Project Portfolio Schedule

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

 Now that I've finished my first week working on this project, I'm going to be diving deeper into the process that I will follow for the next 7 weeks to develop, produce, and reflect on my film opening project.

COMPLETED:

Week 1: Initial Planning Stage

• Intro to the final project and get a breakdown of the project
• Select and research potential genres for your film opening
• Discuss initial plans
• Choose if you want to work alone/ with others
• Brainstorm ideas

TO DO LIST:

Week 2: Research and Planning

• Research film openings from your genre
• Research credit sequences within your genre
• Research filming techniques and ideas
• Start thinking of the plot
• Research how to make special effects (if needed)
• Research editing techniques

Week 3: Planning and initiating 

• Research media theory to integrate into film 
• Summarize your project idea and major inspiration 
• Create script and storyboard
• Meet with instructor 
• Reflect on feedback and insight
• Modify and tweak storyline (if needed)
• Start thinking of characters (create mood board)

Week 4: Development Phase

• Develop characters
• Develop mise-en-scene/ design costume, props, set, lighting, etc.
• Develop audio/ find music
• Design/ find special effects (if needed)
• Design makeup 
• Start buying supplies (if needed)

Week 5: Final research and Begin Production

• Research production company logos
• Create production logo
• Create props (if needed)
• Create the set
• Create/ alter costumes

Week 6: Filming and Editing/ Research for CCR

• Film scenes 
• Gather music and sound effects
• Record foley (if needed)
• Record VO (if needed)
• Edit clips together
• Add title cards
• Add color grading (if needed)
• Add special effects (if needed)
• Research for CCR questions

Week 7: Research for CCR and Brainstorm ideas

• Prep for CCR 
• Research how does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues
• Research how does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text
• Research how your production skills developed throughout this project
• Research how did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project
• Discuss CCR production ideas

Week 8: Filming and Editing CCR

• Finalize ideas
• Film scenes
• Edit clips together
• Reflect on the project
• Submit links of the final project and CCR