1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Games Design
Final Major Project
Schedule
Review date: 06.02.13
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
w/b 04.02.13 Task 1 - FMP Launch
Meeting
w/b 11.02.13 Half-Term
w/b 18.02.13 Book meeting slot
with project manager.
Task 2: Carry out
internet research on
manga trends in the
west.
Task 2: Start to compile
research as a
presentation to include
in pitch
Create a survey that
can be handed out in
Manchester asking
about manga trends
Go in to Manchester
to hand out surveys
and gather market
research from comic
book retailers.(This
will now happen on
Tuesday 26
th
Feb)
Continue to compile
all my research into
presentation to assist
my pitch in week 3
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 25.02.13 Task 3: Start Ideas
Generation, including
mind mapping, Gather
environmental images.
Go in to Manchester
to hand out surveys
and gather market
research from comic
book retailers
Collate research found
from trip yesterday.
Gather some more
survey results from
college
Gather imagery for
characters start to
draw from illustrator
research
Collate all the results
begin a blog for the
FMP general bits and
bobs
Go back into
Manchester to gather
more results
Review Schedule and
Production Log
Start to write report
for blog
w/b 04.03.13 Continue the report
on results
Update Schedule
Gather Imagery
relating to the main
characters and
generate ideas.
Start presentation for
pitch gather together
resources.
Continue presentation
research more visual
research.
Continue
Presentation.
Draw from visual
research.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 11.03.13 Refine Pitch. Continue Research
pages in sketchbook.
Refine Pitch.
Task 4: Pitch must take
place by this week.
Pre production
planning.
Take a trip around
Manchester and
Salford taking pictures
of areas that are for
my ideaThis will now
happen during the
Easter Break
Start drawing from
environment pictures
Start to develop a
certain style
Generate some
character design
sketches. Start
planning
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 18.03.13 Task 5: Pre-production
must take place by
this week.
Generate more
Work on pre-
production checklist
including ethical,
health and safety
Finalize resource
needed and create a
plan of how I am going
to produce my product.
Create Storyboard for
Animation sequence
and basic plot line for
graphic novel
Continue Storyboard
and finalize plot for
the graphic novel
sample
Task 6: Production
Start
Review Schedule and
Production Log

2. character designs . and budget
25.03.13 Easter Generate some concept
artwork
Plan front cover for
graphic novel start to
draft it on Photoshop.
Good Friday Review Schedule and
Production Log
01.04.13 Going around the
Salford and
Manchester area
taking pictures of
environments that I
will use for graphic
novel.Postponed until
further notice.
Refine front cover.
Start to draft first
couple of pages of
graphic novel.
Start storyboard for
animation. Continue to
draft pages for graphic
novel.
Start to digitally ink
them using photoshop.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 08.04.13 Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Work on Graphic Novel
Pages
Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Character Design
planning
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 15.04.13 Character Designing
Story Planning
Produce inside front
cover.
Work on Graphic Novel
pages
Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 22.04.13 Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Work on Graphic
Novel Pages
Work on Graphic Novel
Pages
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 29.04.13 Start Animation
ProductionAnimation
production has ceased
to concentrate fully on
comic.
Work on pages for
Graphic Novel
Not in college
Work on pages for
Graphic Novel
Not in college
Work on pages for
Graphic Novel
Not in college
Start to scan all done
pages to start digitally
editing next weekWas
off this week.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 06.05.13 Work on pages for
Graphic Novel
Work on pages for
Graphic Novel
Produce back cover of
comic.
Produce back cover of
comic.
Start to scan all done
pages to start digitally
editing next week
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 13.05.13 Work on pages for
Graphic Novel
Work on pages for
Graphic Novel
Digitally Ink Graphic
Novel Pages (Page 1 and
2)
Digitally Ink Graphic
Novel Pages (page 2
and 3)
Digitally Ink Graphic
Novel Pages (page 3
and 4)
Scan all planning
pages including
character design and
research to show
evidence.
Review Schedule and
Production Log
w/b 20.05.13 Digitally Ink Graphic
Novel Pages (page 4
and 5)
Digitally Ink Graphic
Novel Pages (Page 5
and 6)
Digitally Ink Graphic
Novel Pages (page 6 and
7)
Task 8: Evaluation
should take place no
later than the
beginning of this
week.
DEADLINE
Put all files on e-drive
make sure blog is up
to date