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
The video was filmed on a dslr camera and I used a tri-pod
for stability. I managed to film the majority of the footage on
the camera but nearer to the end of the filming day the
camera batteries had died so filmed 3 of the clips on my
iphone camera. This wasn’t a major issue as the main shots I
needed were all filmed on the dslr. Some of the outdoor shots
were slightly shaky when they were uploaded to the
computer. Next time I will use some form of hand-held
stabilizer to aviod this happening.
5. LOGISTICAL
The weather didn’t play a major issue when filming my video
as the majority of the shots were taken inside in front of a
chalk board. When shooting the outdoor shots it did start to
rain slightly but this wasn’t an issue as I was filming on my
phone so there was no chance of damaging the dslr. Due to
the rain some locations I wanted to film at were off limits
because the ground became very muddy. I managed to work
around this and film at drier less muddy locations.
6. PERSONNEL
Everyone I needed to film my video were available when I
needed them and even offered to spend another day filming
when it started raining, this wasn’t necessary as we managed
to film the rest of the video once the rain had stopped. My
cast were very helpful with setting up camera equipment as
well as understanding what shots I needed and been able to
perform it for me.
7. PLANNING
My original plan was to travel to Leeds and film a video in a
dance studio but due to the Covid restrictions I was unable to
do this. This meant I had to re-think my idea and produce a
very quick and rough plan within a short space of time.
Despite this I managed to make a plan that helped me when
filming. It wasn’t as in much detail as I would have liked but it
still helped massively when it came to shooting the video
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. EDITING
• To start my editing process I first imported all my clips as
well as my chosen song.
10.
11. WHAT WENT WELL
[3 EXAMPLES]
- The chalkboard lyric shots I filmed turned out better than i
expected it to and they played a key part in my video.
- When editing my video I added a VHS camera effect to my
video and applied a 4:3 ratio to really give my video the
vintage camera look.
- At the end of the video I faded my song out as well as the
last shot. I did this using key frames and managed to do it
fairly easily to say it was the first video I had edited on
Premier Pro.
12. WHAT PROBLEMS DID
YOU HAVE? [3
EXAMPLES]
- One of the problems I faced when editing was premier pro
crashing. Every five minutes the software would stop
responding and I would have to re-start. I solved this by
uploading all my footage and anything I needed onto a hard
drive and then uploading them all onto a different Mac to re-
start the editing process.
- Another issue I faced, which wasn’t major, was trying to find
a VHS overlay that gave my video the look I was aiming for. In
the end I found one that worked and added it to an
adjustment layer for the full video.
- The third issue I came across was when I were filming my
video and my dslr camera had died and I had no extra
batteries so had to film the rest on my phone.
13. NEXT STEPS…
- If I were to film this video again, I would film a lot more clips
than I need to just to make sure I've got enough shots to fully
complete my video.
- As well as this I would take spear camera batteries to
ensure that I got all my shots filmed on my main camera.
- To avoid not been able to film certain shots due to the
weather I will make sure to check the forecast before I pick
my filming day.
