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
For the technical side of the project I used the camara to film
slow moving shots of scenery and a car. I ran in to a problem
when I went down to Devon were I forgot to bring a battery
charger for my camara, and the battery ran out before I could
film anything. Other than that I didn’t use any camara
equipment (apart from a camara).
I didn’t use any greenscreen or lip-syncing because the
song/my idea didn’t require it.
5. LOGISTICAL
The locations were great and worked just as well is I hoped.
When I got back to York (where I wanted to do the rest of my
filming) it rained for a couple of days which meant that I
couldn't film.
6. PERSONNEL
For the first half of the project the people I worked with were
my grandparents and that went well but for the 2nd part of
the video I was meant to work with my friends but 2 of them
got the corona virus so we couldn't film and the other one
who I was meant to film with one of his family members got
the corona, so I had to film with my family which went fine.
7. PLANNING
I had a story board for the beginning and the end. This meant
I had a clear vision for the start and the end of my video.
I knew exactly what song I wanted to do and was happy with
my song choice.
My planning wasn’t very good I went in with a vague plan and
tried to stick to it. The biggest draw back to my plan was that
I didn’t have a backup plan.
The was no middle I hadn't created a story bord for the whole
video there for I struggled to come up with an idea for the
middle part of the video. I underestimated how much video I
needed for the song and I didn’t plan for unavailability
,weather and lockdown.
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. I'm most proud of the bit that I planned in detail which was
the beginning .
2. I had good support from family and friends
10. WHAT PROBLEMS DID
YOU HAVE? [3
EXAMPLES]
1. My planing wasn’t very good I went in with a vague plan
and tried to stick to it.
2. The biggest draw back to my plan was that I didn’t have a
backup plan.
3. I found it hard to motivate myself due to long breaks from
college.
4. my song was to long even after editing.
11. NEXT STEPS…
What are the main things you’ve learned from this project?
Pick a minimum of 5 to discuss…
Next time
• would pick a shorter song
• Better planning
• Draft Story board at the beginning
• Shoot earlier in case of problems
• Shoot more footage than needed
