Genre research: An idea of what I might want to write about

I started watching the first part of this documentary of what I might want to do my documentary on: writing. Watching the first bit of it this is what I was able to discern:

The core idea is to prioritize getting a screenplay written over making it perfect from the start. The advice, "Don't get it right, get it written," encourages writers to push through initial fears and complete a first draft, understanding that rewriting is where the real improvements happen. Conceptualizing the story and characters beforehand is important, but during the writing process, maintaining momentum and avoiding over-analyzing every detail is key. Setting daily writing targets and giving yourself permission to fail can lead to surprising results and a more enjoyable writing experience. It's about valuing the process of creation and recognizing that the first draft is just the beginning.

https://youtu.be/V6Yql0jrjow?si=kLLxwPNJMrFlcryL

Scheduling and Planning START!

Every year the time of the project that takes weeks initially seems like a long time but time doesn’t wait for you. Those weeks turn to days, turn to hours, turn to deadlines. It’s easy to think you have all the time in the world but that’s not realistic. Let’s see what I can really plan.

When looking at everything right now, I don’t think I have any exact dates for things planned yet. I’ll have to make a more concrete timeline the week after this one but for now I have ideas of things I need to do and things I already have planned personally. For example, I have university orientations during the coming weeks and I have family events and even my drivers license pick up during the time of March. March will be hectic so I have to take full advantage of the times in class accordingly.

The remaining weeks of February should be good since I don’t have any other major events planned but I also need to think of possible club meetings that are coming up. I’m in the schools NHs and in order to stay in the club a certain amount of hours are to be gotten within an allotted amount of time. How will I navigate this with the deadlines I set for myself with this project? All things that must be considered. 

 I know that for this project, I need extensive B-roll and that I need interviews. For the ideas I have I think the interviews will take a lot of time to get as well as making interview questions and topics. Setting up the baseline for these will be the most important in these starting weeks. I think that if I can manage to organize myself these next two weeks and stay on task with my blogs and work I should be able to get things done quite easily. In order to motivate myself to stay on task, I’ve challenged my brother to keep each other in check. Me in posting my blogs on time and him on staying on tasks with his sports activities. Maybe I’ll be able to use him in an interview. I’m getting off topic. 

With these things in mind, I’ll be able to keep myself on task and develop a more wholistic plan for my schedule. Until next time!

The time has finally come… A level Project, START!

So it’s been a year since the last As Level project and a lot has happened both in and out of school. I think I’ve learned a lot and even though I still have a few problems from last year lingering, I think I’ll still be able to fix it up this time around and produce a project that is truly worth while, with that being said…

Welcome back to my blogging of the A level media course. It’s about that time where we finally lock in and buckle down for the main course of media: the final project. During this time I’ve had a lot to think about as well as many things to think about over the year. All the different projects we did and the different ideas that we got from them. I’ve got a good idea of exactly what I want to do.

The documentary project earlier this year was very fun. As I foreshadowed in my previous posts: I will be making a documentary as my final project. As for what in, I have a few general ideas but nothing quite so concrete as to reveal right now. I feel some brain storming would be needed in order to really bring out these ideas to the max. I am not just brain storming ideas though. I feel like this time around early it’d be important to start thinking about a timeline for how I want to do things and really get organized. I want to be ambitious with my final big project of high school but if I’m not organized, nothing will come of it. Let’s hope this time I can really show my stuff. Until next time!