Balancing it all

 Hi Blogger! After my last blog post, I have put a lot of thought it what I wanted every piece of my portfolio project to look like and I have resolved that I would like to focus on the ending excerpt of an episodic documentary so that I can delve into the message about what I am trying to produce much more. By demonstrating the ending, it is the resolution that discusses positive reinforcements to take within having an insecurity. Therefore, I have a lot more ideas on how I would shift the mood of more emotional moments into a more positive outlook. Due to these reasons, I am taking storyboarding more serious and am working on my first official draft for my portfolio project which is super exciting and I love watching all of these small details come together to cultivate into what is my own piece of work. 

Something that I really helped me decide on having this structure within my episodic documentary was by actually envisioning what a 25-30 minute episode of this series would look. I had watched Season 1 Episode 10 of the episodic documentary series Explained entitled Explanation Point which recounts Linguists and copy editors exploring how the exclamation point has adapted across history, literature and internet-speak. By understanding the beginning, middle, and end of an actual episodic documentary, it helped me envision how I would want to see my episodic documentaries episodes.

Since I have been trying to do it all this week, I have been attempting to build up my marketing campaign more to make sure my target audience is more engaged within my product. Although I have not posted as much as I would have liked to keep my target audience's attention, I have been creating new designs on Canva to demonstrate on the Instagram page to ensure that my audience stays hooked on what I will be producing in the future. Therefore, I have created new teaser posters and layering ideas to present on my Instagram page. 

Although I really like the overall look of these designs, I want to get more creative on my marketing campaign to ensure that I attract more viewers into my audience. I have not been as active on the Instagram page as I would like to be; therefore, in this upcoming week, I plan on creating more unique and interactive posts through polls, Q&A's, interviews with other subjects within the series, meet the subjects, and other content that can appeal to the target audience that I am reaching for. 

I am trying make sure I do not loose sight on any aspects within this project in order for my brain to not forget anything within this hefty project. Even though I discuss many of my drawbacks and things that I would like to change about the progress of my portfolio project, I think I am doing a solid job at balancing everything that must get done. I may still have some unanswered questions, but everything so far is coming along the way that I want it to. Until next time!