Production Schedule

Unit 13 – Final Major Project

Documentary – The Cosmic World

All time slots are set to at least 8:45-16:00 so that I stick to a strict time frame to complete work
however times may extend if work is not completed.

Date To do Where & Complete

When
Week 1
13/01 Context introduction: Readthrough the brief College YES
and start to decide if we can realistically 8:45-16:00
make our production idea.

1-2-1. YES

Lesson 1: Look at factors of making the YES

production.

Lessons 2: Create proposal, rationale, project YES

concept and evaluation.
14/01 Context: College
Create production schedule – plan through to 8:45-16:00 NO
deadline, this will be a working document.

Type up three base ideas for documentary YES

and send out survey for primary research.

Organise focus group for further primary YES

research. Create questions beforehand.

Film focus group with prepared questions. YES

15/01 Context: College
Create bibliography with preparations to add 8:45-16:00
documents.

Type up results from focus group – outline

the key points made and look at how results
apply to developing the idea.

Start looking at clients and competitions. Find

one by Friday.
16/01 Context: College
Analyse survey results from the survey sent 8:45-16:00
th
out on the 14 about documentary ideas.
 Type up final idea chosen from the results
from survey in further detail and clearer
outline.

Look at social and ethical implications. Start

and aim to finish by end of day.
17/01 Context: Home or college Awaiting
Type up final brief 8:45 till complete update

Weekly blog
Type up weekly blog for week one.
18/01 PART-TIME JOB Saddle Safari
8:30-17:30
19/01 DESIGNATED CATCH-UP SLOT Home
Week 2
20/01 Lessons 1: Feedback College Awaiting
Lessons 2: 1-2-1 with James 8:45-16:00 update

Topic and target audience (Deadline: L10)

Target audience
Based on client/competition: Send out
developed idea to a variety of ages and both
male and female groups to find out who my
target audience will apply to most.

21/01 Topic research College Awaiting

Research the topic worked out from context 8:45-16:00 update
research. Research the topic and fully
understand the relevant information from
various sources then type up what you have
learned and how it will apply to the project
then work out how to simplify the idea.
- Theory of relativity

22/01 Topic research College Awaiting

Continue topic research to find out about 8:45-16:00 update
gravity and simplify the information you have
learned to then make it easy to communicate
to audience. Type up result from what you
have learned and how it applies to project.
- Gravity

23/01 Target audience College Awaiting

Type up results from survey sent out on the 8:45-16:00 update
20th then create an infographic.

Once you have results from target audience

survey, send out SOCIAL MEDIA survey, get
 as many responses as possible – roughly 40
should get a wide enough range of answers.
Ask:
- What could be improved?
- What would you change or adapt?
- What should I not include?
- What should I include?

Organise focus group with target audience

(audience will be worked out from survey
results). – At least 4 people

Focus group:
 Discuss full idea
 What do they like about it?
 What would they change?
 What locations could be used?
 How would you prefer to learn from
the documentary?

24/01 Topic research Home or college

Continue research on topic, look at black 8:45-16:00
holes, how they affect our universe, the
power they contain and give out, what would
happen if you were to make contact with one
etc – essentially all relevant and interesting
points that would engage audience
members. Finalise and simplify to then make
it easier for viewers to understand once in
the documentary.
- Black holes

25/01
26/01 DESIGNATED CATCH-UP SLOT Home
Week 3
27/01
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