2. PRODUCTION LOG:
GUIDANCE
• This document is for you to track the progress of your production
– filming, editing and post-production.
• This is so you can track what you did and how you did it,
explaining and amendments and changes you made and tracking
the decisions that have shaped the practical creation of your
music video.
• The more detail you include about how you made your music
video, the better. The document is broken down in to two
sections, Filming and Editing, each of these is then made of
specific elements that occur in both.
• For each slide there is a prompt detailing what you should
include, delete the prompt after you have complete the slide.
• Remember, images often show what you’ve done more effectively
than words. Use text to explain an illustration.
3. FILMING
Explain what worked and didn’t work about your filming and how you
managed this covering the following areas:
• Technical – using the cameras and any technical equipment; this
could be how you did your lip sync, used the green screen, dealt with
problems with batteries, etc
• Logistical – did your locations work? Did you have any access
problems? Did it rain?
• Personnel – how were your cast/crew? Did anyone let you down?
How did you manage this?
• Planning – did your planning help? Do you think it could have worked
better? How?
• Next steps – do you need to re-film? Film more? Have you changed
your video? How/why?
4. TECHNICAL
What worked well
Technical things that went well include: Lighting went well because had
access to two studio lights, camera filming went well because of a tripod on
my iPhone which kept the shots still and we could get different height
angles,Green screen it was good for the ideas in place however it created
some problems but on the most part it went well, smoke machine was a
good edition outside however in combination with the green screen and that
it was inside it got a bit too foggy.
Things I would change include: The green screen had a few problems, one
being it was slightly folded on one side which you could see in filming, when
editing you could see the outline of it, the smoke machine hindered some of
the editing because in some shots the green screen wouldn’t work so well,
as well as the green screen being a bit faulty we had originally planned to
film the green screen parts a day earlier but had to delay that part to it being
too small so we had to get another one so my whole body would fit into shot.
5. LOGISTICAL
What worked well included: access to filming areas went
perfectly to plan due to filming in my house and garden, we
had one dedicated room for the scientist and astronaut and
outside we had me in a suit.
What didn’t go to plan include: We had to delay filming
outside for about half an hour due to rain, but we solved the
problem with a big umbrella, which meant sacrificing the
place originally planned to film.
6. PERSONNEL
What worked well included: So the crew was limit to a two
member staff list, and we had set days when we were going to
film. Everything went well and I learnt a lot off Paula.
7. PLANNING
What worked well included: I think that the story board was
pretty much the bible of what to film with only a few extra
scenes that I thought were a good edition during the filming
process.
What I could’ve done better: Checking all the equipment,
props and scenery were up to scratch before filming so we
wouldn’t of had to delay the filming.
8. EDITING
• Record your edit progress, decisions, problems, etc. in this
section
• Include screenshots with annotations, statements, etc
where possible
• Try to explain how you worked and justify why you chose
to work the way you did.
• Follow the structure and what to include on each slide as
this is necessary for evidence for assessment
• Pick notable moments in the editing process and discuss
them, what worked/didn’t work and why, how you adjusted
to problems. Discuss how you worked and what you
learned from the process
9. WHAT WENT WELL
[3 EXAMPLES]
1.The green screen masking and putting scenery behind me
went generally well after I got the hang of it with a guide Scott
sent me.
2. Glitch effects turned out well after I searched the technique
wanted to learn, and I think it really contributed to the effect of
the music video in a whole.
3. The Transitions from scenes made a good impact with the
atmosphere I was trying to give off and some actual helped
with the storyline of the music video.
10. WHAT PROBLEMS DID
YOU HAVE? [3 EXAMPLES]
1. Monitors! The masking wouldn’t work and I should be able
to fix it with Scott, basically I wanted some clips to be shown
on the monitors but it wouldn’t work.
2. Everything I edited was new to me as I have never edited a
video or filmed in my life, I had to search most techniques of
how to do thee things I wanted.
3. A big problem was when I saved the project at college I had
to relink everything manually to actually edit at home.
11. NEXT STEPS…
What are the main things you’ve learned from this project? Pick a minimum of 5 to
discuss…
1. How to edit a green screen and how to set up one. Not use a smoke machine in
combination, make sure its all flat, make to have the correct size.
2. How to use Premiere Pro, however I have much to learn.
I have learnt a lot of things so far yet my knowledge is still basic I think I’ve done a
good job with what I knew beforehand.
3. How to portray my creative ideas into actual film and edit.
Before when I was coming up with ideas I struggled to think about how I was going
to actually portray what I wanted but I think planning helped with the process loads.
4. How to have an organised plan.
Organising my plan was vital in the music video as I based off pretty much all the
filming and got the equipment I needed from that.
5. How I’ve searched the internet to find the technique I wanted.
When I was stuck with how to do something I could normally find what I wanted on
the internet and followed the steps on how to do it.
