1. A2 Media Studies
Advanced Portfolio
Production Diary
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK(Including Possible
Contingency Plans If Problems Anticipated)
September 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
Deciding on what brief to do (Music Video, Film or Newspaper) Ancillary 1 research 2 research.
October 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
Ancillary 1 research 2 research.
Music Video analysis in terms of genre, narrative, performance,
concept and audience.
Ancillary 1 & 2 construction.
November 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
Ancillary 1 & 2 construction.
Genre, narrative, performance, concept and audience theory
studying and essays.
Main Product Research.
December 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
Main Product Research. Analysing a range of products similar to
main piece.
Main Product Research. Analysing a range of products
similar to main piece.
Mon W/B 07/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Main Product Research. Analysing a range of products similar to
main piece.
Main Product Research. Revising the structure,
conventions, concepts, narratives and performances of
a music video, in preparation of our own product.
Mon W/B 14/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Main Product Research. Stated generating ideas through
MindGenius Education.
Main Product Research and market research.
Mon W/B 21/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Main Product Research and primary market research via
questionnaires and collating results into a report.
Develop final idea.
Mon W/B 28/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Final idea has been established with a brief synopsis of a script and
ideas for storyboards.
Finish storyboard and script and begin filming.
Mon W/B 04/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Storyboard descriptions completed, as well as the script. Begin filming.
Mon W/B 11/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Practise shots and some filming. More shooting for different scenes.
Mon W/B 18/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Evaluate the footage so far and edit the song on Audacity. Continue filming.

2. A2 Media Studies
Advanced Portfolio
Production Diary
Mon W/B 25/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Complete final filming and upload to Adobe Premiere Pro. Begin to edit.
Mon W/B 04/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
The start of the editing, some problems over some footage lacking
quality.
Finish the full edit.
Mon W/B 11/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
The song is editing, however some of the shots are a cause for
concern.
Revise over extra footage to replace worrying shots.
Mon W/B 18/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
The shots are replaced and the song is finally edited and uploaded
onto www.YouTube.com
Set up an audience feedback page via Facebook.
Mon W/B 01/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Facebook Event is set up as well as YouTube comments. Collate
results.
Begin to evaluate Questions 1 – 2.
Mon W/B 08/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Question 1, and 4 of evaluation are completed. Record the evaluations and begin work on the 3rd
.
Mon W/B 15/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Group video evaluation completed as well as individual video
evaluations. And evaluations have been made into Prezis.
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK (Including Possible
Contingency Plans)