Scheduling a Timeline

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One thing that my high school years have taught me so far is that procrastination does not help anyone. Especially for project of this size, it is very important to have a clear timeline of when things should be done for or worked on to keep a steady pace and ensure everything is completed while dedicating enough time to every factor. From this week, we have about 8 weeks until our project should be about done, and in that time there is a lot to do—research, planning, filming and production, editing, revising, etc.—so my partner, Sofia, and I came up with a sort of timeline to help keep everything in order:

Week 1 1/25-1/31:
Research
    (Genres and differing film openings)
Plot planning/ideas
Storyboard

Week 2 2/1-2/7:
Pre-production: 
Finish storyboard
Find locations/actors
Costume design
Props
Script

Week 3 2/8-2/14:
Start filming (if weather allows)
(focus on indoor shots otherwise)
Research
Music/Sounds

Week 4 2/15-2/21:
Finish filming (if previous week was not possible)
Start editing
Record foley necessary

Week 5 2/22-2/28:
Continue editing
Focus on sound
Revisions (critique together)

Week 6 3/1-3/7:
CCR
Plan
Create
Edit and Revise

Week 7 3/8-3/14 & Week 8 3/15-3/17:
Extra week in case of delays/issues

With this timeline in mind, it'll be a lot easier to make sure that we stay on track, so we will try to follow it as best we can, but, should any issues arise, and they will, we do have a week and a half/ two weeks as a cushion so we can fix the problems without running out of time or being stressed about doing so. Hopefully it will all work well.