PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Mohamed Fakhry & Markell Jahya
Timeline of Project Development
Week 1-4 Project approach, choosing a topic
We wanted to explore Homelessness and how building small pods in Portland has helped some people find a new home, but yet need to be improved
Week 4-5 Storyboards and first video assembly
Taking shots about an area of interest, and start thinking about our idea. Develop a storyboard of our idea. Cully Grove, Dignity VILLAGE, Downtown Portland Homelessness.
Make a short video of our progress as we started visiting the communities we wanted to make a film about. Going to both Dignity Village and Cully grove, and exploring the spaces and interacting with the people who occupy them.
Week 5-6 Midterm Cut
Refined video of all our shots in downtown, dignity and Cully Grove. New shots added, work on improving narration and sound effects. Choose the right narratoR, put the video into the right foot by having a journalistic approach. Raise questions, not give answers.
Make a short video of our progress as we started visiting the communities we wanted to make a film about. Going to both Dignity Village and Cully grove, and exploring the spaces and interacting with the people who occupy them.
Week 6-7
Project progression, by doing more visits into the communities of interest, getting engaged with the residents, and taking part in some of their most important activities. Finding ways to capture more empowering shots.
Week 8 Sounds effects
Working on introducing a paced music that connect with the film. Get rid of some voice over, refine some shots, and organize the sequence of the video in term of its purpose, and connection to design.
Week 9 Graphics
Introduction of new graphics and captions into our video, to better explain our idea as well as how we transition from one space to the next.
Week 10. Rough Cut.
Polished video with all the features and ideas introduced. Worked on our transitions, sound effects, and graphics.
Week 11 Final video.
Transitions refinement, develop our graphics, correct the texts and use knowledgeable vocabulary and words that don’t discriminate the houseless population. Finally, addition of references, features, and acknowledgement