Action Plan

 

  • Complete the Project Overview. 

  • Synopsis 

  • Rationale 

  • Aims and Objectives 

  • Target Audience 

  • Skill Development 

  • Video Editing 

  • Audio Editing 

  • Voice Overs 

  • Visual Content 

  • Complete the Assignment Presentation on the overview. 

  • Assess the overview and form a Project Breakdown and action list. 

  • Study and research the philosophers that will make up a large part of the script. 

  • Original book 

  • Thoreau and Emerson 

  • Transcendentalism 

  • The writings of Chris McCandless 

  • Poetry (Lord Byron, Sharon Olds) 

  • Contact the writer of the original book for comments or remarks.  

  • Compose this research into bullet points. 

  • Begin writing the script for an audio recording – focus on phrasing, make it sound conversational and natural. 

  • Search for, record, and catalogue a library of visual-audio clips from the film for Educational Purposes.  

  • Begin to piece together the visual and audio segments of the video essay in Premiere Pro or HitFilm Express. 

  • Form a first draft copy of the audio-visual essay for feedback.

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