A Schedule for Success

In order to produce consistent, high quality work, I believe it is imperative to create a plan or schedule. Because of the lacking urgency of deadlines, it could become easy for us to delay filming without a schedule, which could be detrimental to the depth of our production choices. Jacob, Chancellor, and I have discussed which dates work best for our personal schedules, realistic time frames for various aspects of production, and how our individual contributions should reflect on the schedule.

Week	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
3/5-3/11	Research genre and striking films within this genre	Speak with group on genre and direction of film opening, create blog post	Create blog post on genre inspiration	Start working on storyboard with group.	Write a blog post about beginning plans for shots, angles, and composition		Research characters typical of our genre choice
3/12-3/18	Discuss and outline character personalities and appearances,	Begin writing script, ideally finish draft of script,	Finalize script, research the casting process and casting within our genre, Create blog post about script	Discuss agreed upon vision for characters and set design with group	Write blog post about characters and set design	Cast actors for our film opening	Create blog post reflecting on casting experiences and justifications for chosen actors
3/19-3/25	Create filming schedule, work with group to ensure we agree on our ideas and execution	Write blog post	Location scouting, gather supplies needed for film opening, ensure all filming equipment is functioning well	Create blog post on set design and costume design		Begin filming, create a blog post about the first filming day	Continue filming
3/26-4/1	Create blog post	Continue filming (if necessary)	Begin editing film opening and examine existing footage for possible reshoots	Alter ideas for shots which did not turn out well, create blog post		Reshoot footage which we felt was unsatisfactory, create blog post	Edit reshot footage, continue editing film opening overall
4/2-4/8		Create blog post on editing process	Finish editing on film opening, tweak it as a group until satisfied	Watch completed film opening multiple times, plan general outline for reflection, write blog post	Begin work on the Creative Critical Reflection (CCR)	Continue work on CCR, create a blog post	Rewatch existing CCR footage, change CCR appropriately
4/9-4/14	Create blog post concerning CCR revisions	Finish work on CCR	Look over CCR, review for inconsistencies, correct any issues		Post completed film opening and CCR		Project due

As to allow for a degree on spontaneity in some of my postings, I have decided to not plan all blog post topics in advance. This should give me the flexibility to write about pressing matters or issues that arise before, during, or after production of the film opening. This schedule certainly isn't set in stone; if any issues or differences between planning and practice arise, these plans can be moved around.