This document contains a planning sheet for a documentary project on underage drinking. It lists tasks to be completed such as researching statistics, arranging interviews, filming footage, and editing. It assigns tasks to group members and includes deadlines ranging from October 5th to December 3rd for completing each step of the project from initial research to final edits.

1. Planning action sheet
Task Things to do to By when By whom
achieve the task
Find statistics and facts Search on the internet 5th October Natalie
on underage drinking for related articles and Jess
statistic websites Sherie
Arrange an interview Email them informing 8th October Natalie
with Solihull Police them of what we are
doing and ask if they
would be able to see
us
Arrange an interview Ring them informing 10th October (Decided not to do)
with Solihull Hospital them of what we are
doing and ask if they
would be able to see
us
Find out what the Write up a 10th October Natalie
audience would like to questionnaire and Jess
see in a documentary hand out 30 copies to Sherie
and what they already people aged 13-18
know about underage
binge drinking
Decide what channel is Look for similar 12th October Sherie
best for our documentary’s on Jess
documentary popular channels such
as ITV BBC and channel
4
Check Channel 4 is a Check Channel 4’s 12th October Natalie
suitable for our Remit on their website
documentary
Arrange an Interview Email Neil informing 15th October Jess
with the College what we are doing
Chaplin and ask if we would be
able to interview him
Arrange an Interview Email Claire informing 15th October Jess
with a teacher from her of what we are
college doing and ask if we
would be able to
interview her
Plan possible Write up possible 15th October Sherie
Questions that we questions and then Natalie
could ask the pick out the best ones
professionals in our to use in our Interview
Interviews
Plan possible Write up possible 17th October Sherie
Questions that we questions, using the Natalie
could ask for vox pops facts and statistics, and Jess
then pick out the most
useful ones

2. Watch similar Look online for similar 19th October Sherie
documentaries to look documentaries and
for ideas we could use write notes on the key
for our own conventions they have
used
Analyse the Write up results using 19th October Jess
Questionnaire earlier graphs Natalie
given out to target
audience
Decide possible things Write up notes with 31st October Sherie
we should include in ideas of things we Jess
our documentary would like to include in Natalie
our documentary
Learn to use the Go out and film 2nd November Natalie
cameras random shots using Sherie
the cameras, learning Jess
different camera
techniques such as
changing the focus
Do a storyboard Plan a storyboard for 5th November Jess
our documentary – Sherie
including type of shot, Natalie
what will be in the
shot, timing etc.
Start filming Shots of college, trees, 7th November Sherie
background shots people walking Natalie
through college, shots Jess
or random things in
college etc.
Film vox pops Ask people in college 9th November Natalie
to answer questions Jess
and film them – will Sherie
only be short quick
answers
Film police interview Arranged interview at 12th November Jess
police station – ask pre Natalie
prepared questions
and film
Film Shots up Solihull Bar shots, shots of 12th November Sherie
posters, Shots in Natalie
supermarket and Jess
shops (alcohol)
Professional interviews See Neil and Claire and 14th November Jess
in college interview them using Natalie
pre prepared Sherie
questions and film
Film start of Natalie talking – Film 14th November Natalie
reconstruction with the camera Sherie
composition low so Jess
looks dark
Film rest of Film in park with a 16th November Natalie

3. reconstruction handheld camera for Jess
realism, walking Sherie
through park and
dropping the camera
on the floor
Start Editing Watch all clips back 19th November Sherie
and decide which ones Natalie
we will use and not Jess
use, change the name
of each so easier for us
to see which each one
is when editing
Editing Put all vox pop clips 21st November Jess
together – cut shots so Sherie
that it is only their Natalie
answer
Editing Watch professional 23rd November Natalie
interviews and cut Jess
down to the parts that Sherie
we need –cut out all
parts that are not
useful
Editing Watch college shots 23rd November Sherie
and cut down to the Jess
bits we need Natalie
Editing Put all shots in an 26th November Natalie
order Jess
Sherie
Script for voiceover Write a script for 28th November Sherie
voiceover using the Jess
facts and statistics, Natalie
decide who will say it
and practice to check
for mistakes and
timing
Voiceover Record the voiceover 30th November Jess
ready to put over the Natalie
documentary Sherie
Editing Put all clips together 3rd December Natalie
including the voiceover Sherie
and music Jess
Editing Do all finishing touches Until finishing date Natalie
Jess
Sherie