Research Timeline

Week 1 (April 1-5)
Meeting with Jill, Brownyn, Alexis, and Julia to determine availability for collaboration, share ideas about projects, talk about lighting techniques.

Week 2 (April 6-12)
For Project 1: Watch musically-oriented films. Research meditation music, read various poems in order to get a feeling for using time dilation to describe a perfect moment. Begin sketching music for film. Meet on Thursday with Alexis to discuss music ideas. Be thinking about images to use in correspondence with music.
For Bike Film: Meet with Zack/David/Sean to discuss exactly what needs to be done to make the film perfect. Re-shoot on Saturday at the Arboretum with Brownyn & Alexis. Use camera rig for car attachment.

Week 3 (April 13-19) Progress Report
Edit bike film. Determine if extra shots are needed. Film concert on Tuesday.
Scout locations for music film images. Possibly go to the coast on Friday & Saturday with Brownyn to shoot ocean footage. Finish writing music and continue to fine-tune it. Go see the Gary Hill exhibit.

Week 4 (April 20-26)
Record music for first film. Finish gathering images. Experiment with Soundtrack Pro and Garage Band. Meet with Cody for editing help. Shoot final shots for bike film if needed. Finish editing bike film. Begin compiling sound and images for first film. Meet with Zack/David/Sean to discuss where to go from here.

Week 5 (April 27 - May 3)
Gather any additional shots for music film. Finish editing. Meet with peers to go over first cut, make additional adjustments as needed.

Week 6 (May 4 - 10) Submissions due
Be completely finished with edits by May 5. Make storyboard for narrative film. Begin preliminary shooting; continue sketching ideas, interweaving between shooting and storyboarding. Meet with peers to discuss ideas and brainstorm.

Week 7 (May 11 - 17)
Bring footage in to edit; continue developing ideas for different shots. Work by interweaving shooting and editing. Watch non-traditional narratives and non-narrative films. Research After Effects techniques that could be helpful with the project.

Week 8 (May 18 - May 24)
Meet with Zack/David/Sean to discuss progress so far. Continue shooting, bring footage into After Effects to manipulate heavily. Meet with Kjell to brainstorm ideas for sound synthesis that might work with film.

Week 9 (May 25 - May 31)
Finish shooting completely by beginning of the week. Spend entire time editing, meet with peers to go over footage and rough cuts.

Week 10 (June 1 - June 7) Project Due
Finish editing completely by June 2.