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