Project Management 29/11/17

What is Project Management? 

• Decision making 
• Organise
• Pre-production (post)
• Keeping track 
• Plan
• Manage
• Discipline 
• Time management

Project management is a job role to ensure a process is in place and adhered to in order to achieve the objectives of the project. A project manager may use a number of different tools to do this.

Project management is the effective planning and running of a project, from the ideas point to the end product and evaluation. 

Planning requires an outline of the tasks, deadlines and milestones that will be required to manage the project efficiently. 

A project timeline schedule would need to be created for the creation of the media product, to include:

- tasks that need to be done 

-deadlines for each task 

-milestones within the tasks and the overall project

Project management tool: 

-Gantt Chart - A timeline schedule of tasks with resources allocated to them. Uses blocks of colour to symbolise periods of time in a visual way. 

-Excel spreadsheet

-To-do list

Documentation needed to aid project management:

•Initial pitch or treatment 

•Call sheet

•Budget proposal form

•Budgets 

•Contract

•Storyboard 

•Set diagram 

•Editing log 

•Camera shot list 

•Talent release form 

•Location release form 

•Recce/ scouting sheet

•Daily progress report 

•Continuity sheet 

•Equipment log 

•Shooting script 

•Visual effects (FX) breakdown 

•Audience questionnaire for product testing

•Asset log 

•Risk assessment