1. BTEC ExtendedDiplomainCreativeMediaProduction
IG4 Final MajorProject
ProductionDiary
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK (IncludingPossible
Contingency Plans If ProblemsAnticipated)
Mon W/B 05/01/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Came up witha fewideasof whatI coulddo for myfinal project.
Narroweditdownto my final idea andstartedorganisingmy
productschedule sheet.
NextweekIwill have finishedmyprojectschedule and
will have averyclear ideaof my final majorprojectidea.
Mon W/B 12/01/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
ThisweekIcontinuedonalteringmySchedule sheetandfinished
it.Thenupdatedthe sheetforthisweek.IalsostartedTask 1.
NextweekIplanto complete Task1.
Mon W/B 19/01/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
StartingthisweekIcontinuedwiththe Task1 work.I am still at
thispointcompleting it.Somyoverall time togetthistaskdone
mighthave to be slightlyextended.Ihave beenupdatingmy
schedule everyMondayasplannedalso.
Aroundhalf waythroughnextweekIplanon having
completedTask1 complete.Andstartingmyresearch
for myFinal Major Project.
Mon W/B 26/01/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have continuedtodotask one.I finishedthe firstpartsoI’mon
the secondpart whichistakinga while butIreallyshouldhave it
done thisweek.ThenIwill be able tostart the researchhopefully
at the endof the week.
NextweekIshouldbe atthe researchstagesof my Final
Major Project.
Mon W/B 02/02/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have completed2parts to Task 1, justneedto adda couple of
screenshotexamplesof briefsthenitwill be complete.Ialso
completedthe mindmapsIdrewup.Juts needtotransferthem
overto the computer.
I will have officiallyfinishedTask1.And hopefully
shouldhave presentedmy proposal tomytutor for my
Final Major Project.
Mon W/B 09/02/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have completedtask1 finallyandpostedittomyblogawaiting
my grade.I have alsogot on witha couple of otherdocumentslike
the proposal pitch.
I will have finishedmypitchandbe readyto presentit
to my tutor.Andhopefullystartedotherpre-production
thingslike mindmapsandstoryboards.
Mon W/B 16/02/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have completedmyfinal pitchinformationjustwaitingforthe
time whenIwill be presentingittomy tutor.I have alsostarted
and completedpre-productionmindmapstogetmyideasright.I
have done storyboards brieflyexplainingwhatinfluencesme to
create the type of videoIwantto create.
I have beentoldIwill be presentingmypitchtomy
tutor onFriday26th
of Februaryso I will gettoknowif
my pitchideaisstrongenoughfor me to create.So then
hopefullyafterthatIcan continue all of the pre-
productionworkforthe project.
Mon W/B 23/02/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
ThisweekIhave completedandstarteda lotof differentthings.I
have foundoutI will be presentingmyproposal tomytutor at
09:05 on Monday2nd
March. I have completedaslideshowof
imagesforthe proposal presentationandscripts.Ihave also
I will have presentedmyFMPproposal andwill finally
knowwhethermyideaisgoodenoughtoperuse as my
final majorproject. Ialsoplan onevaluatingtoresultsof
my questionnaire.

2. BTEC ExtendedDiplomainCreativeMediaProduction
IG4 Final MajorProject
ProductionDiary
shortenedmyscriptsdowntobrief sentencesandtransferred
themoverto little cardsI will use whenpresenting. Ihave also
createda questionnaireforpeopletofill intowhethertheylikemy
idea.
Mon W/B 02/03/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
ThisweekIpresentedmypitchtomy tutor.I feel itwentwell ashe
onlyaskedone questionaboutsomethingwhichIinterpreted
wrong,there wasn’tanyactual problems.ItwentsmoothlyandI
feel Iexpressedall of the informationasbrief asI could.I endedup
gettinggradeda distinctionformypitchpresentationwhichIam
reallyhappywith.Soforthe rest of the weekIcouldstart properly
planningmyFinal MajorProject.I startedthinkingaboutmyscripts
and storyboards.I also collectedinformationfromJacquesthe
mainfeature inmyvideosoI couldwork outthe questionsIwill
ask himthroughoutthe video.
The followingweekIplanoncompletedornearly
completingmyquestionscripts.ThenIwill use my
question scriptstohelpme complete mystoryboards.
Thiswill thengive me aclear ideaonwhere myproject
isgoing.
Mon W/B 09/03/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
ThisweekIhave completedmystoryboardsandgotthemonto my
blog,Completedthe structure of questionsIwill be asking
throughoutmyvideo.Presentedthe informationIcollectedabout
Jacquesthe mainfeature inmyvideo.Completedmyshoot’srisk
assessments,EquipmentChecklistsandLocationScoutingSheets.
AndI alsoevaluatedthe questionnaire I didforthe research.Soall
of the researchsectioniscomplete andmostof the pre-production
iscompleted.
ThisupcomingweekIplanon gettingthe majorityof the
pre-productionstuffcompletedasIhave onlygot the
shootingschedule andscriptstocomplete.Ihave
partiallydone the scriptsdue tome structuring my
questions.
Mon W/B 16/03/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
ThisweekIfinalizedmyfinal questionstructure and discussedwith
Jacques to make sure he was okaywiththe questionsIplannedon
askinghim.Andso I can planthe rest of the script.I also didsound
checkswiththe external soundequipmenttomake sure Iknew
howit properlyworked.
I will hopefullyfinishmyscriptsandthe restof the pre-
production.

3. BTEC ExtendedDiplomainCreativeMediaProduction
IG4 Final MajorProject
ProductionDiary
Mon W/B 23/03/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
ThisweekIhave completedall of the Pre-production;Ididmy
shootingschedule andfullycompletedmyscripts.Ifilmedafew
close upclipson Thursday26th
march and planon filmingonFriday
27th
dependingonthe weather.
The upcomingweekIshouldhave some footage to
maybe start myedit.But mymainaim isto just try and
collectas muchfootage as possible.
Mon W/B 30/03/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
ThisweekIproperlystartedshootingthe mainclipsto structure
my video.Sothe clipsIfilmedIalsousedthe external sound
equipmenttomake the soundqualitybetter.
Carry on filmingthe restof myclipsformy video.
Mon W/B 06/04/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We were onholidayfromcollege thisweek andIwenttoa lotof
differentlocationsduringthistime tofilmformyvideo.
I planon carry on filmingindifferentlocationsto
hopefullycomplete all the filming.
Mon W/B 13/04/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I carriedon filmingandgatheredalot of variedmaterial Ican use
inmy video.We’re still onholidayfromcollegesohaven’tputthe
clipsto a computeryet.
I will be backin college thisweeksoIplanon gettingmy
footage off mycamera and ontothe computerto see
howit came out and whetherIneedtore shootany.
Mon W/B 20/04/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Back at college andI have transferredall of the footage frommy
camera to the computerandit has come poutgreat! I have re
namedthe footage onthe computerso I can stay up to date withit
and notget confused.Ialsoshota fewmissingclipsIhadn’tshot
duringmy 2 weekshoot.
I will hopefullygettostart myediting,Ihave the
footage Ineedand shouldbe readytogo.
Mon W/B 27/04/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I gathereda little more footage sohadsome more organisingof
clipsto do.I renamedandsortedthroughall of the footage Ihave
got. AndI alsostartedto thensinkthe external audiotomyaudio
clipsso thenonce everythingistogetherIwill be able tostart my
editingproperly.
I will hopefullystartmyeditingasmyaudioclipsshould
be completed.
Mon W/B 04/05/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I gathereda fewmore bitsof footage whichIwas missingthen
startedmy edit.Choosingthe songprovenalittle hardbutI thinkI
have decidedonthe audiotouse.
I planon continuingmyediting.
Mon W/B 11/05/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have continuedmyeditinganditisgoingquite well sofar.
Hopefullyshouldgetitdone bythe endof nextweek.
Carry on editingandhope togetit complete bythe end
of the week.
Mon W/B 18/05/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have carriedon my editingduringthisweek.Igotitdone on the
Fridaybefore we broke upforthe may bank holidaybut
encounteredsome issues swithsome of the audioIused.There
My planforthe followingweekistotryand get the
majorityof my evaluationdonesothatwhenI come
back afterthe holidayIcan sort out my videoandbe

4. BTEC ExtendedDiplomainCreativeMediaProduction
IG4 Final MajorProject
ProductionDiary
was nothingIcoulddo aboutthisas of yetas I wasn’tincollege for
a week.
prettymuch done withthe project.
Mon W/B 25/05/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We’re on holidaythisweek,duringthisweekIdidquite alotof my
final evaluation.There were somepartsIcouldn’trightaboutas I
neededsome of my workwhichwason the computersincollege.
But basicallygotthe majorityof itdone so I wouldn’thave alotto
do whenIcome back fromthe weekoff.
ThisweekIplan ongettingback to college andre-
editingthe partsof my editwhichare experiencing
problems.Once Ihave completedmyeditIcan then
finallycomplete myevaluationandbe done.
Mon W/B 01/06/15
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
WhenI enteredmyfirstlessonafterthe weekoff Iwentstraightto
sortingoutmy edit.I successfullydiditandre-uploadeditto
YouTube and itworked.SoafterthisI addeda couple of the bits I
neededtootomy evaluationandgotitcompleted.
I am goingto getall of my workedcheckedbymytutor
so I knowthat itis all done thenhopefullycanget
signedoff fromthe tutor.
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK (IncludingPossible
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