March 27 – March 31 Weekly Log

Date Task Description Time Spent Was this a Best Practice? 
3/27Helped Sammy finish editing her film50 minutes  X
3/28Finished helping Sammy50 minutes  X 
3/29Began editing and completed 9 minute film reel30 minutes  X 
 3/30Touched up film reel and worked on write up40 minutes  X 
 3/31Completed write up 45 minutes  X 

March 20-24 Weekly Work Log

Date Task Description Time Spent Was this a Best Practice? 
3/20Finished filming, uploaded videos to computer50 minutes  X
3/21Began editing film – March Madness50 minutes  X 
3/22Continued editing and uploaded sound30 minutes  X 
 3/23Added sound, completed editing, downloaded completed film40 minutes  X 
 3/24Began write up for film45 minutes  X 

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March 13-17 Weekly Work Log

Session Number 6
Week Number n/a I don’t know
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: 
What was your overall goal for this week? Complete one film for film portfolio

Work Tasks 

Date Task Description Time Spent Was this a Best Practice? 
3/13Listened to and create film pitch45 minutes  X
3/14Storyboard and plan 2 films for film portfolio40 minutes  X 
3/15 Began filming 1 film – Editor role for film portfolio 30 minutes  X 
 3/16 Filmed 50 minutes  X 
 3/17 Filmed 50 minutes  X 

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Preparing a Film Pitch TEMPLATE

  • TITLE THIS BLOG POST: ‘Someone or Thing Fighting Someone of Thing for Someone or Thing Pitch’
  • FILL IN ALL SECTIONS BELOW 
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s Italic INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

LOGLINE

  • A pathological liar is forced to tell the truth for 24 hours after accidentally drinking a truth serum

PROTAGONIST

  • Protagonist explained
  • Tell us a little about this person
  • More description is better, really ‘paint a picture’ of them

PROTANGIONST CORE WOUND / MOTIVATION 

  • Identify the core motivation / wound / want for the Protagonist

GENRE

  • Identify Genre(s) and / or Style(s)
  • List other films in this genre that inspire or are influencing your film element choices

PLOT DESCRIPTION

  • Write a paragraph describing the beginning, middle, and end of the story arc 
    • Does the Protagonist achieve their goal?

TREATMENT

  • Complete a paragraph describing the protagonist’s world
  • This description helps the team build a better, more believable world
  • You may include wardrobe, family, friends, food choices, habits, hang-ups, etc.

INFLUENCES and EXAMPLES

  • List directors or other filmmakers FROM YOUR CHOSEN GENRE you are using for research and inspiration
  • List scenes FROM YOUR CHOSEN GENRE you are using for research and inspiration
  • Embed video clips of scenes that may influence or inspire stylistic choices in your film