2. PRODUCTION LOG:
GUIDANCE
• This document is for you to track the progress of your
production – filming, editing and post-production.
• This is so you can track what you did and how you did it,
explaining and amendments and changes you made and
tracking the decisions that have shaped the practical
creation of your music video.
• The more detail you include about how you made your music
video, the better. The document is broken down in to two
sections, Filming and Editing, each of these is then made of
specific elements that occur in both.
• For each slide there is a prompt detailing what you should
include, delete the prompt after you have complete the slide.
• Remember, images often show what you’ve done more
effectively than words. Use text to explain an illustration.
3. FILMING
Explain what worked and didn’t work about your filming and how you
managed this covering the following areas:
• Technical – using the cameras and any technical equipment; this
could be how you did your lip sync, used the green screen, dealt
with problems with batteries, etc
• Logistical – did your locations work? Did you have any access
problems? Did it rain?
• Personnel – how were your cast/crew? Did anyone let you down?
How did you manage this?
• Planning – did your planning help? Do you think it could have
worked better? How?
• Next steps – do you need to re-film? Film more? Have you
changed your video? How/why?
4. TECHNICAL
Using my phone to film was not ideal but I think I got the best
out of it I could, there were a few problems including my
phone dying so I was unable to get everything I needed on
one of the days, there was also a problem were my friend had
filmed some of the clips in portrait and I was only aware of
this when I started editing. It was sometimes hard to get the
shots focused I was mainly wanting to get clips later on in
the day so it was darker to add to the feel of the music video.
But with what I had I feel like I did the best I could.
5. LOGISTICAL
Some of the locations I needed were unavailable due to covid
but luckily I mainly wanted to film in the centre of York which
I was able to access. But this meant it was sometimes hard to
get clips in certain places as it was busy in town most of the
days I went. Some locations ended up not being exactly as I
wanted to as I wanted a shot in a field but due to it getting
darker on a night it was hard to see what was going on in the
shot. Also due to the recent second lockdown I was unable to
get all of my footage so im having to make do with the
footage I have which is turning out to be quite a struggle.
6. PERSONNEL
I was very lucky with my friends as they all helped as much s
they possibly could in these circumstances and I cannot
thank them enough at no point did anyone let me down
intentionally and if they did it was out of their hands. And
luckily if someone couldn't make it I always had someone
else that could.
7. PLANNING
Planning was useful as it gave me a guideline to what I
needed to do. But was sometimes not useful at all because it
was sometimes impossible to go by the planning due to
covid and personal situations. The plan was good because it
would give me a path to follow when I was out filming like the
types of shots I needed and meant I didn’t just have to wing it
which then meant I worked faster and had to spend less time
thinking about what I needed to do as I already knew.
8. EDITING
• Record your edit progress, decisions, problems, etc. in
this section
• Include screenshots with annotations, statements, etc
where possible
• Try to explain how you worked and justify why you chose
to work the way you did.
• Follow the structure and what to include on each slide as
this is necessary for evidence for assessment
• Pick notable moments in the editing process and discuss
them, what worked/didn’t work and why, how you adjusted
to problems. Discuss how you worked and what you
learned from the process
