This production log documents Jordan Nixon's progress on tasks for a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production in Games Design. It shows Jordan starting work on market research, developing game ideas, creating character and object lists, animating test scenes, getting feedback, and working to complete a final animation scene over several weeks, with regular meetings. The log culminates with Jordan writing an evaluation and reaching the deadline on May 25th.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTec Level 3
Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
Games Design
Final Major Project
Production Log
Name Jordan Nixon
Date Comments
Tuesday
19.02.13
Started working on task 2 getting market research
Thursday
21.02.13
Continued work on task 2 researching steam sales
23.02.13 Finished task 2
26.02.13 Start task 3 and plan ideas
27.02.13 Work on task 3 and make more progress on ideas generation
28.02.13 Finish task 3
29.02.13 Start task 4 to begin developing more ideas
04.03.13 Finish task 4
05.03.13 Pitch task 4
06.03.13 Begin working on task 5

2. 08.03.13-
09.02.13
Finish task 5 over 2 days
11.03.13 Task 5 pre-production must take place this week.
12.03.13 Meeting at 10:00 Am
13.03.13 Finish up any leftover work that needs completing
14.03.13 Start task 6
15.03.13 Improve knowledge and skill with Source Filmmaker to have a better finished product
19.03.13 10:00 AM meeting
20.03.13 Work on task 6
21.03.13 Finish task 6
22.03.13 Improve my knowledge and skill with Source Filmmaker for a better finished product
09.04.13 10:00AM meeting
10.04.13 Work out a list of all the characters I will need
11.04.13 Work out a list of sound files I will need
12.04.13 Gather skins for the characters
16.04.13 10:00AM meeting
17.04.13 Work out a list of objects required

3. 18.04.13 Start a test scene
19.04.13 Finish up test animation
23.04.13 10:00AMMeeting
24.04.13 Render some screenshots of how the animation takes place
25.04.13 Annotate the screenshots and blog them
26.04.13 Generate scene ideas with people who are successful at using the program
30.04.13 10:00AMMeeting
31.04.13 Work on making the scenes that I have generated based on feedback
01.05.13 Work on making the scenes that I have generated based on feedback
02.05.13 Work on scenes
03.05.13 Finish up a few basic scenes and start something more elaborate
07.05.13 10:00AMMeeting
08.05.13 Begin a more detailed animation
09.05.13-
10.05.13
Work on final scene
14.05.13 10:00AM meeting
15.05.13 Finish final scene – time take around 10 hours

4. 16.05.13 Refine the final scene and add sound files
17.05.13 Co-ordinate speech and sort out phonemes
22.05.13 10:00AMMeeting
23.05.13 Task 8 – Write up an evaluation
25.05.13 DEADLINE