Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Re-Evaluating Production Schedule

I was very hesitant to re-visit the production schedule I created in my proposal because I knew I hadn't stuck to certain aspects of it and so didn't want to feel down heartened or demotivated. However I decided to go through it to work out what I needed to prioritise and what was left to do. 


My main concern when looking at my schedule is I still haven't completed a storyboard which I had hoped to finalise in my first week. I think it was naive of me to think I could complete it that early as I am still working on my music and am still looking at different inspirations for footage, so I wouldn't have been knowledgable enough and there would have been a lot of guess work. I will make this a priority to gain inspiration and sketch out my storyboard; however I had hoped to complete this alongside finalised music. 

Another reason I feel so behind is I thought I would use the exact, or very similar, styling and beauty looks from my proposal; however I am now collaborating with a designer and stylist which motivated me to develop my designs further. This therefore took up more time than I had anticipated and meant I have not done all the things on my schedule to this date. 

In my schedule I put a lot of pressure on myself to get a lot of things done in the first few weeks and then from 6th March on it is much less demanding; however I think I should have spread my tasks more evenly to set more realistic goals. I think I underestimated the amount of work I would have to do, for example where it says 'Finalise She's styling and beauty for all 3 looks', that took me weeks to do because I had to have meetings with my stylist, take measurements and I developed the looks completely, along with other tasks. I didn't include music in my schedule which was very time consuming as I found it challenging to decide exactly what I wanted the music to sound like and also how I would make sure it wasn't copyrighted. I thankfully found some music guys to help me; however I did not allow time for this in my schedule which was, again, naive of me. 

According to my schedule I would have finalised my two locations, which I did; however after a meeting last week with Sebastiane he warned me that my locations may be slightly cliche and so I should consider changing them. This was frustrating because it pushed me further off my schedule; however I knew I wanted to find the most appropriate location so I will make sure I leave time to find these. 

I had to change the date of shooting the powder paint/dance scene to 25th March because my dancer had an opportunity arise that meant she was no longer free. This gave me more time to plan the shoot and get the styling ready; however it left less time for me to edit the footage. I originally thought my final hand in date was 1st May but it is now the 5th May, giving me more time than inspected and therefore more time to edit. My stylist and designer were glad to hear about the pushed back dates as it meant they had an extra week to finalise the styling and do fittings. 

For my project proposal I had started my website using Wix and bought the domain name, so I would have been on schedule; however after a meeting with Sharon we agreed Wix can be clunky and restricting so I should create my website from scratch in Adobe Muse to create a unique design. Unfortunately I made me Wix site go live with my domain name so I need to talk to my IT teacher to see if I can delete the website and redeem the domain name or if I have to choose another one. I have been focusing solely on creating my fashion film so have not started making my website; however I have looked at design inspiration so am ready to start this. I will make an undated schedule from now until my deadline to schedule in a time for me to start this. 

I haven't heard back from The Sophie Lancaster Foundation since 30th January when they said they would forward it to Sylvia. I need to chase this up to see if they are interested in collaborating with me in any way. I also need to chase up the university I would like to present my film to.

After I made my schedule I secured work experience over Easter for 2 weeks so I did not allow time for this. I am concerned that I will still be able to manage my project around this so I will need to create an updated schedule including this to make sure I can work around it. If this is not possible I will have to postpone my work experience to after I finish my project. I did also not include my cheerleading competitions, which are over three weekends, so I will need to include those too. 

Looking at my schedule and how much of it I've actually achieved is slightly disheartening because I have so much to catch up on. I thought I would take more inspiration from my proposal and therefore just have to practice the makeup and hair looks and find the styling; however I have changed nearly all my look completely and am now collaborating with a stylist and designer so that took up more time than expected. I have also been working hard creating the music, which wasn't included in the production schedule. Reviewing my schedule taught me to take more time to consider what might go wrong or the possible developments that could happen as I gave myself very short deadlines for certain tasks and unrealistic goals. In my updated schedule I will try to make it more manageable so I can follow it and stay on track. I think it will be easier to do this now because I am more aware of how long I need to leave for certain tasks.

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