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1. MUSIC VIDEO
PRODUCTION
LOG
SIAN ENGLAND

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?
*If you make any drastic changes to your video you MUST
add this to your planning documentation and state how and
why this has happened

4. FILMING
Technical: I did not come across any issues regarding the
technical aspect of my production. Everything went smoothly
with the cameras and lighting and other equipment.
Logistical: I did have some small issues with locations, as some
of them were weather dependent (Kilburn Woods), which meant
that I could not film in the exact location I was hoping to.
Personnel: I didn’t really have any issues with personnel. I only
brought one person with me to film that was the main character
in this video. There was only one day where I planned to film
with them and there were some issues which meant they could
no longer film on that day.
Planning: My planning did help in some ways as I was prepared
for any problems that may arise during filming. However, as the
video did not go to plan, I didn’t really follow my planning as
well as I would have liked to.

5. FILMING
I had some issues with a large section of my video, as I was
planning on using coloured smoke grenades for about a
minute of the video. However, there were some issues with
the order, and the order did not get delivered in time. This
meant that I was stuck without a large section of my video. I
had to film some additional shots, that I wasn’t planning on
filming. I also had to trim the video down from 4:05 to 3:05, as
I did not have enough footage and I had no other ideas as to
what to film for the remainder of the video.

6. FILMING –
PRODUCTION STILLS
Where appropriate add stills from when you were filming,
annotate where necessary
These were the main locations for
filming, two of which were planned.
The screenshot above was a last
minute decision as I hadn’t enough
footage for the entire song.

7. EDITING
• Record your edit progress, decisions, problems, etc. in
this section
• Include screenshots with annotations, statements, etc.
• 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

8. EDITING –
FILE MANAGEMENT
Screenshot and annotate where you have saved your work
and how you have organised your footage so you know
where it is – this will also include your audio track for your
video and any other images, found footage, etc
I added all of my clips that I filmed
into one folder, called footage. This
meant it was easy to find and was
very accessible which made the
entire production process a lot
easier.

9. EDITING –
SETTING UP PREMIERE
Screenshot and annotate how you have set up a new
Premiere Pro project – indicate what you called it, where you
saved it
You should also show how you set up your timeline,
indicating the video settings used [e.g. DSLR 1080p 25]
I created a new Premiere Pro
project and named it ‘mv’ as this
was something that I would
remember so I would easily be
able to find after saving. I then
set up my timeline to DSLR
1080p 25, which was suitable for
the camera settings I had used to
film.

10. EDITING –
IMPORTING FOOTAGE
Show how you imported your footage, your file set up in
Premiere and how you have organised your different docs
[video, audio, etc]
I imported my footage by clicking
file, and then import, and selecting
the clips I wanted to import. I then
added the audio files and video
files into separate folders so I could
easily find them when I needed
them, which sped up my production
process as I wasn’t spending loads
of time looking for different files.

11. EDITING –
ASSEMBLY EDIT
Show how you put together your basic sequence in the order
you want it – previewing clips, dragging to the timeline,
trimming/cutting, etc
If you have a lip sync, pay special attention to showing how
you synchronised the footage with the audio track
I created a basic sequence by
watching over the clips and finding a
section I wanted to add in. I would
then drag the video file to the timeline
and then trim it to fit in with the music.
I also had lip syncing shots, so I
added the entire footage into the
timeline, and matched the first beat of
the song in the original video, to the
first beat of the music track. Then I
went back through and cut out the
sections that I did not want.

12. EDITING –
REFINEMENT
Show and explain how you have refined and improved your
initial sequence edit
To improve my initial sequence edit, I
went back through the sequence and
adjusted the speed of some clips and
moved the video files around to make
sure that they fit in well with the section
of the song. For example, I have a
section in the chorus, where the
character is dancing. So I went back in
and moved the tracks around so they
were dancing to the beat of the song. I
used the wavelength option for the
audio, which helped me to identify
where the beats were in the song.

13. EDITING –
COLOUR CORRECTION/SFX
Show and explain your colour correction process/effects
process – use staged screenshots to show each part of the
process and the effect. Explain why you chose to do this
At the start of the process, I added
a stabilizer to some shots, as there
was quite a bit of camera shake.
This made the movement of the
camera look a lot smoother than
the original clip.

14. EDITING –
COLOUR CORRECTION/SFX
Show and explain your colour correction process/effects
process – use staged screenshots to show each part of the
process and the effect. Explain why you chose to do this
I then went in and added an adjustment layer to all of the clips. In the
adjustment layer, I adjusted the RGB Curves, and made some small
adjustments to the colours to create a warmer look to the video. I chose to do
this because it made the video look more interesting, as it brought out more
colours.

15. EDITING –
EXPORT
Show how you exported your completed project, show which
settings you have used and explain your choice of file name
and where you have saved it
I exported the video using the
HD 1080i 25 preset as they
were the best settings for the
camera quality that I filmed with.
I then decided to save it to my
desktop, so the video is very
accessible and easy to find. I
also saved the video as ‘Send
Me On My Way Music Video’ so
I knew that this file was the final
version, instead of another
saved version of the video.