Timetable/Schedule

When thinking about my schedule plans, I wanted some of my deadlines to be slightly earlier than needed to give me more time in case I miscalculated/forgot something/unexpected circumstances arrive. I want to start preparing my practical research with both examples of stereotypes and design methods while I'm still writing, since it will have a place within my writing. I thinking spreading it out alongside writing the first chapter will allow me to have breaks/switch between the two to give me a break and gain a little more inspiration. I want at least a week of solid writing before starting the physical practical work just to make sure that I don't get carried away with the latter, but I would like to start designing properly around 30th October.

I have left a lot of time free around the film/art festivals because I don't know yet what times/days certain events will be on. This does leave me with the freedom to work around these events though, and lets me work on which chapters I need to. I may work on some of the chapters at the same time because of some overlapping ideas which might help me figure out which chapter certain points may be most relevant in, and let me focus more thoroughly on each once that is decided. I would like to start doing some research of Extended from the 16th onwards, but since that will be a primarily design projects, much of the research will actually be useful for my practical here, especially for the finished pieces (characters w/poses and backgrounds) and the aesthetic style I will go for. I would like to be half finished with my practical by the 24th November so that I know I should be narrowing down my designs and figuring out the exact archetypes I will be drawing, also planning the idea for the scene/background each will be drawn in.

I would like the first draft of my Dissertation to be done for the 6th December, giving me extra time to finish my practical. I may leave it slightly less finished if I do include a section of my practical, just to allow me to integrate all of my ideas fully in the essay. By the 12th December, I would like my designs to be 100% finished, leaving me with only the finished piece left to do and any extra writing about synthesis if I do talk more about my practical. As soon as that is over, I aim to be starting preliminary designs (if I haven't already) for the first smaller project that I want to do in Extended (which I will talk about in a post in that blog closer to the time).

Over the Christmas break, we should hopefully be having feedback and finishing the dissertation properly, giving me extra time before the deadline just in case something does not go to plan. I think that I have allowed myself with enough time to do everything, but I definitely do have extra time to fall back on if something does go wrong, which I think will be important in this project.