Daily Log

PROJECT LOG

WEEK 1

Prior to April 4:

Meetings with Ms. Penland (3 hours & 15 min --> three rotation periods)

Meeting with Mr. Peebles (.5 hours)

Meeting with Mrs. Copper-Pribish (.5 hours)

Meeting with Mrs. Spencer (15 min)

Hours Total: 4.5 Hours

Mon, April 4	9:30-11:30 I went to Octane Coffee where I made progress on drafting my script. (2 hours) 12:00-1:30 I met with my project advisor, Ms. Penland. We discussed how I plan to use my time this week up until our next meeting. Ms. Penland and I also worked on researching because I have recently been advised by Mrs. Spencer that research should be a large component of my project in meeting I had with her. (1.5 hours) 5:00-7:30 I went back to Octane Coffee and continued researching before dinner. (2.5 hours) Hours for Day: 6 Hours
Tues, April 5	11:30-12:00 I met with Mr. Alig to talk about my senior project. (.5 hours) 12:00-3:00 After my meeting, I stayed at school and printed out a few articles to continue my research. (3 hours) 4:30-6:00 When I got home, I made more progress on my script. (1.5 hour) 7:45-9:15 After dinner, I collected all the articles I had printed out and began condensing all the notes I have been making on these various sources so that I could begin putting together a bibliography for all my research. (1.5 hour) Hours for Day: 6.5 Hours
Wed, April 6	8:00-9:30 I watched a few Suicide PSA's on Vimeo to get some ideas for my short film because I am realizing that some of the "awareness" aspects of my short film are beginning to develop many parallels to the style of a PSA. (1.5 hours) 12:00-1:30 I reached out to Ross Szabo, a man my mother recently heard speak about his past at SkyLand Trail, whom she thought could be a good resource for my project. I reached out to Ross through his website where I told him about my past, my interest in mental health, and my project. Ross has devoted his life to guiding younger generations, using his own story of when he tried to take his life to raise awareness and give hope to those struggling with their own mental health. (1.5 hours) 6:30-8:30 Made a lot of progress with my script and tonight. I have been journaling for years and I spent time looking back at old entrees to inspire parts of the script. I think it is very cool because this project is becoming more and more personal to me and my past experiences. (2 hours) Hours for Day: 5 Hours
Thu, April 7	8:30-11:00 Worked on the screen writing (scene changes, transitions, etc). Since I have spent the first half of the week working on drafting my script and researching, I have been able to create a rough outline of the order of scenes in the film. With that, I am now working to also create a visual plan for my film. (2.5 hours) 4:00-6:30 I made major headway on drafting my script which is now close to being complete. Once I complete it, which I would like to have done by Monday, I will be turning my draft in for feedback . (2.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5 Hours
Fri, April 8	8:30-11:30 I went to Octane and completed my first draft of my script. I am meeting with the main character, Benton Wood, over the weekend to give him the script to get feedback and discuss plans for the film. (3 hours) 4:00-6:30 I plan to try and produce my own background music for film because of my interest in music and to avoid having to get permission to use someone else's music. With that, I spent this time working to begin trying to write the piano music. (2.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5.5 Hours

WEEKEND/MAKE-UP HOURS? (4.5 hours)
Sat, April 9
11:00-12:00 I watched a few TEDtalks that were done by suicide survivors (example: https://www.ted.com/talks/jd_schramm#). This one touches on the process of moving forward from a failed suicide attempt and rise above the gripping depression that this suicide survivor was facing. (1 hour)
Hours for Day: 1 Hour

Sun, April 10
4:45-6:15 Met with Benton Wood, the main character in my short film, at Starbucks to go over scenes, filming schedule, script, etc. (1.5 hours)
7:00-9:00 Finalized outline of scenes and scene changes, as well as the order in which I plan to film them. From there I was able to contact the cast members and notify them of when I will be needing them. (2 hours)
Hours for Day: 3.5 Hours

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR WEEK: 36 Hours

TOTAL HOURS COMPLETED FOR WEEK: 37 Hours
***(This includes the hours logged before Monday)

WEEK 2

Mon, Apr 11	10:00-11:00 Before I begin filming this week I need to go ahead and get my lighting equipment together. I had to go and buy a few new pieces of equipment because the equipment that I have needs new bulbs and a reflector. (1 hour) 12:00-1:30 Meeting with my project advisory, Ms. Penland, where we looked at my progress thus far and discussed this upcoming week and where I plan to be with my project by our next meeting, taking place next Tuesday.  (1.5 hours) 3:00-5:30 Added new pages to my website so that way people could have a better sense of the research I have been spending so much time doing, where this research is coming from, as well as the film making process! (2.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5 Hours
Tues, Apr 12	11:00-3:00 Condensed all my research and put it onto my research page that I created yesterday to allow people to see where I am getting my information and inspiration for my project. (4 hours) 5:30-7:00 Watched a short film, INSEPARABLE, that Benton shared with me that is completely unrelated to the topic of suicide, yet it telling the story of a man who finds out he has cancer. I noticed how the filmmaker used lighting to set the tone of the film and he chose to have the actors speak very little in the film. It is was a great example of how a filmmaker can speak without using words. I hope to achieve this with my film as well because I think it is much more powerful to make someone think and hint at a message versus just saying it blatantly. (1.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5.5 Hours
Wed, Apr 13	10:00-11:00 Reached out to outside of school friends to find people to play small roles and extras in the last few scenes I will be doing at the end of this week. (1 hour) 1:00-2:30 Assigned people to scenes and roles. (1.5 hour) 4:00-5:00 Cordinated schedule for time and place for the various scenes after finding out everyone's availability. (1 hour) 6:30-8:00 Met with Benton to finalize script. (1.5 hour) 9:30-10:00 Gave directions on what clothes everyone should bring and how their role should appear. (.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5.5 Hours
Thu, Apr 14	3:30-5:30 I started filming the ending scenes with the extras. (2 hours) 6:00-9:00 I continued filming and started the proceeding scene: the car scene. This is a scene where Benton is alone in the car and the a major shift in the mood of the film takes place. (3 hours) Hours for Day: 5 Hours
Fri, Apr 15	10:00-12:30 I began editing. (2.5 hours) 4:15-6:45 I continued editing (2.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5 Hours

WEEKEND/MAKE-UP HOURS?
Sat, April 16
5:00-8:30 Benton and I finished the first scene tonight. Majority of this scene takes place in the car. This was a particularly fun scene to film. I was out the widow for part of it which was not the safest thing but it got the job done! (3.5 hours)
Hours for Day: 3.5 Hours

Sun, April 17
10:00-12:00 Made a rough filming schedule for this upcoming week. (2 hours)
6:30-8:00 Got extras for the scenes I still needed extras in (reached out to my friends from other schools that are involved in the drama department). (1.5 hours)

Hours for Day: 3.5 Hours

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR WEEK: 36 Hours

TOTAL HOURS COMPLETED FOR WEEK 33 Hours

WEEK 3

Mon, Apr 18	9:00-9:30 Contacted Mr. Silverman and Mrs. Brackett to discuss some of the audio and editing aspects of my project and what I wanted their advice and assistance on. I was able to schedule separate meetings with both of them for later this week. (.5 hours) 10:00-11:30 Finalized filming schedule this week for Benton and myself (some scenes don't require the cast because it is just of objects / scenery). (1.5 hours) 1:00-4:00 I finished editing all the footage I have thus far to prep for my meeting with my project advisor to show her what I have done. (3 hours) Hours for day: 5 Hours
Tues, Apr 19	12:00-1:30 Met with Ms. Penland. (1.5 hour) 1:30-2:00 Met with Mr. Silverman. (.5 hours) 2:00-3:30 Watched a few dramatic short films to observe the camera stabilization they use. This was a new aspect of the filming process I was beginnning to factor in after my meeting with Mr. Silverman. (1.5 hours) 4:00-5:30 Began drafting my final reflection. (1.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5 Hours
Wed, Apr 20	3:30-5:00 Made a story board type outline for the death scene that I will be filming later today with Benton. This has been a particularly difficult scene to plan. (1.5 hours) 6:30-9:00 Filmed the death scene with Benton at my house. (2.5 hours) 9:30-11:00 Loaded all the new content onto my computer and began putting it in with the rest of the film. (1.5 hour) Hours for Day: 5.5 Hours
Thu, Apr 21	8:15-10:45 Octane Coffee where I began editing the scenes shot last night and pinpointing what filming these is still left to be done. (2.5 hours) 10:00-12:30 Completed my first draft of my final reflection to prep for my meeting with Mr. Peebles to discuss my project thus far. (2.5 hours) 2:00-3:00 I met with Mr. Peebles about my project and the personal connection I have and how I plan to present my take away of the project in my final presentations in front of both the faculty and in front of the student body. (1 hour) Hours for Day: 6 Hours
Fri, Apr 22	10:00-12:00 Filming of the note scene and the phone scene. (2 hours) 12:30-2:30 Put the new clips on my computer and edited them. Decided I wanted to change the way the film ends because currently it ends in a rather depressing manor so I decided I want to reverse the ending so that it shows he decides life is worth living. (2 hours) 2:30-3:00 Reached out to my little sisters friend, Ava, to schedule when I can film her next week because my scene with her is the last scene I need to shoot. (.5 hours) 4:00-5:00 Began planning the last scene that I will be filming with Ava and followed up with her about location, time, and what to wear. (.5 hours) Hours for Day: 5.5 Hours

WEEKEND/MAKE-UP HOURS?
Sat, April 23
8:30-10:30 I continued editing the new footage from this week. (2 hours)
11:00-2:30 Worked on reversing the frames of the death scene to show that it was all an illusion of the main character which is really difficult to try and create so I watched some videos on the internet where there are day dream type scenes to learn how I can use special effects and reverse to replicate that. (3.5 hours)
Hours for day: 5.5 Hours

Sun, April 24
9:00-12:30 Today I worked with audio because I have spent very little time on audio for the film. I worked on sounds and how it can create a mood and how it needs to change when the death is put in reverse so I played around with sound effects on iMovie as well as piano music I have written for the movie on my keyboard. (3.5 hours)
Hours for Day: 3.5 Hours

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR WEEK: 36 Hours

TOTAL HOURS COMPLETED FOR WEEK: 36 Hours

WEEK 4

Mon, Apr 25	9:00-10:30 Started editing my previous draft of my final reflection on plane ride. (1.5 hours) 10:30-12:30 Spent the remainder of my flight working on cutting and editing the frames for my film that way when I return home I can go in and put all of my content on Adobe Premiere. (2 hours) 1:00-1:30 Read New York Times article that was on the front cover over the weekend that my dad sent me on suicide in the car on the way to Boulder. (.5 hours) Hours for Day: 4 Hours
Tues, Apr 26	4:30-5:30 Worked on finishing my final draft of my final reflection in the car ride on the way to airport. (1 hour) 7:00-9:30 I finished my final reflection on plane ride home. (2.5 hours) 9:30-10:30 I spent the remander of the plane ride finishing my edits and cuts on the plane ride and planning my filming session tomorrow with Ava. (1 hour) Hours for Day: 4 Hours
Wed, Apr 27	12:00-1:30 Meeting with project advisor where we discussed what I plan to say in my presentations and advised me to begin making my powerpoint. (1.5 hour) 3:00-4:00 Got all the sound equipment from my friend Scott and had to learn how to use it to record the voiceovers tonight and tomorrow. (1 hour) 6:00-7:00 Filmed my little sisters friend Ava who plays the little sister in the film in two small scenes that I recently added to the film. (1 hour) 7:30-10:00 Watched the film with Benton for feedback and minor edits before I put it into Adobe Premiere at school and also started recording the voiceovers. (2.5 hours) Hours for Day: 6 Hours
Thu, Apr 28	9:00-10:30 Created the powerpoint for my 5 minute presentation on Thursday to show to my project advisor in our meeting tomorrow. (1.5 hours) 12:00-3:30 Made an outline of what I am saying the presentation and began writing a word for word script for both. But I started with planning the 5 minute presentation because it helped me boil down what the most important things are that I am planning to say. (3.5 hours) 6:00-8:00 Recieved the voiceover's from Benton and began cutting it down to match the length of the film thus far to then put on Adobe Premiere tomorrow at school. (2 Hours) Hours for Day: 7 Hours
Fri, Apr 29	9:00-10:30 I completed the outlines to go over in my meeting with project advisor in meeting later today so we can finish the script and presentation. (1.5 hours) 11:30-12:00 Talked to Mrs. Waterman about my presentation and scheduled a meeting with her for the upcoming week to practice presenting for her. (.5 hours) 12:00-2:00 Meeting with project advisor where I practiced presenting and script writing for both presentations. (2 hours) 2:00-7:00 Edited film in Mr. Silverman's room on Adobe Premiere and added in the audio. (5 hours) Hours for Day: 9 Hours

WEEKEND/MAKE-UP HOURS?
Sat, April 30
9:00-11:00 Completed my script for the 5 minute presentation and began drafting my 30 minute presentation script where I was able to use my 5 minute presentation script as an outline. (2 hours)
2:00-5:00 I finished my final edits on my film at school in Mr. Silverman's room. (3 hours)
Hours for day: 5 Hours

Sun, May 1
8:00-9:00 Finished my presentation in Powerpoint for the rehearsal tomorrow at school. (1 hour)
8:00-9:30 Practiced reciting my script for tomorrow's rehearsal and making sure it fit the time limit (had to cut down part of the script). (2.5 hours)
Hours for day: 3.5 Hours

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR WEEK: 36 Hours

TOTAL HOURS COMPLETED FOR WEEK: 38.5 Hours

FINAL LOG TALLY

Hours Required Per Week 36 Hours

Week 1 Project Hours Completed 37 Hours

Week 2 Project Hours Completed 33 Hours

Week 3 Project Hours Completed 36 Hours

Week 4 Project Hours Completed 38.5 Hours

Total Hours Required 144 Hours

Total Hours Completed 144.5 Hours