Preview

Check out the sites we've chosen for this project:

Check out some pictures we took while we were filming this here.

Timeline as of Fall 2012

November - December 2012

Strategy/Planning

        [All above pre-production paperwork]
    Setup: PR portals, plan of action, contact info & supplies/equipment, identity release slips
December 2012 - January/February 2013

Contact & Relationship building

        Sit in [to see map out what times of the day & which days we want to include]
        Set up times & meeting places/days w/ specific people
    PR work? - every week we could do a different update [eg. meet the team; check in]

Week of Dec 10th-Dec 14th

Finish and turn in film proposal

Monday 12/10

Finish Production Schedule

Compile all sources

Start community update blog

Tuesday 12/11

Film shots of neighborhoods with many corner stores within small area

1PM-4PM  Establishing shots; ambient sound; these will help show time progression later; take stills of our fieldwork and begin visual archive of site

Wednesday 12/12

AM Turn in final film proposals

Thursday 12/13 and Friday 12/14

Edit footage, prepare for presentation on 12/17

Saturday 12/15 and Sunday 12/16

Prepare for presentation and add final touches to clip we will be showing

Add video clip to blog

Monday 12/17

Final presentation

WINTER BREAK 12/20-1/28

Week of 12/20-1/6

Independent study; work at own discretion; think about fundraising; set up interviews with Hut Landon at SF LOMA

Monday 1/7

AM: Meet with SFLOMA (SF Locally Owned Merchants Alliance) contact Hut Landon

PM: schedule other meetings based on SFLOMA interview

Team meeting to update and strategize; keep in touch with Peter about MOU and release forms

Week of 1/7-1/13 (flexible schedule)

Field work with camera; focus on getting to know the community and cultivating relationship; individual study; practice days; transcription of any material we have; fundraising ideas

Thursday 1/10

First blog update- “Meet the team”, info on project, regular updates

Monday 1/14

AM: Conduct first interview on tape recorder, if possible

PM: Team meeting

Week of 1/15-1/18

Continue interviewing community in pairs or trios; work on MOU is not already approved and submit to Peter for approval

Thursday 1/17

Second blog update- background info and other project related expectations

Week of 1/18/-1/20

Independent study and practice; develop fundraising ideas

Monday 1/21

AM: First on-camera interviews with owners and staff

-schedule meeting with local beat cops

PM:  Team meeting to discuss fundraising tactics and update on pending issues

Week of 1/22-1/24

Begin playful editing; continue with transcription if necessary

Week of 1/25-1/27

Individual study; continue transcription and other housekeeping; follow up with fundraising plan

Monday 1/28

First day of class; updates; get finalized MOU if not available already

Tuesday 1/29

PM: On-camera interviews with store owner and staff; store owner interacting with customers; interview distributors and delivery personnel if possible

February - April 2013
    Interviews & Filming

Negotiations & Contract/Release Signing

Locations:

Store: inside, outside, neighborhood?, front, back, etc.

People/Other: bus stop, campus, apartments?, locations around the store     eg. a bunch or a park nearby people who visit the store go to

People:

    Owner & family:

    Staff? (if not family):

    Customers & Tenants:

    Neighboring others & Friends:

Early- mid month

Wrap up on-camera interviews; retake and reshoot any necessary interviews; prepare submission for Human Rights Summit

Thursday 2/7

Blog update encouraging attendance at fundraising event and more information

Thursday 2/14

    Fundraising event

Blog update thanking community support

Thursday 2/21

Blog update for attendance at uncut screening

Week of 2/24-2/28

Uncut screening with team

Thursday 2/28

Blog update on thoughts, criticism, and changes

March - April 2013
    Editing

Raw Footage Group Viewing [choosing which clips we’d like to use]

        Storyboard & Outline?

Thursday 3/7

Blog update informing about screening

Week of 3/8 - 3/9

First screening with collaborators; listen and accept feedback

(time and place depends on collaborator availability)

Week of 3/10-3/16

Finish transcriptions with any new corrections; continue editing with corrections; scout venues to screen around the research site

Week of 3/24-3/30

SPRING BREAK

April 2013

Public Showing

            Commentary Filming?
        Final Edits

Week of 4/1-4/6

Final details for screening at Human Rights Summit

Thursday 4/4

Blog update with Human Rights Summit trailer

Thursday 4/11

Blog update encouraging attendance at human Rights Summit

Week of 4/15-4/17

Human Rights Summit

Week of 4/18-4/30

Incorporate feedback and touch up mistakes

Thursday 4/25

Blog update encouraging attendance to the public screening

May 2013

Final video screening, date tbd

Welcome!

The Corner Store 

I will get up and cross the street to the store

where an old man reaches cans on high shelves

with a metal armed pincer

then settles his body in a chair by the door.

He will talk of the weather long if I listen

remembering hurricanes, harvests and storms

a snowfall in May after which

snow filled the cups of the tulips and glistened.

He will pack my pears in a brown paper bag

take the time

to twist brown paper ears. There is a feel

of dust in the closing door as it chimes.

 Oonagh C. Doherty

Hello and welcome to our blog.
We are a group of visual anthropology students at San Francisco State University making a short documentary film about "corner stores" and the role they play in their communities. Here you will find weekly updates, see trailers, and have an opportunity to let us know what you think!