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We keep a public timeline to increase accountability, so people know where we are in creating this work for the public and what our goals are.  Of course, making a film is a dynamic process, and the timeline will be updated to reflect that.  It also sets some preliminary fund raising goals.  Help us reach our goal.  All donors who contribute $25 or more will be acknowledged in the closing credits of the final documentary.  We hope to begin production of the documentary in May 2011.


Phase One: Fundraising Reel:$3700

11/11/09: Blog and working Web site launch.  Fundraising beings.  Makers of film make a primary $1200 contribution, and have purchased a MiniDV camera for creating the fund raising reel.  Twitter and Facebook pages go live.

11/14/09: Cafe Press Stories Without Borders Store launches.  The IndieGoGo fund raising site is created.

11/19/09: YouTube Channel launches

12/17/09-1/7/10: Jarrod is shooting on location in Cambodia for fund raising reel footage and possible materials for final film.

January 2011

• Jarrod and Andrea shoot interviews with Sanskritists, philosophers, historians and other academics about the role and importance of the Ramayana and Mahabharata throughout Southeast Asia.  Parts of these interviews will be incorporated into the final film as well as fund raising reel.
• The SWB YouTube channel gets additions with selections of footage, interviews and more with lots of fun location footage as well as academic resources on the epics and the cultures SWB will explore.  SWB MySpace page created.
• Content development continues on the working Web site.  Original content relating to the epics and the cultures in which they play a role in continually added to make the SWB Web site a useful tool for enthusiasts and academics.
• Private Fundraising Begins

February-March  2011

• Andrea edits footage to produce a 6-8 minute long fund raising reel.
• The SWB's parent non-profit is formed to make donations tax deductible.
• Grant Writing Begins (ITVS, Infinity Foundation, Hartley Foundation, et cetera)
• Interviews continue
  

March 2011-July 2011

• Grant Writing Continues
• SWB continues to work on soliciting private donors online through an increasing Web presence and through word of mouth.  We hope to have received private donations from at least 100 donors by April 2010.
• Goal of $3700 reached for Phase One.
• Solicitiations for donations of art work, et cetera, begins for Phase Two
  

Phase Two: Production Drive and Shooting the Film: $31,500

June 2012-May 2013

• Focus will be on continued grant writing and funding search.
  
• Fund raising auction takes place.
• We will begin contacting musicians for music rights.
  
• Scripting begins for in earnest for SWB.
• We will be purchasing a JVC ProHD GY-HM100 which will be used to film the entire documentary. 
• We will also be continuing to use online marketing and networking to attract additional private donations and will aggressive apply to other sources of funding including private foundations and other organizations aligned with our cause.  By May 2012 we hope to have raised $18,500 of the total amount needed for equiptment and production.
  
• We hope to, through grants and fund raising initiatives, to have reached the total Phrase Two goal by March 2011 with 1000 private donors contributing.
  

May 2013-August 2013

• Shooting on location in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Cambodia. Laos, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal and Myanmar (Burma) are other possible locations.
• Jarrod and Andrea work to fit the footage to the storyboard.
  

Phase Three: Editing: $7000

September 2013-April 2014

• Andrea works full time on editing the film.  Her goal will be to have the final version completed by the end of 2014.  Voice overs, audio, as well as constructing the film out of hours and hours of footage will be a challenging job to complete in just six months.
  
•  The two other major purchases include a MacBook Pro and Final Cut Studio.  These last two items will be used to edit the film and will be among the last purchased made and will not be needed until production begins in September 2011 and their cost in built into Phrase Two.
• We hope to reach 1500 private donors by this point making this truly a film that belongs to the public.
  

Phase Four: Distribution: $2500

• After having  a complete film, the next step is to get it out there.  The SWB producers will finance film distribution themselves and seek a distributing partner like ITVS or From the Heart Productions.