Get It Together by Drake (feat. Jorja Smith, Black Coffee)

 I felt like this Drake song, which is one of my personal favorites, describes how I'll be feeling these upcoming weeks. It's going to be jam-packed with finalizing the research and planning for my opening and actually getting into producing the final product. One important step I seemed to have overlooked was creating a project schedule for myself to follow. I tend to just go with the flow, or do things whenever I feel like it's the best time, but a larger-scale project is going to require me to go with an organized flow, so here's what I came up with:

I didn't want to go crazy with my goals for each week because I wanted them to be attainable and things may come up throughout these next few weeks that delay a couple things, but I'm happy with this schedule. As you can tell, this week and next week are crucial periods for this project to go smoothly, so I'll be trying my best to get as much done as possible. If anything, I can always adjust it if needed to keep myself focused. Now that our schedule is out of the way, the next order of business for me is completing a screenplay and working on a storyboard. I can check two things off my list for this week because my screenplay is done for my opening! I really like to follow the traditional screenplay format for scripts because it's much easier for me to follow when creating a storyboard and visualizing it in my head. The stage directions are in a lighter font while the actual dialogue is bolder. 

I'm not used to writing scripts for films because I'm not exactly a film buff myself, but I'm pretty satisfied with how my script turned out. I'm also deciding to follow a rule of thumb I learned from my friends who are film buffs that one page is equal to one minute in your film. Therefore, the first page will be the first half of my opening while the second page is considered the second half. That's another reason why I created my filming schedule based on filming the "first half" and "second half" accordingly. I don't think filming will take me that long, but I'm giving myself time to film my opening before I leave for spring break. I'm hoping to get half of the filming or all of it done before break, but we'll see how these next few weeks pan out. 

My next goal to check off the list for this week is completing the storyboard. I'll be working on that for a day or two before getting into the production jazz and deciding on actors. One or two days seems like a short amount of time for a storyboard, but because I have stage directions in my script, I don't imagine it taking too long. I want to make sure that I know exactly how I want my opening to look so I'm able to direct my actors with ease and bring my vision to life. I'll talk to you later alligator!