Film Milestone Guidelines

Week 1: DEVELOPMENT: Brainstorming film ideas for prompt/planning/ideation/tasking

Week 2: PRE-PRODUCTION: Decide genre, pick exemplar films or scenes to mimic, build a plot diagram, start script writing, create a mood board, storyboard on paper with camera position and movement notes, audio notes, and blocking detailed, sound design and music style decided

Week 3: PRE-PRODUCTION: Analyze script beats to remove “AND THEN’s”, begin location scouting, get permission to use spaces, take stills of storyboarded cells, audition lighting, audition framing (camera angles, foreground, background, lens choice), audio test recording in spaces and take notes, create a shot list, start music composition, and create a production schedule

Week 4: PRODUCTION: Film rough draft

Week 5: PRODUCTION: Get feedback, plan for revisions, re-film

Week 6: PRODUCTION: finish re-filming

Week 7: POST-PRODUCTION: Edit, possible ADR, add sound, and add music

Week 8: POST-PRODUCTION: Polish and publish