleigh House and Estate Filming outside the house Film inside the house Rooms open to the public are: Entrance Hall and Staircase The Dining Room The Corridor The Boudoir The Nobel Room and the Blue Drawing Room

Planning – Farmleigh video and trailer The Ballroom The Conservatory On the estate and ground of Farmleigh Clock Tower Fountain Lawn Dutch-Style Sunken Garden Walled Garden Boathouse Dairy The Benjamin Iveagh Library Farmleigh Gallery