Schedule

 A schedule is a MUST for the portfolio project, and because I am working by myself for this project, it might be a little difficult to stay on task with my blogs as well as actually making progress with my project. This schedule will help me stay on top of all of my blogs and on the days that are not scheduled, I can work on filming + editing.

When working on my AS level portfolio project, I also created a schedule, but I did not seem to stick with it so hopefully I do this year!!

Here is the link for it: AS portfolio project timeline

When making my schedule last year. I used a website to help me create one, so I decided to use it again this year! creating a timeline

Week 1 (2/17-2/22)

2/18 make and publish blog post #1 introduction

2/20 make and publish blog post #2 schedule

Week 2 (2/23-3/1)

2/24 make and publish blog post #3 genre research

2/26 make and publish blog post #4 media text research

2/28 make and publish blog post #5 media text research

3/1 make and publish blog post #6 media text research

Week 3 (3/2-3/8)

3/2 make and publish blog post #7 social media research

3/4 make and publish blog post #8 research/planning

3/7 make and publish blog post #9 research/planning

3/8 make and publish blog post #10 group meeting

Week 4 (3/9-3/15)

3/9 make and publish blog post #11 detailed planning

3/11 make and publish blog post #12 detailed planning

3/12 make and publish blog post #13 detailed planning

(On the 9-15, make the three blog posts for week 5 and schedule to publish them with the following dates)

Week 5 (3/16-3/22)

3/16 publish blog post #14 production process

3/17 publish blog post #15 production process

3/18 publish blog post #16 print research

Week 6 (3/23-3/29)

3/24 make and publish blog post #17 production process

3/26 make and publish blog post #18 production process

3/28 make and publish blog post #19 research/planning for CCR

Week 7 (3/30-4/5)

4/1 make and publish blog post #20 production process

4/3 make and publish blog post #21 research/planning for CCR

4/4 make and publish blog post #22 research/planning for CCR

Week 8 (4/6-4/10)

4/6 make and publish blog post #23 reflecting

4/9 make and publish blog post #24 link to project and comments

4/10 make and publish blog post #25 CCR

Portfolio Schedule

Me being a huge procrastinator is something that frightens me when moving forward with the Cambridge Final Project. To avoid this happening, I am going to create a timeline to stay on track and make all of my visions come true. Before making the timeline, I wanted to do some research to ensure that I included everything needed in order to be successful.

Here is a website that seemed to help me when making this schedule: creating a timeline

Timeline

Week 1 (2/3-2/9)

-Research within genre

-Plan the film opening plot 

Week 2 (2/10-2/16)

-Group meeting + finish planning

-Create storyboard

-Find actors + locations

-Set filming days

-Possibly begin filming

Week 3 (2/17-2/23)

-Film all footage + finish

-If needed: record voiceover + foley

-Possibly begin editing

Week 4 (2/24-3/2)

-Edit all footage + finish

-Edit in another type of style

-Choose better one

Week 5 (3/3-3/9)

-Research for CCR

-Answer CCR questions

Week 6 (3/10-3/16)

-Answer CCR questions

-Complete any remaining blog posts

Week 7 (3/17-3/25)

-Make sure everything is completed

With this, I hope to achieve all of my tasks within the portfolio final project to my liking, as well as on time. I really do think that this timeline will lead me to achieving my goals.

CCR Research #3

The third question that I will be researching is:

"How did your production skills develop throughout this project?"

I think that this is the question that will be easiest for me to answer for many reasons. 

Here are some:

Time Management:

Because I am the world's biggest procrastinator, managing my time has always been something that I struggle with. Throughout the entirety of this project, I have had to think out every move I make. Whether it is choosing to wait a day to do my blog post or doing everything BUT editing my film opening (which is something I am still struggling with). I am 100% still having trouble managing my time for certain things, but it has without a doubt gotten better within the process of this project. When we first began working on the portfolio project, I had made a schedule. *CLICK HERE TO VIEW SCHEDULE* I believe that this genuinely has helped me in the process because if I ever feel that I am behind on something, I just take a look at the schedule to make sure I stay on task. Also, working in a group means finding days that work for everyone. Unfortunately, Camila had gotten sick when we were supposed to film so we delayed our filming by a few days. After waiting a few days, hoping she would get better, she had gotten worse, leaving us no choice but to start the filming process because we had to stay on schedule. This experience has taught me that not everything goes to plan and that's okay!

Hiccups:

Going off of what I said in the "time management" section, it is perfectly fine to have "hiccups," or things go wrong. Yes, it is stressful in the process, but you learn from them. I made a blog post talking about a few things that went wrong in the process of filming. *CLICK HERE TO VIEW* What I had listed on that post is only half the things that went wrong. As you can see, it is perfectly normal for things to go not exactly to plan, and that is okay! This project has definitely taught me that.

I found this website that discusses what to do when something goes wrong when working on a project. After doing all 11 of those things, my group and I were able to solve all of our problems, and it gives me hope that we will succeed!! 

When a project goes wrong, do these 11 things.

Pre-Production

The last and final thing I will be discussing is what occurred pre-production. I found creating a storyboard is one of the most helpful things when developing any sort of production. It's just something about already having the outline of your project and only needing to make that outline/plan come to life. This has definitely given me ideas for future school projects, as well as in real life projects.

The storyboard:

Here are the notes I took for CCR question #3:

Group Meeting #1

<------ A picture of my group!

Hey blog!! For today's post, I am going to give a reflection of my group meeting. I met with four other students, and they shared with me their project ideas, as well as I shared mine. The main objective was to give and receive feedback to each other's portfolio visions, as well as feedback on their blogs.

The lighting I suggested:           

My group included my classmates, Daniela, Ayden, Madison and Milver. The first to share was Daniela. Her idea was about two people in a relationship and one of them killing the other. Our group gave her our input on how we thought she could execute it. I suggested using low-key lighting to create a creepy effect, as well as one of the other people in the group had mentioned to make sure to give the killer a creepy look. Daniela's blog was missing a few posts because she got the dates for the postings mixed up. I suggested that she should make a schedule so she stays on track.

The next person to share was Ayden. I felt her idea was unique and well thought out. It is a coming of age film mixed with magical elements, inspired by Greek mythology. The plot revolves around the three fates; Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos. What makes her opening so unique is that the fates would be in present time. They would be like any other person. I was interested in how she would relate these characters to "the fates." She said that their personality and clothing would represent who they are. For example, she said that Lachesis would be wearing jeans and a band t-shirt because she is the "past" fate. The fate's names would be more "normal." For example, Ayden said Clotho's name would be something like Chloe. After seeing Ayden's blog, I suggested dedicating more time to writing her posts, just because they seemed to lack certain information.

Next up was Madison. It seemed like she had a vision, but was missing a few points on the plot. She did share that her group had come up with parts of the opening, but not the entire idea for the film. I told her that once she thinks of the entire plot, the opening should easily flow. Her idea was to begin the film with someone on the phone inside of a car. It was supposed to sound like that person is talking to someone that they are in a relationship with. Then, someone joins them in the car making it sound like the original person is cheating. One of the group members had asked Madison if she had come up with ideas for costuming. She said yes, and the "vibe" is a punk aesthetic. The characters would have dark clothing on and most likely tattoos.

I told the group about my project next, and gave them a run through of my blog posts. They said that they were interested in my idea for the plot of my film. Because I didn't have clear understanding of the opening myself, I could tell that it made my group members confused...oops!! Madison suggested for me to think for a way to make my vision "come to life" so that the opening is successful. 

Last to share was Milver... he was the member of the group who had the least amount of work done. He shared his idea of the opening being somewhere along the lines of a crime scene board. When we had asked to see his blog, he said that he doesn't have one. That was a little rough to hear. The group gave him a lot of input on how he can achieve his vision.

Overall, I really enjoyed doing this assignment because I got to interact with others, receive feedback on my project, and give feedback to others!! I felt like doing this really helped, and gave me some ideas in which I could use for my opening and blog posts.