The student spent the first three lessons designing their album cover by gathering and arranging images. They had some difficulties successfully transferring video clips from their phone to their computer for the music video post-production, so they began downloading them one at a time to ensure they all transferred. Later, the student made progress editing their music video and was halfway through the song, making them confident they could finish on time despite some lost editing time from computer issues.

1. 25 / 04 / 22
Today I spentthe first3 lessonsdesigningmyalbumcover,Igatheredimagestogetherduringhalf
termthereforIonlyneededtofocusonthe postproduction.Beingaheadof time takessome time
pressure off.Ire-arrangedimagesmultiple timestoproduce a coverI’mproud off.Iwantedmy
photosof the bandmemberstogo alongwiththe colourscheme of the backgroundand the art
work,In orderto do thisI invertedthe photosandthenmatchedthe hue /saturationto similar
coloursto the background,I alsobroughtthe opacitydownso theyblendinmore seamlessly. Ifelt
like the invertedstyle alsoworkedwiththe genre of the song andthe time frame it wasreleasedin.I
changedmy original plananddecidedtoaddimagesof the bandmembers,howeverfor continuityit
wouldn’twork,There wasn’taphotoof the leadsingerinthe same backgroundasthe others,
thereforIeditedaphotoof the singerinfrontof an existingphotoof the othermembers.
I begantransferingthe clipsIhadfilmedformymusicvideooverhalftermfrommyphone tothe
computerto beginpostproductioninpemierpro.Ihad a few difficultiessuccsesfuly sendingthem
overas mulitple clipskeptgettinglostwhenbeingdownloadedthereforIhave begundownloading1
at a time,Ihave 180 clipssothiswill tale uptime howeverit’sthe onlywayIcan know forsure all
videoclipsare availble toaccessinpost.
26 / 04 / 22
Today I begunthe postproductionformymusic video,Igatheredmyclipstogetherandaddedthem
to premiere pro.Igot about50 secondsworthof myway throughthe 4.07 minute longsong. I had
to leave spacesforclipsthathave not yetbeendownloadedtomycomputer,I filmedsome clipson
a go pro and the filesare toobig to getontothe computer. The uncertantythatthe clipswill flow is
proventingme fromconfidentlymovingonthroughthe song,Iwant to waitto sort outthe footage
howeverIjustdon’thave time.Ialsofilmedsome extraclipsof me lipsyncingandthe guitarist
playingtoshow a band lookto the musicvideo,we were meanttohave mydrummerintoo butshe
was off college ill soIwill re filmnextweekwhenshe isback.Havingextraclipsof me and the
guitaristisstill useful andnotawaste of time asthe more clipsIhave the better.
27 / 04 / 22
Today hasfeltwasteful asIonlyhave twolessonstoday,inthe firstone ittook all lessonmyforclips
to downloadontopremierproonthat computerthereforIhadno time to getedittingdone and
theninthe secondlessonthe computersonlyhadpremierpro2020 downloadedwhereasI’ve been

2. usingpremierpro2022. I decidedtomake sure all writtenwork
was upto date andsortedout my Wix website. I’mfeelingquite
stressedandeagerto start editingnextweekwiththe worryI wont
getit done intime.NextweekisbankholidaythereforImiss
Mondayslessonsontop of todayslossof editingtime. I’mstill yet
to filmwithmydrummerandsort out mygo pro footage meaning
Ill still be heldbackevenmore nextweek.
03 / 05 / 2022
Today I gota lotof editingdone,Iamnow half waythrough mysong,thismakesme confidentthatI
will be able to finishintime. Thistakespressure off me meaningIamable to work more effectivley
as I wontbe putoff by the stressof the handin deadline. AsIgot futherthroughthe songI realised
the audioI had usedformy song(fromyoutube) blurredoutwordssuchas ‘dick’and‘gun’to be
more pj,howeverIhad lipsynced these lyricssoIwentontospotifytofindanotherversionof the
song,luckilyall myclipswere lignedupthe same soit wasn’ttoohard to match the lipsync again.
I triedagainto downloadthe gopro footage onthe mac booksina different room, ittook the whole
1 hourand a half of the lessontodownloadone foritto thensay itsunable todownload,therefor
not onlya lossof 1h ½ of editingtime butpossiblyawaste of footage,Iwill recordthe gopro
footage onmy phone andsee if it workseffectivley,recordingascreenmightbe reflective and
blurrymeaningitmightnotwork,I’ll dothisnextweek.
04 / 05 / 22
Today hasfeltwasteful againasonWednesdayswe workina differentclassroom soall ourstuff
isn’tdownloadedontothe othercomputerssoI spentthe daymakingsure everythingwas
uploaded.
09 / 05 / 22 – 11 / 05 / 22
I spentmostof this helpingoutotherstudentsfilmfortheirprojectsasthey helpedme withmine.
As I am confidentIwill finishintime Ididn’tmindtakingoutthe extratime inmyproduction
schedule tohelpmyclassmates. Lateroninthe weekI had
begunto nearlyfinishmymusicvideo,all Ineededwasthe
clipsof me drivingtobe sentto my computer,thereforwith
the spare time I had I beguntoresearchintoband posters
and create a fewof my ownas experiments,althoughnotin
my original plan,if Ihave time,Imightcreate a band poster
too as part of my FMP. Later on inthe weekIbegancreating
my newposters,Icollectedphotosof induvidual band
membersandmergedthe photostogether,thenIwentinto
effectgallareytocreate a blackand white theme.I’mhappy
withthisposteras itssimplisticandsimillartoproductsIhad

3. researched. Iputit brighterimagesof the twoleadsingerstomake themstandout more agaisntthe
otherband membersgivingevenmore dimention.
16 / 05 / 22 – 17 / 05 / 22
I feltthe pressure thisweekasIknewthe deadlinewascoming,collegewasalsoshuton
Wednesday, due toGCSEresits, soI had one lessdayof productionasI have no access to Premier
Pro at home. Inthe last lessononTuesdayIdecidedtomessaroundwithsome transitions and
effects,Ibeganexportinghoweverittooklongerthanexpected, whenwaitinbforittoexportI
realiseditwasa mistake tomake a last minute change. Iran outof lessontime sowenttothe library
to restartmy exporting, the computerslogstudentsoutevery1h30 andmy videofinishedexporting
whenmycomputerhad 20 secondsleft,Ithenhadto re logback into uploadto YouTube and my
Wix website. Ithenhadabsolutelynotime togoback and change the lastminute tweeks.
23 / 05 / 22
Today I begunmyevaluation,Iwatchedthroughmymusicvideoafew timesand re read all my
planning/researchthenproceededtofill outmyevaluation,Igotas far as audience appeal (the last
slide) Ifeltreallymotivatedtodayandpoweredthrough. Ilookedatpreviousstudrntsrcvaluations
to developanunderstandingof the standardexpectedanddevelopsome inspitation.Thisbasic
guidline reallyhelpedme tounderstandthe uestionsandstructure myresponse.
24 / 05 / 22
I finishedoff myaudience appeal slideandbegantoshare my videosandpostersoutto people to
gatherfeedbackbytomorrowslesson.Tofill the time whilstIwaitedIwentbackanduploaded
missingworkfromthroughoutthe yearto ensure Igeta goodoverall grade forthisyear.
25 / 05 / 22
I gatheredtogethermyfeedbackandbeguntowrite itoutand give myopinionsontheirfeedback. I
reflectedonmyfeedbackandit helpedme learnwhattoimprove forfuture projects. Todayismy
lastday to hand everythingin soI have to getmy headdownand produce workto a highlevel.