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Mon W/B 02/09/14
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Toldthe briefingandchoosingwhatwe were goingtocreate.
Music video,ShortFilmorNewspaper article.
Decide whatto create.
Mon W/B 8/09/14
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Chose Music videonowplanningwhatsongtouse andmind
mappingideas.Chose ‘madworld’GaryJulesforvideo.
Analyse lyricsand thinkof waysto presentthemina
video.
Mon W/B 15/09/14
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Printedthe songlyricstostart analyse.Makingnotesonthemand
mindmappingideas.
Decide whattype of videotocreate narrative,
conceptual orperformance.
Mon W/B 22/09/14
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We have chosentomake a mixture of narrative,conceptualand
performance.
Analyse existingvideosforinfluenceandfeaturesinthe
differentstyles.
Mon W/B 29/09/14
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AnalysedNickelback‘someday’ forinfluence made notesand
turnedthemintoan essay. Practice usingthe camerasand video
software.Startedlookingatalbumdigipakstoanalyse.
Start storyboards,gooutwithcamerasand testplanned
shotson the storyboardsalongwithfuture ideas.
Mon W/B 6/10/14
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Startedstoryboardsandplanninglocationstofilmthe musicvideo.
On Thursdaywe wentoutand testeddifferenttypesof shotssuch
as the tracking shotsandtilts.
Finishatleastone albumdigipakanalysis.
Mon W/B 13/10/14
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Finishedone digipakanaylsisalsopracticededitingfootage in
premier.
Start a mindmap aboutmy musicvideousinglacey’s
repertoire of elements.
Mon W/B 20/10/14
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Startedmindmap due to complete bythe endof thisweekbut
possiblyaddtoit as ideascome along.
Complete Storyboardsandalsopractice some filmingor
maybe dosome actual filmingthatwill be usedinthe
video.Alsostartasecondvideoanaylsisreadyfor
November3rd
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Mon W/B 27/10/14
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Go up to the rooks andlookat filminglocations Complete all of analysistasksincludingmagazine
adverts.
Mon W/B 3/11/14
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LearnedaboutSteve Neale andhistheoryonmental machinerywe
have thenbeenseta task to applySteve Neale’stheoryand
Lacey’srepertoire of elementstoourownideas.
Finishthe workonapplyingSteve Neale’stheoryand
Lacey’srepertoire of elements toourownideas.

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Mon W/B 10/11/14
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Carriedoutsome more product researchtasksstartedto analyse a
magazine albumadvert.Alsousinglacey’srepertoire of elementsI
will analyse myownideasof myvideo.
To learnaboutSteve Neale’smentalmachineryand
theoryof conventionsandapplyittome ideas.
Mon W/B 17/11/14
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I Finishedthe ideasgenerationformymusicvideo.Whilealso
addinga paragraph aboutSteve Neale’stheories.
Start magazine coveranalysis.
Mon W/B 24/11/14
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Startedmagazine coveranalysiswillneedtofinishfornextweek. Complete anothermagazineanalysis
Mon W/B 1/12/14
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Start a surveyusingthe site surveymonkeytocollect market
researchto helpinfluence the final productof are musicvideo.
Mock weekrevise forexams.
Mon W/B 8/12/14
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Revisedvarious theoristsformockweekwhichwill helpme create
a more technicallydesignedmusicvideo.
Finishandsendof surveytoat least10 people tocollect
results.
Mon W/B 15/12/14
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Sentoff and waitingfor10 people tofinishthe surveysoIcan
make a marketresearchanalysis.
Planto groupup overthe Christmasholidays todecide
on final locationsandfilmingtechniques.
Mon W/B 22/12/14
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Met up overthe Christmasholidaysand decidedonare final
locationsof the woodsandinside locationswhile alsodoingsofilm
testingandcompleting
Start filming.
Mon W/B 12/01/15
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Was startingto filmat the weekendbuthalf the filmcrewwasill
so insteadwe re-plannedacouple of the storyboardslides.
Continue filmingoverthe nextweek.
Mon W/B 19/01/15
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Continuedfilmingplanoverthe weekandplannedtodooverthe
weekendweatherdependant.
Ensure that all blogpostsare up to date.
Mon W/B 26/01/15
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Continuedtoshootvideoanduploadedanymissedblogposts. Continue toshootvideo
Mon W/B 2/02/15
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Startedto importfootage intopremiere tostartdrafteditso we
can filmanyfootage needed.
Filmanymissingfootage neededandcontinue edit.
Mon W/B 09/02/15 Continuedtoeditvideowhileplanningtogoout on the weekend Filmthe footage needed.

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(Detailed Weekly Summary) to filmfootage needed.
Mon W/B 16/02/15
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Draft editcomplete begantoeditfinal editforvideo. Continue editingvideo
Mon W/B 23/02/15
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Continue editingvideo Continue editingvideo
Mon W/B 2/03/15
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Continue editingvideo Continue editingvideo
Mon W/B 09/03/15
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Continue editingvideo Continue editingvideo
Mon W/B 16/03/15
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Continue editingvideoanduploadfootage ontoFacebookgroup
for audience feedback.
Obtainfull audience feedback.
Mon W/B 23/03/15
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Continue toobtainaudience feedbackby addingmore membersto
the Facebookgroup.
Receive evaluationforoverEaster.
Mon W/B 30/03/15
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ReceivedevaluationforoverEaster. Start evaluationoverEaster.
Mon W/B 6/04/15
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Continue with evaluation. Continue withevaluation.
Mon W/B 13/04/15
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Continue withevaluation. Continue withevaluation.
Mon W/B 20/04/15
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Made adjustmentstothe videobasedonaudience feedback. Continue with evaluationanduploadeverythingonto
blogfor nextweek.
Mon W/B 27/04/15
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Uploadedall workontoblogthat isn’tthere already.SoIcan meet
the courseworkdeadline.
Start to revise forexam.

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