MEST4 Linked production: Research and planning
1) Confirm your production brief . You write this yourself but it's absolutely crucial this is clear, appropriate and achievable. You should have done this already - the original blog post was here - but it may have changed as a result of your preliminary exercise. I have changed my idea production brief from video to print;this has allowed me to emulate my ideas and made them much more ideal to my essay than doing a video production. 2) Research : detailed notes on at least THREE texts similar to what you are creating. What are the key conventions? What can you learn/borrow from the examples you have looked at? 3) Project schedule : when will you shoot and edit this production? Make this a week-by-week schedule leading up to Easter. Key dates: we break up for Easter on Friday 31 March and the final deadline is Wednesday 18 April. 4) Script - see the BBC Writers' Room for advice/script formatting. If you're making a music video, you'll wan