EPQ Action Plan
- 1. Action Plan Task Deadline Update my blog about every stage of the project Ongoing Choose a question/title for the project (can be refined later 01/08/2010 if need be) Evaluate the effectiveness of every stage of the project Ongoing Watch some documentaries for inspiration and ideas 19/09/2010 Research the main history of the canal 26/09/2010 Find books/articles about the canal and read them, keeping 26/09/2010 a note of relevant information Organise a visit The National Waterways Museum 26/09/2010 Organise a boat ride/tour along the canal 26/09/2010 Create a timeline of the canal’s history for easy access to 03/10/2010 basic information Narrow down all the information I gather to only things 10/10/2010 which are relevant to my chosen question Establish my target audience 10/10/2010 Organise interviews with canal-boat owners 17/10/2010 Contact the BBC/Channel 4 about any canal footage/ 17/10/2010 archive information they have that I might be able to use Choose/hire a narrator and other members of ‘staff’ for 24/10/2010 making the documentary Buy/borrow a camera and empty tapes 24/10/2010 Film basic/extra footage to fill in any gaps I might have later Ongoing Draw several storyboards to get a feel of how parts of the 24/10/2010 documentary will be filmed Find out if there are any canal enthusiast groups and get in 31/10/2010 touch with them for information and interviews Carry out surveys/questionnaires (eg the public’s opinion of 31/10/2010 the canal) Get in contact with people who lived by the canal/worked 07/11/2010 on the canal in the past/present for information and interviews Write a script for my narrator 21/11/2010 Record my narrator reading the script 28/11/2010 Begin the editing process 01/12/2010 Decide on the trivial matters of the documentary (part of the 03/12/2010 editing process) Identify any changes/extra work needs to be done (eg if any 08/01/2011 shots need to be re-done/more footage needs to be shot etc) Make a new action plan with deadlines for the above 15/01/2011 ‘changes/extra work’