1. Time Management
During the process of making my
documentary, I demonstrated good time
management by doing such things as
using production schedules in order to
help me organise my time and have
specific times for specific tasks. Another
time aspect that went well with my
documentary is having a dedicated
folder for unit 5 which was where I
stored all planning paperwork. As well
as this, the weekly mentor meetings that
I had was a good example of having
managed my time well, this is because
during these meetings, my mentor and I
would discuss my targets for our next
meeting, things I had already
accomplished since last seeing each
other and also the barriers to the work that I hadn't completed yet, for instance a barrier to me
filming the interview was that the presenter had a busy schedule as well as I did, which
means that I couldn’t get that done. This helped me manage my time well because it kept me
in line and kept me on track, it also enabled me to know everything I had already completed
and what I had to do to improve it (if any) and also it enabled me to know and understand
what I had to do next. Also, in order to make sure my main interview went well, I had
planned out my journey and interview prior to the actual interview, for instance I had used
Google to help me figure out
my journey, as well as this I
had got tips on how to make
my interview go well from my
mentor. Also to make sure
there wasn't a chance for the
actual interview to have any
mishaps, I emailed Basak Tas
the interview questions.
In addition to do that I had
ensured that Oliver (the
interviewer) had revised all
questions in order to not do
anything wrong during
filming.

2. An example of a time during production process where I had not demonstrated good time
management is when I would do editing, this is an example of poor time management
because I would edit for long periods of time
whenever I filmed something, when I should
have filmed everything first then edited. In order
to put this time 'wasted' right, I stayed after
school/during free periods in order to get more
filming done and make up for that time lost.
I think the production process would have been
a lot better if I had made an editing schedule,
which would arrange specific times for me to
edit.
Order
To get someone to interview and film an interview before doing anything else, I think is an
example of when I had completed aspects of my documentary in the right order. I had
planned to film my interview first because it would help form my documentary and it had
done that. The way I ordered the production process was:
1. Writing the script
2. Finding and filming interview
3. Editing interview
4. Finding cutaways
5. Filming voxpops
6. Filmed other half of interview
7. Voice over
8. Opening sequence
I think doing things this way was a bad idea as towards the end of production I was rushing to
get the opening sequence and voice over done. Another example of when I had completed
aspects of my documentary in the incorrect order is when I focused more on editing the
interview, when the interview was all I had, this was a bad idea as focussing on the editing
instead of going to film everything else 'wasted' time, I should have got everything done prior
to editing, if I had done that I think I would have more time to edit and I would have been
rushing less, which means that there would have been less mistakes in the whole
documentary.
Productive Working Sessions
I considered a working session to be a time which was specifically dedicated to completing
production work. Whether that was a media lesson or time spent during free periods either
going out filming or focussing on editing or going out to film my main interview. An
example of an unproductive working session would be when I set time to script my voice
over however instead of doing that I spent my time editing which meant I wasted that
working session doing something I shouldn't have been doing, instead of doing the work
which I had set myself to do. Another example of an unproductive working session was when

3. I had specifically set time to film the interviewers half of the interview when instead I spent a
few working sessions filming cutaways instead.
Factors affected how well you worked?
1. Losing footage in Final Cut Pro - during the time when I was editing, there was a lot of
times where I would lose important footage in Final Cut Pro, this would restrict me from
doing the things which I had intended to do in the beginning. This had a negative effect on
how well I worked because it would mean that I would have to rethink what would go in that
specific section or I would have to go and reshoot the footage I had lost.
2. Unavailability of filming equipment/ Mac room - during production, there were a lot of
times where equipment wouldn't be available as there were many other people who would
have needed to use those equipment too. As well as this, there were some times where the
Mac room would be unavailable to use for me to do the work, which I had left to do.
3. Lack of experience on software - Before using Final Cut Pro to edit my documentary I
hadn't had a lot of experience on that, so I would waste a lot of time trying to figure out how
to use it and things like losing footage or deleting footage. I would have to ask my mentor to
help me figure out how to use it a lot of the time which wasted his time also as he had other
people to help. As well as Final Cut Pro, I had no experience using Photoshop which meant
that my teacher had to spend a lesson teaching the whole class how to use it, which wasn't a
waste of time as it was necessary for us to know that stuff but that lost time had to be made
up.
4. Availability/time management of presenter (schedule clashes) - the availability/time
management of my presenter was a negative factor on how well I worked, this is because
neither him nor me had a lot of free time to set aside to do the voice over's and the other half
of the interview. Whenever I had time, he didn't and vice versa, which meant that we had to
spend a lot of time during lunch and/or after school to get those things done.

4. How did I respond to unforeseen circumstances, difficulties and problems?
Circumstances:
1. I had planned to go to the local high street and ask around to see whether anyone had any
spare time/was willing to do a voxpop. I asked people and they either had no time or just
weren’t willing to be on camera and participate in a voxpop.
Response:
1. In order to go around that problem I had to go to a different locations to ask different
people, that way I got a lot of different responses and more people were willing to speak on
camera.
Circumstances:
1. I had expected the office of the main interview to be a lot more uncluttered and
professional
Response:
1. As the weather wasn’t too good when I had planned to film a sign on, I had to record a sign
on as a VO instead of on camera.
Conclusion
(Key aspects of production which was completed successfully)
1. Getting someone to interview for my main interview before anything else.
2. Having a male teenage narrator.
3. Using production schedule to set specific time to edit and get everything done.