An Aspirational Schedule

 Time to plan out how I am going to tackle this project!

 Week one (2/10-2/16)

We are going to start off with week one, this week, my primary goals for this week are getting the primary idea figured out and doing genre research to ensure we meet conventions and our goals.

• 3 blogs 
• Which project 
• Schedule (this blog!)
• Genre Research 
• Meet with group to lay out our vision for the project 
• Go deep into genre research and find and research comparable films 

Week Two (2/17-2/23)

For the second week I plan to continue doing more pre-production work, especially continuing with researching different media texts and genre specific content. I am gonna be looking for genre conventions and seeing how I can implement different norms into our production.

• 3 Blogs:
  • Two posts analysing two real media texts
  • One additional research post 
  • Likely focused on general genre research
• Continue to meet with group to discuss our genre findings and develop our plans.
• Create a rough storyboard and shotlist with the group based on our current research. This will be a blueprint over the coming weeks that will be revised as needed. 
• Create a shared document based on each of our findings where we compile them into a few main takeaways.
  

Week Three (2/24-3/2)

This week I wanna shift towards researching more about the social media and marketing aspect of the project. I'll most likely start with research of similar films social media marketing campaigns.

• 3 Blogs:
  • Social media research (how similar projects engage audiences)
  • Two planning posts – storyboard, shot lists, brainstorm document
    
  • Additional research or planning post
  • Actors/characters focused post
    
• Study social media pages for other projects
  
• Continue working on the planning documents from week two and make turn them into blog-worthy material.
  
• Look into potential filming locations and start assembling necessary equipment

Week Four (3/3-3/9)

During this week we want to finalize our pre-production stage and begin to move fully into the production stage.

• 3 Blogs:
  • Shooting schedules Post
    
  • Location scouting post 
    
  • One reflection post on group meetings and adjustments made
    
• Contact all chosen actors and check availability 
• Use gathered info and pre-production planning documents to create a shooting schedule 

Week Five (3/10-3/16)

During our first week fully dedicated to production, our goals are likely to do most of our filming, as by this point, if availability all works out, we should be ready to film. Additionally we are gonna work on the other components for the project such as the social media component.

• 3 Blogs:
  • Two posts reflecting on the production process and any changes made
  • One post researching print components related to our genre
• Aim to shoot the grand majority of our production in this week to have ample time for post-production and potential revisions.
  

Week Six (3/17-3/23)

By Week Six we should be ready to have filmed all of our scenes. We will focus on reviewing the footage we have in post-production and our goal is to have a first draft of our edit by the end of the week. Through this process of revision we will determine if we may need any changes or new filming to be made, which we will prepare time for this week if needed.

• 3 Blogs:
  • Two posts reflecting on the production process and any successes, changes, regrets, or adjustments needed to be made.
    
  • One post beginning research/planning for the Critical Reflection
• Start Post production
• Produce rough line draft 
• Review footage and ensure no new footage is needed 
• if neccesary record new footage
• Continue work on print components, especially during class time

  

  Adobe Premiere Pro, our chosen editing tool
  

 

Week Seven (3/24-3/30)

During the Spring Break week, as of now since all of our group will be available we wanna get the most out of this week and use it for editing and post-production, as well as doing our CCR, print component and anything else we need and having it all prepared with a solid margin for any potential revision.

• 3 Blogs:
  • Two posts reflecting on editing and production challenges
  • One post continuing CCR planning
• Finish editing, add finishing touches, get review and criticism from peers 
• Complete the CCR
• Finalize the print component
  

Week Eight (3/31-4/6)

If we use our Spring Break as productively as we hope, this final week should be a time for slight tweaks and review, as well as reflection on our project.

• 3 Blogs:
  • Two posts documenting the final editing process and last-minute refinements
  • One post finalizing Critical Reflection research and structure
• Review and revise all final components 
• Work on documenting all revisions on the blog
  

Week Nine (4/7-4/9) | Final Submission & Wrap-Up

If all goes to plan, by the beggining of week nine, we should already be ready to submit!

• 3 Final Blogs:
  • One post reflecting on the overall project experience
  • One post linking the completed project
  • One post submitting the final CCR
• Submit all final components onto blog 
• Test all links 
• Celebrate (and lament) the end of AICE Media :(
  

Although, a tiny bit aspirational (as all good schedules are), this schedule should at least serve as a good blueprint for us to follow. We may have a few changes here and there, but as of now, I see no reason why this schedule should not be able to be followed. I'm excited to get started on this project with my amazing group and see what we are able to create!