Research Memo

Your next project, the Research Memo, will be done in stages. The grade for this project is credit/no-credit, so the focus will be on how the memo helps your group get ready for the documentary more than the segments themselves.

Think of the Research Memo as a running diary of your group's work through the project. Each stage will be planned and reflected upon in the memo.

The first portion of the Research Memo will be the group responsibility section. This section will be due before spring break. Break your project into as many sections as you can, but at least include: interviews, filming, script writing, sound recording, film editing, sound editing, storyboarding, and scheduling. For each section, talk about what each group member will be responsible for. I want to stress that there should be no sections where a group member is not participating-- everyone is responsible for each segment of the project. It may be helpful to have each group member be "in charge" of each section, in the sense that they set up responsibilities and coordinate that section, but I'll leave those choices to your groups.

Research Memo
Group Responsibilities/Contract (due before Spring Break)
Interview Strategy/Schedule (due the week after Spring Break)
Annotated Bibliography (due before First Cuts)