Pre-Production Timeline

1. Research – Search for previous articles and studies.

a. Roles: Researchers
2. Find respondents – Find people to interview (3-5 people), determine if they are
representative of the issue and if their stories are unique.
a. Roles: Director, Producer, Researchers
3. Draft narrative – Develop a set of questions to ask for the interview, Begin
planning a rudimentary flow for the film
a. Roles: Director, Scriptwriter
4. Logistics – Find places to film, Plan production schedules, Figure out needed
budgets, Communicate with respondents
a. Roles: Producer, Production Designer, Finance Officer, Purchasers

Production Timeline

1. Conducting the interviews – Film interviews with interviewer and respondents,

Film random miscellaneous shots with respondents for future use
a. Roles: Director, Producer, Assistant Director, Production Designer,
Cinematographers, Interviewer, Sound Supervisors, Finance Officer,
Purchasers, Gaffers
2. Review interviews and build narrative – Figure out how to arrange them, write
narration, figure out what extra miscellaneous shots are needed or if certain parts
of stories should be re-enacted
a. Roles: Director, Scriptwriter, Editors
3. Misc. shots – Film re-enactments if necessary and/or feasible, Film extra
miscellaneous shots
a. Roles: Director, Producer, Assistant Director, Production Designer,
Cinematographers, Interviewer, Sound Supervisors, Finance Officer,
Purchasers, Gaffers
Post-Production Timeline
1. Final writing – Continue to write extra narration if needed
a. Roles: Director, Scriptwriter
2. Record Narration
a. Roles: Director, Editors, Narrator
3. Editing – Put together all the shots into a completed film
a. Roles: Director, Editors