Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
3/27 | Helped Sammy finish editing her film | 50 minutes | X |
3/28 | Finished helping Sammy | 50 minutes | X |
3/29 | Began editing and completed 9 minute film reel | 30 minutes | X |
3/30 | Touched up film reel and worked on write up | 40 minutes | X |
3/31 | Completed write up | 45 minutes | X |
Month: March 2023
March 20-24 Weekly Work Log
Date | Task Description | Time Spent | Was this a Best Practice? |
3/20 | Finished filming, uploaded videos to computer | 50 minutes | X |
3/21 | Began editing film – March Madness | 50 minutes | X |
3/22 | Continued editing and uploaded sound | 30 minutes | X |
3/23 | Added sound, completed editing, downloaded completed film | 40 minutes | X |
3/24 | Began write up for film | 45 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? |
3/13 | Listened to and create film pitch | 45 minutes | X |
3/14 | Storyboard and plan 2 films for film portfolio | 40 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