THE TIMELINE
A SUMMARY
YEAR 1
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YEAR 3
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YEAR 4
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YEAR 5
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- Sign to a new Canadian commercial production company.
- Make my short film.
- Finish my photobook project to showcase a more “art driven” side of my new career orientation. (this is already 85% completed, and projects like these help narrative managers / producers see you as an “artist”)
- Complete a thorough outline on 2 long form projects (second feature / TV pilot)
- Finish the year with a first draft of 1 feature film.
- Be in talks with potential narrative management in the US.
- Redesign my website to reflect a more narrative focused career orientation.
- Complete the short and release it to a wide festival run.
- Lock in US based narrative management off the successful completion of the short and with the draft of my feature.
- Continue re-writing and perfecting the draft of my first feature, begin outlining a second long form project.
- Book at least one large commercial job. ($1 million+ budget)
- Be in talks for US commercial representation.
- Begin process of obtaining an O1 Visa for the US.
- Lock in the script for my first feature and begin prep work to secure financing. Casting, location scouting, finding the right producer with the aid of my narrative management.
- Continue to book larger scale commercial work in Canada (2-3 big jobs for the year)
- Obtain an O1 Visa to work in the US through obtaining US commercial representation
- Finish a working draft for my second long term project.
- Possibly complete one “micro” project that helps sell the feature script to potential producers
- Secure funding and a production deal on my first feature by the end of the year.
- Be absolutely consumed in all aspects of making my first feature. Prep, production, post-production, everything.
- Narrative management makes progress on what’s next after the feature, likely using the working draft of the next long-term project I finished in the previous year.
- Release and distribute my first feature, to critical acclaim.
- Attend all film festivals it plays at in person to network, do press, and show face.
- Get back into some commercial work off the back of the feature release, ideally in the US for the first time, and restart momentum in the Canadian market.
- Begin drafting a new project.
- Lock in a production deal for what’s next...