Advanced Media Practice Production Log

Advanced Media Practice
Indigo Johnson, Ella Farnsworth, Brandon Boyd,
Matt Bradley, Matt Tubb & Matt Pumphrey

Things to think about...
-Sharing workload
-Listening to leaders
-Communication (Social Media chats/Recorded Meetings and/or calls)
-Setting deadlines & ‘to do’ lists / delegate tasks
-Establish a shared vision from the start (including a variety of ideas)
-Early contribution
-Assign team leader to organise meetings and keep the group on track / regular
team meetings

Team Charter
Context
What is the purpose of the team? Create professional quality content that satisfies the clients’ needs and aims
What is the problem the team needs to address? Communication and having more constructive team talks
Aims and Objectives
What is the main aim of the team? To build our team working skills and to work out our strengths and weaknesses, turns our weaknesses into
strengths and make our strengths stronger
What are the main objectives of the team? Team-bonding sessions, weekly meetings, punctuality, good delegation, play on each others strengths and
helping out with others weaknesses

Team Charter Continued
Team Roles and Responsibilities
Assign roles and responsibilities to each of the team members Indi - Director (overseeing all aspects of production)
Matt B - Audio (mics, music, sound effects etc.)
Brandon - Planning/pre-production (production log, team meetings, tasks etc.)
Ella - Editing (overseeing giving constructive criticism)
Matt T - Communication (liaising with client, briefing to group)
Matt P - Camera work (organising the right equipment for shoots)
Resources
Itemise the resources available to the team? Such as money,
time, equipment, skills, knowledge, contacts
Money - limited
Equipment - equipment room and owned equipment
Time -
Skills - varied
Knowledge - wide variety of different areas
Organisation
Describe how the team will organise itself, How often will they
meet, when and where?
Weekly meetings to discuss any changes that need to be addressed throughout the production

Code of Conduct
Attendance
Respect
Keep to deadlines
Discuss ideas when and where appropriate
Support team leader and work as a team

Logo Ideas discussed
We decided to make two designs of
our team logo, and during our second
team meeting, we decided to go with
our second design.
We are going to have two different
options of logo (one with a white
background and one with a black
background) depending on the video
we produce. In addition, we are going
to remove the reflective ‘M’, because
Matte isn’t shiny.
Title Fonts: LORA
(Shade #3F3F3F)
Paragraph: RALEWAY
(Shade #8E8E8E)

Constructing your team identity
Team Communication - After creating our group, we needed to make a group chat so that we could
communicate ideas effectively. We created a Google Slides document so that everybody could add to our
production log and we’ve made a Facebook Messenger group chat to share ideas and thoughts for the project
Team Name - ‘Matte Productions’ as the
majority of our team were called ‘Matt’ and
we wanted to have an interesting group
name for the project
Team Logo - Here is our
team logo with inverted
colours so that when
editing, the background
colours don’t clash
Team Photo - This is our group
picture with all six group members
featured
Team Email - To complete
work collaboratively

Initial Team Meeting - 15/10/2019
Support
team
leader and
work as a
team
We plan to meet
every week at
this time
Highlighted words means
area of improvement- this
way we can build both our
strengths and weaknesses
Matt B. was put in charge
of creating the logo with
the teams creative input

Top Ten Priorities for our project:
1 Don’t offer what you can’t deliver
2 Get to know the organisation
3 Regular emails
4 Keep video streamlined - not to wider focus
5 Show them a rough draft
6 Face-to-face meetings
7 Keep focus on audience
8 Rough schedule
9 Get client's’ approval through the storyboard
10 Always minute meetings

Planning for our Pitch:
To begin planning for our pitch, we decided to make a
separate Google Slides document to explain our top three
briefs and what we would be able to contribute on the
task.
We also listed our individual skills & past experiences,
relating this to charity/non-for-profit organisations.
We finally created an A4 presentation of our skills as a
team as well as a demo reel, which we would showcase in
our pitch.

Team Meeting 21/10/2019
-Added brief ideas to the pitch and
discussed who was going to be in charge
of which slides
-Wrote up and added evidence of key
skills and previous work
-Creation of the demo reel (deciding
who was going to edit the videos
together, adding titles etc)
-Deciding which of the two logos we
were going to have as the final design
-Made final changes to the pitch presentation and
allocated slides to each person in the group
-Ensured that each member in the team had a specific
skill to bring to the group task, with evidence from
past work experiences/projects
-Did several run throughs as a group to ensure that we
were speaking for a maximum of 20 seconds per slide
and were fluid with what we were saying
-Added graphics to each slide with website links to
work (if necessary)

Pitch Day -
23/10/2019
A4
Presentation

Pitch Day - 23/10/2019 Group Demo Reel
Link to Demo Reel -
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=txpVZrE8n04&fe
ature=youtu.be

Pitch Day - 23/10/2019 (CONTINUED)
After hearing from Richard and Matt we found that we had not
got our first choice. Instead we had been given our second, The
Workhouse Network film.
This is a promotional video showcasing the Workhouse and
encouraging people to sign up to the network.
To note:
-Appeals to both academics and larger organisations
-Max 2 mins
-Shots of sites, visitors and collections.
-Talking head interviews.

Ideas WWF on TV: Elephants
Incentive to join
Focused on price
Dramatic voice over- could be suitable if its more educational promo
Gripping
Important points in text on screen
Voiceover gave lots of exposition
Appeal to people with disposable income
Less interesting shots so audience focuses on voiceover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEd9saOEbjo
Black Country Museum:
Fast paced, fun voiceover for fun promo
Followed one family narrative
About the experience and emotion rather than attractions
Didn’t show educational stuff, just interactive stuff
Doesn’t give much context
Music was too much
Only 40 secs, what could we add to make it 2 mins
Easily altered for different social media platforms
Add text titles for more info and easier to remember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u-xpsyikb0
Promotional Video Examples (within the last 6 months)

Examples (CONTINUED)
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oLip/world-wildlife-fund-elephants
We took a look at where content from both of these videos were shown online, and
whether they were shown just online, on television, social media or elsewhere. The
WWF video had been aired 1,499 on television and was also featured on ‘Crime Watch
Daily’ with Chris Hansen on Escape TV.
In terms of the Black Country museum content, we noticed
that the clips hadn’t been posted on social media such as
Twitter or Instagram. This could mean that they were only
used on YouTube and maybe television. We would suggest to
the company we are working with to utilise Twitter and
Instagram for uploading and promoting content as it’s
generally easier access for professionals and a wider
audience of people.

Our Initial Questions:
Why should an Organisation Join the network?
(1)- What are the 3 core aims of the video?, (Gain more members, provide
introduction to the network and benefits of becoming a member)
(2)- What are organisations going to get out of becoming a member? What
does TWN offer?
(3)- What are your projects and facilities at each location?
(4)- What overarching style do they want? (Do they want it strictly
informative or with humour/acting involved too)
(5)- Ask about archive footage
(6) - Do they want us to edit for social media
(7)- Have they had videos made before? If so, what did/didn’t they like about
those videos
(8)- Who is our main contact at each of the locations
(9)- What are the main focuses and targets of the video (Specifics)
(10)- Who is the preferred target audience? (Unclear from looking at the
brief)

Provide a Professional Introduction to your Team
(A4 Mini presentation by email)
We began making our team poster on Adobe Photoshop by
inserting a picture of our logo to show that we are a
professional production company. We decided to lower the
opacity and add some images that had already been
featured on the Workhouse Network website:
(http://www.workhousenetwork.org)
When making our A4 document to advocate our
team roles and skills, we wanted to follow a similar
colour scheme to the Network Workhouse, so we
made the background white so it didn’t distract
from the text. We decided to add our individual team
roles and skills so that it was easy to identify who
was in charge of which section of the task.
At the bottom of the document we also added a
variety of the different organisations and charities
that members of our team had previously worked at
(to show the range of companies we have teamed up
with) - including Audi, Nottingham Trent University,
The Playwright and Simbrix LTD.
We wanted to include a banner, so we
used a colour that was already on the
website.

This is the first draft of the email that we were planning to send to the organisation. We
wanted our communications manager to contact them directly so that he could instantly
get a connection at the Network Workhouse. We stated who were were, the fact we were
happy to work on this project and that we wanted to have a phone call/Skype call to
discuss the video plan (including asking some of our most important questions to get us
started with coming up with creative ideas and brainstorming ways to bring the
video/social media content together).
In terms of the A4 document, here is the
final design! We wanted to ensure that
our logo was visible at the top, so we
could be easily recognisable. We also
added a photo that we found from their
website.
-Paragraph of skills
-Independent roles
-Contact details
-Past work experience (Logos)

Making the call:
-Establish ourselves as professionals and gain valuable
information which can’t be explained as efficiently over email
-Allows for better organisation and habit of committing to
tasks (Who?, When?, Where?, How?)
Before:
-Prepare questions
-Main points to cover (pad and pen at the ready)
During:
-Let them speak mostly, but contribute to the chat and make notes
-Summarise the conversation so they can’t go back on what they’ve committed too
After:
-Type up notes as soon as possible
-Separate actions for either ourselves or the client
-Note dates for completion
-Specify when we will next be communicating
(Summary should be sent as a friendly email)
‘Hi X, it was great talking to you earlier. My team and I are really excited about working on this brief. I
have summarised our discussion below, let me know if you think I have missed anything...I look forward
to speaking again on [DATE]’
Making contact with the brief provider
(in person, by phone or by Skype)
Making the Email:
-Establish a professional relationship with our brief provider
-Provide brief provider essential aims and objectives
-Give our individual skills and experience showing how capable
we are to carry out their brief

Feedback from first phone call
3 core aims of video?
-Increase membership numbers
-Advertise the benefits that an organisation can gain from becoming part of the network
-Advertise individual members and the work that the network is already doing with those members
What are organisations going to get out of becoming a member?
-Gain access to free advice and guidance to collection care
-Advice and guidance on research to do with welfare social history
-Invites to participate in projects
-Ability to network with other organisations that are part of the network
-Regular meetings with organisations
Projects and facilities at each location?
-‘More Than Oliver Twist’ project
-Networks linked by email group (not all workhouses take part in a project)

Feedback from first phone call (CONTINUED)
Overarching style of the video?
-Running theme throughout
-Serious advert (not so much humour)
-Elements of creativity in visuals
Archive footage?
-Emailed about archive footage at each workhouse location but not had a response yet
Edit for social media?
-Yes
-Network website (no social media page for network as a whole)
-Different social media pages for members
Previous videos? Likes/dislikes?
-Format for videos was wrong
-Visually ugly
-No creativity

Feedback from first phone call (CONTINUED)
Main contact at each location?
-Individual communications
-Contact Elspeth before location shoot so she can contact the main person at each location
Main focuses and targets of video? Specifics
-Advert for network itself and projects network is doing
-People wanting to join
-Benefits people are receiving
-Museums and people in sector interested in workhouse or welfare history
MAIN target audience?
-Potential members
-Current funders
-Potential partners in sector interested in work they’re doing

Other notes:
Workhouse have limited government funding:
-Network members are there to help each other out
-Voiceovers for video not just interviews
-Shots of artefacts, buildings at sites
Produce timetable for completing production process:
-Pre-production elements
-Production time
-Post production elements
-Produce storyboards for them to look over
Planning our next contact:

Ideas, Synopsis & Treatment
Exercise 1: Creative Workout (Team Leader Leads)

Ideas, Synopsis & Treatment (*CONTINUED*)
Exercise 2: Arriving at an idea

Team Leaders Meeting: 26/11/2019
The team leaders from the four workhouse network briefs came together to discuss a plan of action:
-After finding that the teams have an £800 budget to split between them, many team members were happy to drive.
We decided that the train was not feasible as it both expensive and not convenient for the workhouse locations.
-The budget does stretch to send two cars to each location. The cars could take a mixture of the groups so they can
get a variety of individual footage needed for their videos.
-Similarly, we thought that weekdays would be better as staff we want to interview may not work weekends. This
would need to be confirmed on an individual location basis.
-Days that work best are Tuesday, Friday and potentially Wednesdays.

Lecture/Team Meeting: Things to think about 27/11/2019
-Think about the benefits of the network (including the fact that they’re
Nationwide, ability to share resources, strength in numbers and an interest at
Geography). How many people are in the network?
-Think about how to visually show what they’re about. Potentially show a
map/illustrations of the different locations with little pop-up boxes of where the
locations are. (Look at other things that work in networks and potentially relate to
ICT/technical concepts. Ability to make a complicated subject look visually
pleasing and potentially connect the black and white workhouse with connecting
lines).
Review the face/title page of the website and if they’re showing text with
subtitles/secondary information and images; think about how we can translate that
onto a video. (For example: Showing characters with their name popping up
underneath. Include photoshop development work/animations. Look at specific
concepts such as images, content, text fonts, the pages they have and how they
promote the network.
Week 17:
-STORYLINE - GROUP
-SCENE DESIGN - ELLA
-SCRIPTING - MATT T
-STORYBOARDING - MATT B
-SCENIC BREAKDOWN - MATT P
Week 18:
-SCENE DESIGN
-PEOPLE BIOGRAPHY
-PEOPLE DESIGN
-COSTUME DESIGN
-SET DESIGN
-PROP LIST & DESIGN
-LIGHTING DESIGN
-VISUAL EFFECTS DESIGN

Following last week...
We have decided to change our idea of a family tree to a timeline.
This is in order to fit with the other workhouse videos, as well as being an easier way of representing
points in history.
Here we will show you our original storyboard and scene design, followed by our new ideas.
We will also discuss the meeting we had with The Workhouse Network on Tuesday (03/12/19).

Storyboard - Before visit to Workhouse, Southwell
Introduction shot of the video showing the beginning of the
timeline with one of the first workhouses featured
Showing the first workhouse building to exist (maybe with a
voiceover/key words on the screen)
Interior/Exterior shots of the workhouse (maybe with more
voiceovers/key words on the screen)
Interview with member of the workhouse network (with
video/photos overlayed over the interview)
Introduce the timeline once again, and transition into the rest of the
workhouses in order of date (maybe with a voiceover/key words on the
screen)
Exterior shots of the workhouses (maybe with
voiceovers/images on the screen)

Establishing shot of each site
Establishing shot of each site Establishing shot of each site
Establishing shot of each site Museum Space
Historical reenactment

Teaching History
Shots of the interior
Shots of the grounds
Shots of the grounds Archive Footage History tour

Why become a member Archive footage Networking/Interview
Promote history Promote projects & exhibitions Join the family & the deals

Scene Design - Before the visit to Workhouse, Southwell

Script
Narration will guide the viewer
along with what is happening
in the video
It will Include talking about the
history and present day/
background information of the
workhouses
This will include notes on
the screen throughout our
video
Some examples are the
location of the workhouse
in shot, the name of the
person we are interviewing
and workhouses contact
details
InformationInterviews Narration
Interviews with
volunteers, and individual
members of the network
Talking about what the
Network houses are, and
also their use and history

Family Tree Idea - Before visit to Workhouse, Southwell
Introduction to After Effects on Monday morning.
Basic insight as to how we might achieve the family tree or map like graphics.
Idea- have a family tree for each site - highlight key dates and facts that make up the sites.
Southwell Workhouse
built in
1820s
Infirmary built in
1871
Housed up to 111
people of all ages, sex
and mental abilities
Converted to 1960s
bedsits to house
families
Often unmarried
mothers and those of
‘feeble mind’ were
convicted
All workhouse buildings
are now owned by the
National Trust
Hospital built in
1920 active until 1980s

Trip - Southwell 3/12/20
- Tour around the main sites and house.
- Captures pictures and videos of location. Helping with shot
ideas and an idea of content available to us.
- Meeting with Andy; making sure the identity of the workhouse
is shown in all videos
- Present the history of the workhouse in modern day.

RISK ASSESSMENT FORM
Location The Workhouse, Upton Rd,
Southwell NG25 0PT
Date 03/12/2019
Time/s
Description of Activity Visiting & Filming the site
Names of Students in Production Team Indigo Johnson, Matthew Bradley, Matthew Pumphrey and Brandon Boyd
Names of Additional Persons
Types of Hazard (see list above and tick the hazards you are likely to encounter)
Moving vehicles Y Hot objects/liquids N Working alone N
Moving machine parts Y Noise N Geographical area N
Fall from height N Weather Y Stairs Y
Trips or falls Y Chemicals N Manual Handling Y
Electrical Y Vermin N Shooting at Night N
Risk Evaluation
Hazard High Medium Low
Moving Vehicles X
Machine Parts X
Trips or Falls X
Electrical X
Weather X
Stairs X
Manual Handling X

Group library study. Worked together on the presentation for 4/12/19 session
Discussion Points:
- Regarding points brought up during last week’s session, e.g family tree, visual style and map graphic.
- Debrief of the trip to those who could not attend, and information/documents received, such as media pack,
historical information, along with original pictures/videos
- The change in our video plan/ideas after our trip to the Workhouse, Southwell (including the family tree aspects
which we have replaced with the idea of a timeline)

What we need to present for 04/12/2019
-How we will present the family tree in a timeline sense and what specific information we are going to present
-Include a storyboard such as the style approach
- How we have developed our plans from initial storyboard/scene design - show original plans, talk about developed timeline
idea
-Look into what map software we could use (E.g Google Earth, Google Maps, Prezi etc)

We presented the
following slides on
04/12/2019

Plan for the video - Timeline
The first workhouse was set up in 1776...
(Including archived pictures of the
workhouses when first opened; with
narration about workhouses)
1 2 3
When the workhouse network was set up…
(Including original establishing pictures and videos
of what the network looks like today with a variety
of interviews/voice overs/sound bites from people in
the network)
Since the network was set up, here’s a variety
of organisations that have got involved…
(Interviews and sound bites about what the network
can provide for you as well as benefits on joining
the benefits)

Gressenhall (Norfolk)
We wanted to explore different ways
to suggest the workhouses make up
a 6 site network, not just individual
sites.
It is important that this idea of a
‘network’ is strongly communicated
to the audience as this is one of
their main USPs.
A map was an initial idea to show
the locations of all the sites and
how they are connected.
Map
Overview of
Network
Locations
Southwell (Nottingham)
Thackeray (Leeds)
Ripon
(North Yorkshire)
Farnham (Surrey)
Llanfyllin
(Wales)

Workhouse Establishing Shots
Workhouse museum & Garden,
Ripon
1776
The Workhouse,
Southwell
1871
From the full shot of the timeline, we are planning to zoom into the oldest of the workhouses (Ripon, 1776)
and then cross dissolve to the rest of the workhouses in order of date
*Cross Dissolve*

Fonts for the Video
As talked about previously, we have plans
to copy the design of the website to have
continuity throughout.
We have contacted The Workhouse
Network regarding the fonts and visual
style that they use for their website, as
well as their logos and other logos, such
as The Arts Council and other partner’s
logos.
We have since received a media pack
with all of these included to use in our
video.

Fonts for the Video (Part 2)
As talked about previously, we have plans
to copy the design of the website to have
continuity throughout.
We have contacted The Workhouse
Network regarding the fonts and visual
style that they use for their website, as
well as their logos and other logos, such
as The Arts Council and other partner’s
logos.
We have since received a media pack
with all of these included to use in our
video.

Group Session: 04/12/2019 - Post Presentation
Week 19 - Scheduling and Admin
-Presentation briefings and peer self evaluations
-Kit you would for shooting an interview (media technicians/our own content) in MAE017
Things to think about:
-Organisation as a team, Professional camera set up, Camera settings
-Use Indi and Ella’s cameras, tripods and lapel mics plus lights. One closeup on the person’s face, one as a two shot.
Cameras have to be at the same height. (Two teams of three)

Interview Practice- Richard Hunter
Indi - Director
Brandon - Interviewer/Behind the scenes
Ella - Camera Operator
Matt T - Camera Operator 2/Lighting Assistant
Matt P - Lighting
Matt B - Clapperboard/Shot Log
Potential
questions
to ask
Richard for
our
practice
interview

Interview With Richard Hunter
As part of the module, we were tasked to do a full interview set up and proceed with how we would interview somebody
we didn’t know. Brandon was in charge of making sure that the interviewer was relaxed and sitting still on their chair.
Ella was in charge of the camera, Matt T and Matt P, the sounds and the initial set up, and Indi was the main director.
We were all quite confident with how to perform interviews but I think one thing that we all learnt was how to make
use of all of the team, rather than having two people set up and the rest watching. One thing that we did really well
was coming up with some weird questions (such as questions to do with food/drink to make them feel comfortable)
What we learnt from this interview practice is that we are quite speedy when it comes to setting up and taking down
the equipment, and we have to be ready to face a variety of problems when interviewing;
(1)-Too much background noise inside or outside. If this was to happen, we would need to find a new location, but not
spend too much time doing so, otherwise the interviewee could get bored/lose their train of thought.
(2)-Quiet interviewee. Double check that the microphone is fully secured onto their item of clothing, and do voice tests
before filming. This could either be counting to 10, or asking them to answer one of your questions.
(3)-Brief answers. A lot of people when being interviewed will give very simple answers, but because we could be
asking more specific questions, we want to make sure we get as much information out of the interviewees as possible.

Admin and Paperwork to be Completed:
Shooting schedule- Matt P
Job audit- Matt P
Labour - Allocating jobs - Matt P
Call sheet - Indi
Filming log - Matt B (in preparation for 11/12/2019)
Shot log - Matt B
Edit script Ella (to be done at a later date)
Risk Assessments - Indi (only for Southwell)
Consent & Permission forms - Brandon (for next week’s interview)
Copyright logs - Matt T (post production)

Shots from the Sites
Interviews at each - each site has a USP, what is that USP?
Southwell- university and ease
Establishing shots both inside and out and the land
Archives and research and resources
Membership information- posters, flyers etc
Interviewing Organisations that are already involved
Archive footage and photographs
Shots of things happening
- Playing with exhibits
- Dressed up people
- Photo albums - looking through them
- Current projects
Focus in and out shots
Farm in norfolk
Views
Gardens

Pre-production Presentation
22/01/2020

Evaluation
The pre-production pitch was a successful one.
We presented all of our ideas so far in a clear, timed powerpoint so the other groups
could get an idea of our progress and future plans.
We also discussed our plans for next week regarding the trips to the workhouse
network.
To the left is Richards feedback regarding the group.
We were happy with the layout and the overall design but in future we could add less
texts and more visuals to the slides.
Similarly, some members of the group need to focus on addressing the audience.
In future pitches, we will ensure to improve on this feedback.

Trips to the Workhouses - Our selected questions
1) When was the network set up and how
2) What is the purpose of the network (what are its aims)
3) Could you tell me about any organisations that have already joined
4) What can organisations gain from joining the network (e.g. what resources can it provide)
5) Could you give a brief explanation as to some of the projects the network has been involved with
(e.g. more than Oliver Twist)
6) What is your personal involvement with the workhouse network?
7) What does this site have to offer for those who want to become a member? (The USP)

Workhouse trips:
Photos of each driving license
List of whos going where
List of what workhouse is on what day
Email Andy Gritt
List of equipment for Laura so it doesn’t get booked out
Ripon (Monday)
Harriet (Driving) - need automatic
car
Mikey , Ella, Lewis
Wales (1 car, self drive?) (Tuesday)
Indi, Matt P (Driving)
Tom W, Ed P (Driving)
Leeds (Wednesday)
Scarlett (Driving), Erin (Driving)
Matt T
Donna?
Surrey (Thursday-Friday) travel?
Luke G, Lewis, Donna, Anastasia
Luke to feedback on travel.
Norfolk (stay over) (Thursday -
Friday)
Chris (Driving),
Alex, Matt B, Brandon
Equipment:
Camera,
Tripods & Mics
Monday:
2 people from Lukes group to film interview
at Clifton Campus. Luke & Anastasia
Chris to make his
own way to
Surrey

Wales Visit - Pictures/Notes
We arrived at about 10:30 am. We were greeted by Martin, an
employee of many years who gave us a tour of the grounds. We
later interviewed him.
Tom used the drone to capture some high angle external
helicopter shots.
The building was under construction but there was still plenty to
film in terms of the structural building and some information
displays.
It was a very successful day
with lots of interesting and
informative shots as well as
an excellent interview.

Visit Reflection - Wales
What we did well
Throughout the course of the day we all worked very well
as a team. The day went smoothly and we got what footage
we could. We took some risks such as climbing up a fire
escape and entering the building sites in order to get some
more high angle, exciting shots.
The drone shots were particularly successful as well as the
interview that Martin gave. He gave very in depth answers
with a lot of detail. This means editing later will be good as
there’s plenty of information to include in our video.
What we can do better next time
After a look through the footage with richard he gave
some pointers as to what would improve our footage.
Firstly, during the interview due to the strong light behind,
there is a bit of a shadow across Martin’s face. Richard
suggested using a reflector next time to avoid this. This
would improve the overall quality.
If we had more shooting time we would go back when the
building work had finished. The work did disrupt the
quality of footage but we made the best of a bad situation.

Location Llanfyllin Workhouse, A490,
Llanfyllin SY22 5LD
Date 28/01/2020 Time/s All Day
Names of Students in Production Team Indigo Johnson, Matthew Pumphrey, Thomas Walmsley, Edward Pierce
Risk Evaluation
Moving Vehicles X
Machine Parts X
Trips or Falls X
Electrical X
Weather X
Stairs X
Manual Handling X

Visit Reflection - Leeds
What we did well
We arrived at the site in great time and as soon as we got
there were given a tour of what was on offer. We asked lots
of questions to the members of staff working their to brush
up on the historical information about the site.
We conducted a successful interview and got 2 really great
angles. Next to the site was a graveyard was used by the
workhouse, we were lucky enough to get a tour of the
graveyard which gave meaning to the shots we got.
What we could have done better
When arriving at the site it was clear that it was being renovated,
outside there was scaffolding and inside parts were blocked off.
Although we knew this before arriving we didn’t know the full extent
of it, next time we could have gone on a different date or planned
better for it.
In the interview, although a lapel mic was hooked up to the camera,
the audio quality was very poor. This was disappointing as the shots
looked good, next time we would take extra checks to make sure that
the microphone was not faulty and working properly.

Location Thackray Medical Museum, Beckett
Street, Leeds, LS9 7LN
Date 29/01/2020 Time/s All Day
Names of Students in Production Team Matthew Tubb, Erin Barber, Scarlett Walker, Donna Christie
Risk Evaluation
Moving Vehicles X
Machine Parts X
Trips or Falls X
Electrical X
Weather X
Stairs X
Manual Handling X

Norfolk Visit - Pictures/Notes

Visit Reflection - Norfolk
What we did well
When visiting Norfolk, we were given a short tour of the site and a brief history
on what the site was used for. Our main aims were to get establishing shots of
the workhouse, a variety of interviews with relevant people that work there and
as much content/relevant photos and shots. Reflecting on the visit, we were able
to get a variety of ‘behind the scenes’ shots which we were able to use for both
our production log as evidence for visiting the workhouse, and it we thought it
would also be beneficial for us, as we could start thinking about using some of
the content in our final edit. We were only scheduled to interview two people;
(Elspeth & Megan), but we were able to get a third interview with Steven who
was one of the farmers whose primary role is working on the site.
While we were filming at Norfolk there was also a school trip touring the site
during filming. This meant we had to learn to film around the school trip. This
allowed us to manage our filming time to rotate around as the school trip moves
on to avoid disturbing our filming. This developed our ability to schedule filming
on site whilst avoiding children and non consenting public. Working in available
rooms and areas to minimise disturbance and noise pollution.
We discussed that the footage we gathered was pretty good in
terms of getting varied shots and locations with suitable
backgrounds, but next time we plan a trip to a professional
venue, setting up the set before our interviewees arrive is
something we need to work on. We would do this to avoid
stressing out with the set-up in presence of the interviewees
and be better prepared. Some of the shots are quite grainy in
terms of their colour, but we will try our best to edit the
content to the right colours/settings otherwise we will use our
alternative shot as we won’t be using much of the visuals for
our short two minute video.

Location Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse,
Gressenhall, Beetley, Dereham
NR20 4DR
Date 30/01/20-31/01/20 Time/s All Day
Names of Students in Production Team Brandon Boyd, Matthew Bradley, Alex Robinson, Christian D’Souza
Risk Evaluation
Moving Vehicles X
Machine Parts X
Trips or Falls X
Electrical X
Weather X
Stairs X
Manual Handling X

Visit Reflection - Ripon
What we did well
As a group, we first had a full tour of the site to discuss and assess
potential filming locations. This meant that we were able to remain
organised during filming and prioritise key areas of the site and key
aspects to film, for example establishing shots of the site, filming
key rooms and organising an interview with an onsite staff member.
Ella, Harriet and Michael were able to effectively film everything on
this date therefore due to good communication, listening to each
other's ideas regarding what to film, and consolidating each other
and planning filming so nothing was duplicated, and all areas were
covered in a short amount of time.
We also assigned different roles to each member of the filming crew
during the interview to ensure that filming went smoothly, with Ella
controlling cameras, Michael controlling sound, and Harriet
conducting the interview. This organisation between the group
allowed for a successful interview shooting.
It would have been ideal if we could have gotten some aerial drone shots of the
Workhouse like other locations. Unfortunately the member of the crew trained on
the drone was ill on the shooting day. Therefore to work better in future the
group could have had a contingency plan in place to avoid this issue. However,
the filming day could not be postponed as it had previously been postponed, and
the excellent communication and organisation between the filming group ensured
that many high quality shots were still gained from the visit.
During filming, the batteries of one of the secondary cameras ran out. Whilst this
wasn’t an issue due to the group bringing three cameras to get several different
shots of the site at different sites, this could have been avoided by further
planning and organisation before the trip, ensuring that we had more spare
batteries and that the ones we had were fully charged before the trip.

Location Ripon Workhouse Museum,
Allhallowgate, Ripon HG4 1LE
Date 25/02/2020
Time/s 9am-3pm
Names of Students in Production Team Ella Farnsworth, Harriet Lockie, Michael Goulding and Thomas Walmsley
Risk Evaluation
Moving Vehicles X
Machine Parts X
Trips or Falls X
Electrical X
Weather X
Stairs X
Manual Handling X

Southwell Visit - Pictures/notes
Team members from a variety of
the Workhouse groups have visited
Southwell again.
Ella, Matt P and Matt B from Matte
Productions; Tom W and Ed P from
Vision 4 and Mikey and Harriet
from Mosaix.
They were able to get footage of
the main building, museum spaces
and interviews.

Visit Reflection - Southwell
What we can do better next time
Firstly, our interviewee that we had initially arranged to interview
could not make it into work that day so we had to rearrange who we
were going to interview but luckily that was sorted as soon as we
arrived.
Finding the perfect room was a difficult task because by the time our
interviewee was available the workhouse was open to the public so
people were walking around the workhouse and banging doors
became an audio problem for us. Next time we will do a recce of the
site before finalising on where to shoot rather than moving from
room to room with no prior investigation.
What we did well
Not long after we arrived we began filming. We split filming tasks
between interior and exterior shots which evened out the workload
across the group. The weather helped give us some natural lighting
which was beneficial in rooms with few windows or corner rooms.
Our interview with Fiona went extremely well, she gave us brilliant
answers that will be vital to our production and she elaborated on
her points very well. Our interview setup (consisting of 2 camera
angles, artificial lighting, a lapel mic as well as another back up mic)
made the interview process go very smoothly as well as Fiona being a
confident talker on camera.

Location The Workhouse, Upton Rd,
Southwell NG25 0PT
Date 05/02/2020
Time/s 9am-3pm
Names of Students in Production Team Indigo Johnson, Matthew Bradley, Matthew Pumphrey and Brandon Boyd
Risk Evaluation
Moving Vehicles X
Machine Parts X
Trips or Falls X
Electrical X
Weather X
Stairs X
Manual Handling X

Present:
Indi
Ella
Matt P
Brandon
Not Present:
Matt B
Matt T
Discussion/ catch up regarding the filming at the locations last week.
Brandon and Ella transferred files onto one hard drive.
Email Richard the below plan
Plan for next few sessions:
Collate all clips- order into files and sift through to find the best shots. Swap half way through with Harriet’s group. So we
have the Leeds and Norfolk footage.
Meet up with Luke's and Ed’s Group so we can get footage off them. (Surrey and rest of Wales).
Plan a trip to Southwell with Ed and Tom and try to reorganise Ripon
Get archive footage from Elspeth and start editing some of our clips (starting with the interviews)

Meeting with Richard: 05/02/2020
What to do:
Talked about the trips- gave in depth recap.
Discussed plans for Ripon and Southwell
Reviewed footage from the sites
Gave us tips on how to improve certain shots for next time.
Southwell & Ripon plans:
Wednesday 12th Feb- Southwell (Avoid half term and get
footage as soon as possible).
Emailed Elspeth to help try and put these plans into action.

Jobs List
Jobs to do:
Meet up with all other workhouse members to get footage
from each site ✓
Sort through all footage from each site ✓
Split the video into sections- interviews, cut aways,
establishing shots, music, graphics and logo and credits, intro
and outro. ✓
Speak to others groups about creating an intro and outro that
we all use for continuity. ✓
Job Allocation:
Timeline graphics- Ella
Interviews- one person for each site site each
Establishing Shots and Cutaways- one person for site
each
Music- Matt B
Intro and outro- Collaboration with other teams
Voiceover plan- Matt T

Group Session: 19/02/20
Mini meeting with Richard:
-Adding content and reflections from each location
-When on location, we should take a minimum of 90 to 100 pictures
-Chase up email with the client (and CC Elspeth)
-Speak with Mosaic about organising the clips and pictures that we got & arrange meeting to discuss Introduction video
-Discussing who’ll be editing which sections of the video (and who’s going to be editing which interviews)
(Decide whether to edit the content you shot yourself as you would be familiar with the clips or edit content from a
different location to find what specific answers you need)
-Look at BRoll footage and decide if it’s usable or can be scrapped
-Think about trimming down the clips from the hard drive so it’s easier to edit in post production

Editing Plan
Week 30 - Have interviews cut down to rough edits ready for Week 31 and have a group meeting to discuss creating the timeline and map aspects.
1. Matt T - Editing Leeds interview
2. Brandon - Editing Norfolk interviews
3. Ella - Edited Southwell interview
Week 31 - Look over rough edits and decide which bits to use, start to add in b-roll. Start to create timeline and map aspects.
1. Create Timeline
2. Create Map
3. Have a meeting with all team editors regarding making a shared intro
Week 32 - Finish timeline and map aspects. Add footage together into one project.
Week 33 - Have a nearly ready draft ready to show for test screening.
Week 34 - Hand in date 20/03/2020.

Meeting Agenda: 21/02/2020
1) Discussing timeline and map animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9aVeJOHjcA&t=397s
2) Looking at rough cuts of interviews -
Week 31 - Session Agenda
1) Start work on timeline animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9aVeJOHjcA&t=397s (Separate establishing
shots into one folder to be used in timeline)
2) Looking at rough cuts of interviews and choosing best bits to use
3) Compile interviews into one file and begin editing together with b-roll
4) Discuss narration and who we want to narrate the video and choose final background music option

Week 31 - Session Agenda (All complete by Monday 2/3/2020)
1) Start work on timeline animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9aVeJOHjcA&t=397s (Separate establishing shots into one folder to be used in
timeline) (Ella start from 6:13)
2) Looking at rough cuts of interviews and choosing best bits to use
3) Compile interviews into one file and begin editing together with b-roll
4) Discuss narration and who we want to narrate the video- messaged Abi- if no response by Friday evening we put an ad on LinkedIn and Mandy.com (Matt
T)
Jobs to do:
1) Edit establishing shots for Ripon (Matt P), Southwell (Matt B?), Wales (Matt P), Norfolk (Brandon) and Surrey (Indi?) Leeds (Matt T)
2) Finish Timeline (Ella)
3) Write script for narration (Matt B) and confirm narrator (Matt T)
4) Compile Southwell and Leeds interview into one file (Ella/Indi? - To do on Monday (02/03/2020)
5) Begin to add establishing shots to timeline (Ella)
6) Confirm backing track and all copyright issues - report in log (Check back with group on Monday)

Timeline Animation
I created a marker to signify a point on the timeline, as well as to write
dates on. This would then go onto the timeline alongside the frame.
I also created a frame to put a photo or video into, which would then go
onto the timeline at every year marker. When combining the video clips
with the timeline, I would take a photo of the first frame of the clip to
put in the frame, before beginning the video.

Timeline Animation
When making the timeline, I first created a marker for a day, times this by
360, then did the same to create month and year markers. This segment
therefore symbolised a year, which I could then duplicate to make a longer
timeline spanning 4 years.
After this, I created a null object and a camera and set the camera to
follow the null object moving through the timeline. I took the separate
frame and marker compositions and added them in to create the space
for images and video.

Timeline Animation
During the creation of the timeline, I had some issues regarding using After
Effects, as I had little experience with the program. One of these issues was
placing 3D objects into the composition window; the object would turn
invisible, allowing me to free transform, but not to see the image.
After some research and posting in the Adobe forums I discovered that the
issue was due to the composition window being in custom view 1. I found that
3D objects cannot be rendered in custom view but only front view. Therefore
from researching the issue on the Adobe forums, as well as a Facebook help
group, I was able to fix this and carry on with the timeline.

Interview Editing - Norfolk Interview (Elspeth)
In terms of the interview editing, we had to open the files
on Adobe Premiere Pro. One of the problems that we
faced with the Norfolk interviews was that the audio from
one of the cameras came out very poor meaning that we
had to use the same audio for both camera shots that we
used.
The next step that we had to take was aligning both of
the video clips with the good quality audio file.
When editing down the video to usable content, I made
sure to remove anything relating to the Oliver Twist
project as this wasn’t our brief, but instead wanted to
ensure that we had clips answering a variety of questions
such as ‘Which organisations are already involved?’
which Elspeth answered perfectly in a short 10 second
To try and fix the audio, we opened
up the original sound file into Adobe
Audition, using the ‘DeNoiser’ option
to remove any unwanted
background noise/sounds from the
back of the interview. In Premiere
Pro, we slightly enhanced the sound
from the good camera, by raising
the volume in the Audio Mixer
section.

Adobe Audition Sound Editing
In part of the Leeds interview with Emily
there was a siren in the background. After
watching a tutorial on YouTube I found it
was quite an easy process as the sound is
reoccuring.
Firstly, you need to convert it using this tool
so the sound lines from the siren can be
seen. Then using the pen tool draw over the
repeating pattern of the siren, holding shift
as a new line is started.
Then, right click and click ‘learn sound
model’. Then Effects, noise
reduction/restoration, sound remover.
Then using the menu play with the levels
until it sounds good.

Script
From using our original script plan we have developed and finalised the script for recording.
Original script plan:
Interviews with volunteers, and individual members of the network talking about what the Network houses are,
and also their use and history.
Narration will guide the viewer along with what is happening in the video .It will include talking about the
history and present day/ background information of the workhouses.
This will include notes on the screen throughout our video and some examples of the location of the workhouse
in shot, the name of the person we are interviewing and workhouses contact details
While finalising the script we made sure the brief and the key message of the video is achieved and clear to the
target audience to understand. Structuring the script is important to make sure the video follows a flow and
ordering key point to deliver the message of the video to achieve the videos purpose.
Starting the script with general information of who the Workhouse Network are and what they offer. This
continues with the narrator leading the question to be answered in interviews and voice recording. Ending with
a slogan to join the Workhouse reinforcing to purpose of the video.
By becoming a member, you will be the first to receive regular updates on the network and associated projects,
whilst also gaining access to a wealth of knowledge by forming partnerships with other member organisations.
(this last sentence can also be used as a ‘slogan’).
NARRATOR (Draft 1)
The Workhouse Network brings together museums, heritage organisations, archives and universities
interested in welfare history.
NARRATOR
The Network aims to share expertise and knowledge to promote the understanding of the history and
contemporary relevance of poverty, welfare and the poor.
NARRATOR (Draft 2)
The Workhouse Network brings together museums, heritage organisations, archives and universities
interested in welfare history. The aim is to share expertise and knowledge to promote the understanding of
the history and contemporary relevance of poverty, welfare and the poor.
NARRATOR(Drift 1)
We spoke to Emily, Elspeth and Fiona about the Workhouse Network and their aspirations.
NARRATOR (Drift 2)
We spoke to Emily, Fiona and Elspeth about the Workhouse Network and their aspirations.
NARRATOR
By becoming a member, you will be the first to receive regular updates on the network and associated
projects. As well as gaining access to a wealth of knowledge by forming partnerships with other member
organisations.
You can join the Workhouse Network by contacting us at www.workhousenetwork.org/join.
Join our Family.

Audio - Backing track music
Searching for a backing track we started by thinking of the type of video we were making and
how we wanted to represent our message. This gave us a filter of the type and how we wanted
the backing track to sound.
We had to keep in mind copyright policy of the music we will use whether it can be used or if
it required a license.
Searching on:
● Audio Library
● Purple Plant (requires credit)
● Royalty Free Music (requires credit or Subscription)
Going through the shortlist of tracks we picked the backing track (Distant Lands) as this fit
the timing of the video and is fully copyright free to use.

Sound/Music Editing
Importing the chosen track
(Distant_Lands) we checked the audio
balance to make sure the track was
balance between the left and right
channel.
After balancing the channels it was a
matter of cutting down the track to the
desired length of the video.

Copyright Log
Name of Production -
Workhouse Network
Film
Names of Producers - Matte
Productions
Date accessed - 27/02/202
Media Form of Material
Used (video, audio,
image or other)
Description / name of track
Where Obtained (web URL etc.) Copyright Status Details of Permission
Gained
Audio Distant Lands https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/musi
c?nv=1 (Accessed 27/02/2020)
Attribution not
required
(YouTube
Audio Library)
No permission
required
Image Workhouse Network logo https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1
kHLV6Cyl1PR5OK3WRib8nB-SIs-3yff-
(Accessed 06/03/2020)
All copyright
belonging to
Workhouse
Network
No permission
required (access
given by brief
provider)
Copyright Log

Copyright Log
Workhouse Network
Film
Productions
Used (video, audio,
image or other)
Gained
Images Several photos of
different resources
available to organisations,
including floor plans,
photos of legal
documents, dietary plans,
etc.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1
(Accessed 06/03/2020)
All copyright
belonging to
Workhouse
Network and
Workhouse
sites.
No permission
required (access
given by brief
provider)
Image Arts Council England logo https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1
(Accessed 06/03/2020)
All copyright
belonging to
Arts Council
England
No permission
required (access
given by brief
provider)
Copyright Log

Copyright Log
Workhouse Network
Film
Productions
Used (video, audio,
image or other)
Gained
Image Nottingham Trent
University Logo
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/00
26/219941/001-Logo-V01.pdf
(Accessed 06/03/2020)
All copyright
belonging to
Nottingham
Trent University
No permission
required
Copyright Log

Searching for a Voice Actor
Whilst searching for a voice actor, we got off to a slow start as our original plan was to ask a
fellow student who unfortunately was busy. As a result of this we turned to LinkedIn
(professional networking site) and Mandy (a creative community for freelance media workers)
in the hope of finding someone to create a voice over.
To start with progress was slow, the advert posted on Mandy gained no traction due to it
waiting for approval. However after messaging and attempting to connect with over 30
professionals on LinkedIn we eventually had some responses.
Using the quick and efficient messaging service on LinkedIn, we met a professional voice
actor called Angela Kanwar. Angela has been very professional and after some messages
interchanged we came to an agreement that she would be able to do it for no fee as long as
she could use it for her portfolio.
With both parties coming to an agreement of the terms of the video we followed up the
interaction with an email containing the script and made sure to let her know the kind of
voice we wanted her to use. Again, Angela was a complete professional and we exchanged
some final details before she went on to produce the voice over.

Test Screening
The test screening was a way for us to get any final advice on how to improve our video, before the final submission the following week.
There was not much said about our video in terms of quality, music, interviews etc, and all groups agreed that these elements were of a
high standard
The main point that came up was that for a two minute video, there was a lot of information crammed in, which could come quite
overwhelming for the viewer. This means they may have to watch it two of three times which defeats the point of the video.
In order to combat this we did the following.
- We had two versions of the video, one 2 minute one and a second slightly longer one. Although the 2 minute video was what the
brief asked for, as a group we feel the longer one gives the audience a more time to digest the information. We will give the
client both videos and she can then choose which of the two videos she prefers.
- We also created three smaller clips for social media. The brief does mention this, and although we haven’t created an entirely
new video, we have broken the two minute one down into three smaller parts. This again means the information is easier to
process, while building a strong picture of the network.

Shorter Clips for Social Media
The brief does also mention having shorter clips for social media.
Although the main video has been our focus, we did not want to
neglect this part of the brief.
However, we did not create a whole new video. Instead we created
3 smaller videos, taken from the three interviews we did about the
Workhouse Network. We then added a small intro to each clip with
a question that would be subsequently answered by the
interviewee.
These videos are as follows:
What is the Workhouse Network and what are its aims?
Which organisations are currently part of the Workhouse Network?
What can organisations gain from joining the Workhouse Network?

Final Feedback from Richard
After receiving this advice from Richard, Ella
made the final changes to the video.

Final Feedback from Elspeth/ Sign off Form
Due to Elspeth being on annual leave we were unable to get her final seal of approval and a completed sign off sheet from her before
the final deadline on Friday 27/03.
After speaking with Richard he understood that this meant we could not hand in the sign off sheet with this log and final videos, so we
can get it to him at a later date when Elspeth and the Steering Committee has had a chance to view the video and provide feedback.
When we receive the form from Elspeth and the steering committee it will be added into our individual reports.

Final Submission- Four Videos
Main Video:
The Workhouse Network
2 mins 14 secs
Includes three interviews
with Emily, Elspeth and
Fiona as well as interesting
cut aways about why and
how organisations should
join.
Shorter Clip 1:
What is the Workhouse
Network and what are its
aims?
32 secs
Interview with Emily
Gives a variety of information,
including cutaways and
website information
Shorter Clip 2:
Which organisations are
currently part of the
Network?
38 secs
Interview with Elspeth
Lists sites and shows a
shot of each, as well as
website information.
Shorter Clip 3:
What can organisations gain
from joining the network?
37 secs
Interview with Fiona
Shows are variety of reasons
with relevant cutaways and
website information.

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