PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Date – Week beginning Plan of Action Evaluation

16th March Context* Weekly blog
Idea Generation
23rd March Research Weekly blog
Medium research
Genre research
Contents
30th March Research Weekly blog
Practical tasks
Artists/Professionals
Target audience
Platforms
6th April (Easter) Pre-production* Research Evaluation
13th April (Easter) Pre-production / Film Test shoots / Weekly blog
20th April Pre-production / Film Test shoots / Weekly blog
27th April Film Planning evaluation
4th May Film / Edit Weekly bog
11th May Edit / Re-shoot* Weekly blog
18th May Production Evaluation Weekly blog
Interim Deadline
25th May Marking Week
1st June Pitch / Improvements Pitch evaluation / Final
Final Deadline evaluation

*Context – idea generation, proposal, brief

*Re-shoots may involve contingency actors / location

*Actor auditions this week – consider contingency plan.

Medium research:

• What is a short film? Purpose of a SF (audience survey and online research)

• History of short films, how they have developed (online research – articles)

Genre research:

• Conventions of chosen genre, what my audience expect to see/hear (Focus group)

• Video analysis (two examples of productions – discuss narrative, mise-en-scene, camera
work, etc.)

Contents research:

• Research topic of obsession – impact it has on characters, development, causes..

(Documentaries, books, online research)
Practical skills research:

• Research new skills to include within my work – camera skills, editing, mise-en-scene
(YouTube, experimentation)

Artists/professional research:

• Two artist I admire – what they have produced, how they have told their story, what was
successful?
• What ideas I will draw on for my own work (Primary and Secondary research, Analysis and
experimentation)

Target audience research:

• Who should my work be targeted at? What do they want to see? (Survey)

Platform research:

• Where could I air my production, where would it receive the best response? What platforms
do my audience use the most? (Focus group/survey)