Planning Diary

Week 1

As the group fundamentally comprises of two As Media groups, we shall initiate the coursework by analytically comparing our prior media blogs, so we can accumulate notions upon where we went wrong, and where we thrived, to ultimately build a blog embracing both positive ideologies.

Once this has been polished off, we will begin to devise ideas and notions upon our five minute production. Here, we will post initial, preliminary perceptions upon our film, which should thereby reflect an intended audience. Building up our blog step by step, we can use our findings above as a catalyst to formulate ideas upon our intended audience institution- an in-depth post concerning how and when we can exhibit our short production. Finally, we have to eventually consider accumulating research for themes we plan to exemplify, as well as codes and conventions for the near future.

Week 2

While week 1 served more time towards preliminary research, with posts not always relating to our short production, week 2 will more intimately reflect our progress and ideas upon our short. For example, posts will be conjured up concerning our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, mood/ story boards and risk assessments. Moreover, we may develop our common understanding of the short though the odd textual analysis.

Another key feature to blogging we plan to complete soon will concern a protagonist analysis post, methodically explaining our characters name, origins, disposition, role within the film, and how his worldly present reflects the genre of the film.

To wrap up the week, we may very well devise an intended audience profile, for both the model male and female. However, the board has stressed the importance of this post, so we may just reserve our energies for a later date so the post can hit its optimum level.

Week 3

Similar to week 2, the group will essentially focus their energies towards developing their overall idea for the short film of our choice. Once the intended audience profile is complete, we shall pursue our influences within the realms of film and display how these films have reflected our ideas, as well as our primary ideas upon sound, iconography and costume design. Piecing the work together ever so slowly but surely, we will then exploit the use of group member Dave Waters’ car and hopefully go in search of some appropriate settings and locations.

By now, the group will be basically ready to shoot our short production. The duration of shooting will fundamentally depend on weather forecasting in the near future, and whether we score lucky with our setting and location ‘hunt’. However, if all runs smoothly, we could potentially shoot all the mandatory footage by the end of the week, or half-way through week 4.

Week 4

The agenda upon week 4 ultimately depends on the fate of our shooting the week prior, however, if the course of action runs as prepared, the group can essentially focus of post-production work, involving evaluations of shooting, sound, mise-en-scene, editing, audience feedback, institutional analysis etc.

Week 5

Complete remaining post-production work, and pursue evaluation questions until completion.

TBC