Schedule

Production Schedule and monitoring document

Week	Date	Activity
1	13th Jan	1 Schedule Creation: this week I will make sure that I create a realistic schedule to enable me to submit a completed project for the 15th February in accordance with the objectives outlined in my treatment. The schedule will be realistic, detailed and will contain 3 meaningful activities to complete as homework. Homework activities should take up four hours additional study time per week. 2 Schedule Creation: Today I will look at other commitments I have in my other A Levels including scheduled exams – this will enable me to produce a realistic schedule. In order to do this I will need to ask my other subject teachers about deadlines for homework/coursework during the next six weeks. 3. Fill out Risk assessments and Recce for locations in which I plan to photograph throughout production. This will include visiting Hummersknott Academy, South Park playing fields, and my interviewee’s homes, as well as the college photo shoot room. 4 Project Monitoring & update blog with all necessary documents such as scanned in risk assessments. Homework 1: Ensure that all risk assessments and recces are done before the fourth lesson of the week. Homework 2: Create some questions for my interview article, as I will be conducting the interview on the weekend. Homework 3: Sunday – I will conduct my interview at my interviewee’s house. Exams/other subject deadlines: Mock Exams will take place next week so I will also need to find some time to revise and complete any outstanding homework has been given to me.
2	20th Jan	1 Transcribe my interview before selecting all of the best, and most interesting pieces that will be used for the article. 2 Begin to write my interview article using the transcriptions. 3 By the third lesson of the week, my interview article should be complete; however, I will re-read the text to ensure that it is the best it can be. 4 On the Friday of this week, my interviewee will be coming in for the photoshoot. This will take around one and a half hours, as I will need to arrange all of my props such as a table. Homework 1: Wednesday – I will gain consent from my model before conducting the photo-shoot. Whilst at it, I will also gain consent from him to take prospective photos of his children as well as gaining contribution consent from him in regards to photos that he may supply me with from his earlier playing days. Homework 2: Saturday – Gain consent from the parents of Spraire Lads Elite for the upcoming match. As well as this, I will gain prior consent from the Northallerton manager on behalf of his team’s parents before receiving a signature on the day *(Sunday). Homework 3: I will take photographs of my interviewee with his children with them wrapped in cotton wool. This will take approximately one hour. Homework 4: Sunday – Today I will be taking notes on the game between Spraire Lads Under 11’s Elite and Northallerton at the South Park. As well as this I will be taking photographs of the match. Exams/other subject deadlines: Homework may be given to me from my other teachers; however, it is unexpected due to internal mock exam week.
3	27stJan	1. Today I will begin to write my match report article, and this shouldn’t take too long as I have written match reports for professional football blogs via the internet before. 2. On the Tuesday I will re-read my match report article before selecting all of the best images from the game, editing those that need editing. 3. I will begin to write my review article based on my personal opinion of a coaching drill ‘see it, do it’. 4. Project Monitoring & I will also update my blog with all of the scanned in consent forms, and articles that have been written thus far. As well as this, I will put my chosen images on the blog stating why I liked them and why I will use them. Homework 1: On Thursday I will take photos of a training session with Spraire Lads Elite at Hummersknott Academy. Homework2: I will select the best photos from the training session and put them onto a memory stick as well as emailing them to myself in order to edit them in the following week at college. Homework 3: I will update my blog with everything I have done so far, for example, I will put all of my photographs onto the blog as well as the completed articles. Exams/other subject deadlines: I expect to be given homework in English and psychology, so shall try to get that done when possible.
4	3rd   Feb	1. In this lesson I will complete my review article based on a training drill as well as photo-shopping any images from the training session. 2. Today I will edit all of my photos from the photo-shoot if needs be, as well as those of my interviewee. I will create three folders for images to put the images into in order to keep myself organized. 3. This lesson should be on Thursday where I will edit all of my images for the match report. 4 Project Monitoring & I will allow myself this last lesson of the week to edit and complete any outstanding work that may have not been completed in the past weeks. Homework 1: In some of my free periods I plan on beginning my contents page, using some images that have been edited in the week. Homework 2: In another free period I plan on fully completing my contents page. Exams/other subject deadlines: As always, I plan on getting homework, so will leave some time for other studies
5	10th  Feb	1. Today I will begin creating the double page spread for my first DPS, the match report. 2. Today I will continue with the production of my first double page spread, and hope to finish it by then due to past mock-ups giving good audience feedback. 3. Today I will begin creating my second double page spread which is my interview and this could take considerably longer than the first DPS. 4 Project Monitoring & Continue with production of second double page spread. Homework 1: In my free periods I will continue with my second double page spread. As well as this I will choose my four advertisements and apply them into production. One may have to be omitted, as the second DPS may have to span over an extra page. Homework 2: Continue with second DPS. Homework 3: update blog by putting my chosen adverts on. Exams/other subject deadlines: I will be sure to receive homework from Psychology and English, as well as revision for upcoming exams.
Half term	17th Feb	Homework: Complete Monitoring and make sure that blog elements are complete
6	24th	1. Create third DPS, and I will be working in my free periods to get this done! 2. On Tuesday I will continue to create my third DPS, which shouldn’t take too, long because my flat-plans are detailed. 3. Today I will begin to produce my front cover, and will take huge care in making this perfect. 4 Project Monitoring & I will also continue with the production of my front cover. Hopefully, it won’t take too long but I want to allow myself some time to complete all of my products well. Homework 1/2: I will allow this time to complete any DPS’s/my front cover to be completed Exams/other subject deadlines: I will be doing a lot of revision leading up to my A2 exams.
	3rd  Mar	Audience/Assessor Review Week 1 Create Audience review questionnaire 2 Teacher assessment of project 3 & 4 Complete prep work for evaluation E exam Unit 5 Blog Deadline 7th March