Production Schedule

Unit 13 – Final Major Project

Documentary – The Cosmic World

All time slots are set to at least 8:45-16:00 so that I stick to a strict time frame to complete work
however times may extend if work is not completed.

Date To do Where & Complete

When
Week 1
13/01 Context introduction: Readthrough the brief College YES
and start to decide if we can realistically 8:45-16:00
make our production idea.

1-2-1. YES

Lesson 1: Look at factors of making the YES

production.

Lessons 2: Create proposal, rationale, project YES

concept and evaluation.
14/01 Context: College
Create production schedule – plan through to 8:45-16:00 NO
deadline, this will be a working document.

Type up three base ideas for documentary YES

and send out survey for primary research.

Organise focus group for further primary YES

research. Create questions beforehand.

Film focus group with prepared questions. YES

15/01 Context: College
Create bibliography with preparations to add 8:45-16:00 YES
documents.

Type up results from focus group – outline YES

the key points made and look at how results
apply to developing the idea.

Start looking at clients and competitions. Find YES

one by Friday.

Plan for problems by typing up initial YES

document anticipating both theoretical
 problems such as research and practical
problems such as filming, editing, actors etc.
16/01 Context: College
Analyse survey results from the survey sent 8:45-16:00 YES
out on the 14th about documentary ideas.

Type up final idea chosen from the results YES

from survey in further detail and clearer
outline.

Why it should be made, the various reasons: YES

Something new? Something unique?
Different style? Etc.

Look at social and ethical implications. Start YES

and aim to finish by end of day.
17/01 Context: Home or college
Type up final brief 8:45 till complete NO

Weekly blog YES

Type up weekly blog for week one.
18/01 PART-TIME JOB Saddle Safari
8:30-17:30
19/01 DESIGNATED CATCH-UP SLOT Home

Finish production schedule YES

Type up final idea YES
Why it should be made YES
Social and ethical implications YES
Week 2
20/01 Lessons 1: Feedback College
Lessons 2: 1-2-1 with James 8:45-16:00

Topic research (Deadline: L10)

The history and development of the general YES

theory of relativity.
Key dates and events proceeding the theory YES
that supports or goes against the theory.
21/01 Topic research College
8:45-16:00
Look at key people involved: YES
- Albert Einstein
- Stephen Hawking
Look at their educational path to where they
are now, include the papers and publications
they worked on that led their
career/education and how they got to their
research and work on the
breakthrough/theory that is a part of the
documentary.
22/01 Topic research College
8:45-16:00
Look at key people involved: YES
- Isaac Newton
- Peter Higgs
Look at their educational path to where they
are now, include the papers and publications
they worked on that led their
career/education and how they got to their
research and work on the
breakthrough/theory that is a part of the
documentary.

23/01 Topic research College

8:45-16:00
Research through people you could interview YES
as primary research on the various subjects.
Experts would be useful as they could
provide direct information about the subject.

24/01 Topic research Home or college

8:45-16:00
The definitions and explanations of relativity, YES
gravity and black holes.
Explain their fundamental properties.
25/01 PART-TIME JOB Saddle Safari
8:30-17:30
26/01 DESIGNATED CATCH-UP SLOT Home

Simplify the work in a summary so that it can YES

be applied to the documentary and develop
idea for the survey next week.
Week 3
27/01 Target audience research College
8:45-16:00
1-2-1 with James and feedback from week 2

Survey YES
Based on client/competition: Send out
developed idea to a variety of ages and both
male and female groups to find out who my
documentary would apply to most – Build a
profile.
Build a detailed understanding of what target
audience want to see.

Topic:
Further topic research with podcasts from YES
experts – Startalk hosted by Dr Neil Degrasse
Tyson. – Look at what he says about the
 topics you are covering, if he knows any more
detail than you have researched.

28/01 Type up results from survey sent out College YES

create an infographic from results 8:45-16:00

Once you have results from target audience YES –

survey, send out SOCIAL MEDIA survey, get Awaiting
as many responses as possible – At least 40. results
Discuss full idea then Ask:
- What could be improved?
- What would you change or adapt?
- What should I not include?
- What should I include?
Mention styles, presenters and types of
documentary.

Focus group
Organise focus group with target audience YES
(audience will be worked out from survey
results). – At least 4 people.

29/91 Target audience research FOCUS GROUP

LOCATION
Secondary research into Psychometric types NO
and VAL characteristics.

Record focus group and ask: YES

• Discuss full idea
• What do they like about it?
• What would they change?
• What locations could be used?
• How would you prefer to learn from
the documentary?

Type up answers from focus group YES

30/01 Target audience research College
Make sure all results are typed up with 8:45-16:00 Awaiting
analysis of what interviewees and survey update
respondents have said.

Type up idea development from results from NO

the week.

Weekly blog in last lesson. Reflect on this

week’s work and what has been completed. YES

31/01 Target audience research College or home

8:45-16:00
 Today is for any work that had to be pushed
back based on either lack of survey results or
a postponed focus group.
01/02 PART-TIME JOB Saddle Safari
8:30-17:30
02/02 DESIGNATED CATCH-UP SLOT:

Make sure all results are typed up with

analysis of what interviewees and survey
respondents have said.

Type up idea development from results from

the week.

Secondary research into Psychometric types

and VAL characteristics.

Week 4
03/02 Codes and Conventions
Send out survey – what mode does my idea
fit into.
-Explain idea and ask what they would prefer
to see.
04/02 Codes and Conventions
Secondary research on mode styles:
 Expository
 Observational
 Participatory
 Reflexive
 Poetic
Define them and research examples to
understand each one.
05/02 Codes and Conventions
Analyse 3-4 productions from my genre
looking at:
 Interview techniques
 Footage – archive, presenter,
interview
 Camerawork
 Lighting
 Music – background and foreground
 Sound
06/02 Codes and Conventions
Primary research - Practice skills seen from
analysis – Upload the variety of clips showing
how I can re-create the necessary skills.
Upload the skills videos to Weebly website.
07/02 Codes and Conventions
Type up how my research will be applied to
my production – what I have found that will
be put into my documentary.
08/02 PART-TIME JOB Saddle Safari
8:30-17:30
09/02 DESIGNATED CATCH-UP SLOT