Interview Prospect

Today I found and contacted Gordon Nelson, Senior Insturctor at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. From what I know Mr. Nelson used to work here which could improve of chances of getting a response. I sent Mr. Nelson an email requesting an interview and provided him with a list of my interview questions. Hopefully he will respond and perhaps even answer my questions via email. PROGRESS IS HAPPENING!!

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Toasted Notes

I am still working on notes. They're very repetative and boring but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't making progress. I have about half of my notes pretty well filled out and I am still adding things. I'm hoping to have the majority of my notes done by next week. Big wheels keep on turning on the movie machine and I'll be sure to keep you posted.

Decency NOTEsti Decency

As I'm sure you could expect I've just been doing notes. This entire week has been and will be devoted to doing my project note. My goal by the end of the week it to have more than half of my notes completed so that I can move forward on finding a person to interview. Other than that not too much to report but I'll be sure to keep you in the loop if something changes.

Notes Have Begun

Today I started taking notes on my foundation questions and I am suprised at how easy it is. I got like two of my foundations complete and started another. If I am able to continue at this pace then I should be able to easily complete them.

I'll keep you posted gang

Interview Questions

Today I went through my list of foundation and started to revise them and form them into exceptal interview questions. I think they are pretty solid questions and will help to produce some good information about my project. Here are the questions I came up with. Please let me know how they sound!
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Beyond technical terms, what to you is a movie?
What are some of the most crucial roles in movie production?
What are the main steps that must be followed when making a film?
What is the process of preproduction?
What is the purpose of a screenplay?
How do you create a screenplay?
What type of equipment do you suggest I use to create my movie?
What some common filming techniques I could observe based on the given technology and the basis of my film?
How should I go about editing my movie?
What are some issues to be aware of when editing?
In your opinion, what is the importance of collaboration when creating a film?
How should a filmmaker use feedback of their work to effectively revise it?

Let the Notes Begin

I spent the entire day today setting up my note taking template, reevaluating my foundation questions, and printing hard copies of my many resources so that I can begin taking notes for my project. Today was very productive. My next step is to start organizing my resources so I can begin getting my notes down on paper.

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Level Up!

Today is the last day to put the finishing touches on our project proposals. After that we are moving right into our notes which I think will take the most time. This part is probably the most crucial of the trimester because it sets the foundation for our knowledge of our topics and springs us forward into its development. Can't wait to see what I find!!

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Good Example!

Today we had the pleasure of seeing an example of a completed gradution project presentation. A senior presented her project on Genocide in Darfur which really helped to gives us a better idea of what's expected of our projects. I really found her project to be insightful and well put together as well as beneficial to me in terms of learning how to create my project.

Proposal Rough Draft

Today I pretty much managed to finish the rough draft for my project proposal. I spent the entire day just going through my proposal quistionare and developing the multiple paragraphs. I believe I have the bulk of the information needed but I'm sure I will be asked to include more during the revisions step. Overall I had a very productive day!

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Proposal

Today I started to put together a rough draft of my proposal. I can't stress the words "rough draft" enough because right now it is a very bare bones, basic run down of what I hope to accomplish through this project and what steps I am taking to get it done. I'll keep chipping away at it but for right now I still have some work to put in.

Introduction to Proposal

This week we are becoming familiar with how we will write the proposal for our project. A proposal is basically an outline of what you plan to do or what steps we'll take to complete our projects. Yesterday we started doing the prewriting which will help create the outline that we will later develop off of to create the actual proposal. Other than that not to much to tell.

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