I need a plan…

Ok so it’s Valentine’s day today and since I have nothing better to do, I figured I’d start to schedule this GIGANTIC project. This project consist’s of so many different parts that it’s a little overwhelming even thinking about it right now. So, I decided I’d break it down to a weekly schedule.

I’ve used this app called Notion for everything school related, like with assignments and tests and stuff, so I figured it would be the perfect thing to organize myself with this project. 

[video of how I have my school work organized. isn’t it cool!]

Anyway’s enough of me fangirling over Notion. I figured I could use this app just like I do for school for the portfolio project. The app allows me to create a schedule on a calendar that is extremely helpful to organize myself and helps me keep track of everything I have to do.

 

Ok so I started by figuring out the basics of what I need to do, which you can see under the checklist of “major planning steps”. This helped me orient myself and know what I needed to get done specifically. I started with brainstorming/research, then storyboarding, script writing, developing story outline, and finally having a shot list. This is everything I need to get done before I can even think about starting filming. Then I wrote out everything that needs to get done on a week to week basis. Here’s a basic rundown of everything that must happen every week (which is all written in Notion, but it’s hard to see in the video)

2/8-2/11 (already did this!): start brainstorming genre

2/12-2/18: choose genre, research openings in genre, develop schedule (what I’m doing right now :) )

2/19-2/25: figure out approach and plot

2/26-3/3: storyboard and shot list

3/4-3/10: pre-production, props, setting, cast

3/11-3/17: FILMING/EDITING

3/18-3/24: editing and CCR

3/25-3/31: CCR

4/1: finalize film

4/2: DUE DATE

In my Notion calendar I wrote out exactly what needed to be done each day. Every day I did a little list of everything I would have to do for that day to keep my self on track to completing this project in time. I think this project timeline will really help with organizing myself, which was something that was difficult for me when we worked on the Music Marketing project. With my calender I will be able to stay on top of everything that I need to get done and so I won’t get behind and haven’t to rush to finish the project at the end. It also really helped me break down this huge project into smaller more simpler tasks so it doesn’t seem as daunting anymore.