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gantt for 3-20

summer gantt complete!

documentary bullets

Documentary Bullets

- Get familiar with language
- Icebreaker/Warm-up exercises (everyday
- Present Goals of the project
- Foreshadow the project
- Watch a couple of documentaries to get an idea of what they can be
- Brainstorm Ideas
- Outline the purpose of the project
- Break into groups/ find willing subjects
- Brainstorm interview questions / how we can accurately portray subjects
- Prepare for field work (shooting and specific shots/interviews
- Talk about ambient sounds
- Take a timeout and review each other’s work to find common ground between subjects
- Talk about what has been successful and what hasn’t for each group
- Voice-over recording
- Edit
- Do all the “little things”
- Watch the piece and go back out in the field to get missing parts or more of what we would like to portray
- Talk about what we can do better/differently next time
- Complete Documentary and make master DVD and back-up like crazy
Set-up a camp-wide premiere

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gantt 3-1

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Awareness

• Choose topic that needs attention
• Icebreaker/Warm-up exercises (everyday)
• Watch World on Fire
• Brainstorm ideas
• Think about how we can visually represent a problem and the beginning of a solution
• Present goals of the project
• Introduce the importance of audio and play around with garageband
• Start outlining a plan based on the problem and a solution
• Practice using to icons to represent tangible things
• Begin storyboarding
• Go back and think about “main idea”
• Prepare for shooting and begin animating
• Think about music
• Talk about transitions
• Talk about ambient sounds
• Take a timeout to see what we have and what we need (raw footage)
• Talk about what has been working and what hasn’t
• Voice-over recording
• Edit
• Record any greenscreen shots in the studio
• Talk about “pushing the envelope”
• Talk about the title sequence
• The “little things” (tweak videos, add ambient sounds, do more voiceover work if necessary
• Watch Awareness piece the whole way through and discuss what works, what doesn’t, and what we can do differently next time
• Complete Awareness and make master DVD and back-up like crazy
Set-up a camp-wide premiere