My Films

Module 9 · Lesson 3 of 5

Write down where your time went.

No plan counts your time, but it is your biggest cost. A time log shows where it went, so the next film goes faster.

The steps

  1. Do this soon after your film, while you still remember.

  2. Fill in the boxes below.

  3. Write the minutes for each part. A close guess is fine.

    Your downloaded files show the time each one was made. That helps you guess.

  4. Add up the minutes. Divide by 60 to get hours.

  5. Find the biggest number. That is where your next film can save the most time.

    For most beginners it is redoing bad takes. A better shot plan cuts that.

Your film

My Films

Fill it in here. It saves as you type, and later lessons use it.

Do this now

Fill in the time log for your first film.

Check yourself

  • Did you write a number for every part?
  • Do you know which part took the longest?

If any answer is no, go back over the steps, or look below.

Stuck?

I don’t remember how long things took.
Guess for now. On your next film, start a stopwatch each time you sit down to work.
Waiting took the longest.
Write the next prompt while a clip is still being made. Don’t sit and watch it.
My total feels far too high.
That is normal for a first film. The steps get faster each time you do them.

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