Schedule

     Starting now, I have 7 weeks to finish this project. In that time, I have to plan, storyboard, shoot, and edit the entire film opening, and I've learned time and time again that sticking to a schedule is key to completing things on time. 

Week 1: DONE

- Pick genres and get inspiration

Week 2 (2/3-2/9)

- Analyze film openings & credit sequences critically 
- Research the genre (Drama) more in depth
     - Watch movies for inspiration (Black Swan, Smile, Mysterious Skin, Donnie Darko)

Week 3 (2/10-2/16)

- Research media theories
- Pick one project idea
- Create script
- Create storyboard

Week 4 (2/17-2/23)

- Plan out mise-en-scene elements (setting, props, costumes etc.)
- Plan out character development
- Plan out audio

Week 5 (2/24-3/2)

- Begin production (filming, editing, sound, etc)
- Elaborate on mise-en-scene elements

Week 6 (3/3-3/9)

- Finish production
- Begin post-production
- Begin CCR Q1
     - How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Week 7 (3/10-3/16)

- Continue researching CCR
     - How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
     - How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
     - How did you integrate technologies- software, hardware, and online- in this project?

Week 8 (3/17-3/25)

- CCR Production and post-production
- Post final CCR and film opening
- Final reflection on project

CCR: Ideas

     I have a couple of ideas for my CCRs, and I need to do at least 2, so here are the two I'll probably use: