Week 1

MON- Finding a reason to be making this short film. Is it for a competition of for a
company?

Creating 3 ideas that will be broken down by a survey

TUES- Research into ideas and creating a survey to find out what Idea is preferred of the 3
ideas

Creating bibliography that will be updated through the prosses

WED- Getting survey responses and creating a final idea in relation to those results

THUR- Create brief and weekly blogs

FRI- Catch up on missing work

Week 2

MON- what is my topic, and does it suit the target audience

Research into that topic finding 1 example of a short film with that topic and exploring it and
its use of camera work sound editing and lighting

TUE- set up focus group. Develop idea and create a more detailed version of what I think it
will go like.

Starting the primary research. (who is my target audience based on the competition)

Create survey to see what target audience appeals to my idea

WED- create infographic on responses from survey & set up focus group with 4 people from
my target audience

-Discus full idea

-What they like about it

-What would they change

-Etc

Do the same questions with social media (look at responses)

THUR- weekly blogs & bibliography

FRI- catch up on missing work

Week 3
MON- finalize focus group. Look at how idea can develop

(what did they say could be made better, what could I adapt and change, what should I not do
that I was planning on doing and what should I include) *write under focus group
improvements to idea*

Create survey asking if my idea fits the genre I have given it (write up responses)

TUE- look at genre and find 2 examples of short films and analyse them with spider diagram
like analysis look at (camera, lighting, music and sound)
How will this affect my production and what will I do to replicate the examples I’ve
researched

Camera (what am I going to do to make it fit the genre)

Lighting (how will I get effective lighting like the examples)

Music (what type of music is used and how will I get it)

Sounds (will I be using Foley sounds at all or not)

WED- look at genre conventions and find ways that I can create them look at YouTube. Put
clips on page a bullet points the important details.
THUR- weekly blogs & bibliography
FRI- catch up on missing work
Week 4

MON- film and edit examples of genre conventions (4)

Put them under the research into YouTube videos.
TUE- what is the narrative structure of the genre (diagram of the structure I’m going to use)

Look into props character theory. Find examples of short films using character theory

What are these traits

What do they look like

How old are they

WED- create character profiles (images, physical evidence, personality traits,) * 3 needed *

THUR- weekly blogs & bibliography

FRI- create audition for role of main man & child 2 people per role.

Week 5

MON- write up on how auditions went. Final cast and why dates for filming must be
confirmed by this time.
(Create script. Rough and complete versions)

TUE- location, from research what locations are most typical in the genre I have chosen to
look at locations I can use.

(Find images and create a bored as to what locations fit best)

WED- create contingency plan

THUR- weekly blog & bibliography

FRI- catch up on missing work

Week 6

MON- look into the mise-e9n-scene

What props are used, what’s the outfit of the character,

How can I do that in my project