1. BTEC Creative Media Production: Unit 20 Editing Log
Date: 6th January
What the group did today:
What the group did this lesson:
Uploaded Footage. Via USB Cable. - Bart
Put The Footage Into Bins. - Munira
Chose The Footage We Wanted To Keep. - Amad
Why we did this:
We uploaded the footage because we needed it to make our
documentary and without clips we couldn’t.
The reason we had put the footage into bins is so that we could
find the clips easier when putting them onto the timeline. For
example all our footage of the chess pieces was put into the
‘Chess Pieces ‘Bin.
The reason we had chosen the footage we wanted to keep is to
separate the ones that matched our focus. Our focus was the
origins of them so we kept the footage which gave information
based on the origins.
I was personally responsible
for:
In this lesson I was personally responsible for uploading the
footage from all the cameras to the designated mac for our group.
The purpose/impact/effect of
this was:
The purpose of this was to actually be able to make a
documentary, without footage there would be no documentary.
The impact was that something could be played once we put the
footage on the timeline.
The effect this gave is that we could look over the footage again to
decide whether it was needed or if it was good or bad.

2. BTEC Creative Media Production: Unit 20 Editing Log
Date: 8th January
What the group did today:
What the group did this lesson:
Started our rough cut of the documentary - Bart
Started to edit the clips - Munira
Synced the better audio for certain clips - Amad
Worked with Nick and his colleague from Chocolate Films
– The whole group
Why we did this:
We started working on our rough cut of the documentary so when
Nick had come, we could show him some of our work and the
progress being made.
We also started editing the clips using particular tools such as the
Pen And Blade tools to shorten or cut our clips and the pen tool to
create fades for either the audio or visuals. And to add some
transitions between clips.
The reason we had synced the footage with the sound recording is
to get a clearer sound than the cameras audio detection.
I was personally responsible
for:
The purpose/impact/effect of
this was:
We worked with Nick to help us sync the footage and to show us
how it’s done and its benefits.
I Was personally responsible for putting most of the clips together
to produce something that could be graded on, But as it was only
a rough cut it was not to the best standard.
The purpose of putting the clips on to the timeline is so that a film
could be made, putting the clips together to make a sequential
documentary / Film.
The effect of this was to show some of the footage we had
gathered to the British Museum curators and the Chocolate films
Crew.

3. BTEC Creative Media Production: Unit 20 Editing Log
Date: 14th January
What the group did today:
What the group did this lesson:
Produced music for the documentary using Garageband.
Shot extra footage.
Tidied up the timeline/footage.
Why we did this:
For our documentary we produced a song which would make it
livelier. We used Garageband to do so. This also covered the
silence between footage.
We shot extra footage as some footage was missing for our public
interviews.
The reason we had tidied up the timeline is because some footage
was not rendered or some clips had irrelevant bits which had to
be cut out.
I was personally responsible
for:
In this lesson I was personally responsible for shooting the extra
footage of two more public interviews and uploading it to the
Macs.
The purpose/impact/effect of
this was:
The purpose of this was so we could add to the existing public
interviews which we only had one so we needed more.
The impact of this meant we could add the footage and make the
public interviews scene more fluid.
The effect was an extended documentary with more than just
one public interview.

4. BTEC Creative Media Production: Unit 20 Editing Log
Date: 18th January
What the group did today:
What the group did this lesson:
Changed song
Responded to teachers feedback
Looked over footage for mistakes / not rendered scenes
and any other errors.
Exported the documentary into a film
Why we did this:
The reason we had to change our song is that it was not long
enough to play throughout the whole documentary. It also had a
few jumps and glitches.
We looked over the footage to seek any bits that were not
rendered, missing or just faulty and so we could fix it.
We exported the final cut pro file into a QuickTime movie so we
could upload it to YouTube.
I was personally responsible
for:
I was personally responsible for checking over the footage and
also commenting on the feedback that miss OPM gave us and
helped us understand what we needed to improve the
documentary.
The purpose/impact/effect of
this was:
The purpose of checking over the footage was to simply find any
errors or faults in our documentary.
The impact of this was that we was reassured that our
documentary was finished.
The effect was that we could now export the movie so that we
could upload it.
And the purpose of commenting on the feedback was to
understand the things which were needed to be done to improve
our documentary.