Week 1 - 12/03/18
In our first week we had to complete our concept/proposal and start our research.
How has writing a concept / proposal helped you with finalising your idea? By writing a concept/proposal it has helped me decide on a strong idea. It has helped me to know what research I need to do and what planning I need to do, this will speed up both the research and planning sections later on giving me more time to film. How did the feedback help you adapt your idea – what did you change after feedback? The feedback I got helped me not just adapt my idea but adapt my target audience as well. This helped me to understand what other people wanted from the documentary and also what other documentaries are out there that people enjoy. What were the problems you faced? The main problems i faced was the target audience. I had to look at other existing surveys to find out my target audience as well as my own survey. This added more work but i was able to refine my target audience alot. |
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Week 2 - 19/03/18
Thia week I started producing a research plan stating all the things i will be researching during this section. This did not take long and went very well.
Once the plan was done, I knew what I needed to find and swiftly began my research. The only problem I have encountered so far is the amount of information of when the line closed. Luckily there is enough information from the contacts i have to get across the point. At this point in time i have fineshed all of the work i am doing on codes and conventions.
Once the plan was done, I knew what I needed to find and swiftly began my research. The only problem I have encountered so far is the amount of information of when the line closed. Luckily there is enough information from the contacts i have to get across the point. At this point in time i have fineshed all of the work i am doing on codes and conventions.
Week 3 - 26/03/18
This week I finished my research. Mainly focusing on my primary research. Today I gathered all of my survey results and talked about them. They backed up my opinion on what i had already thought, however it is always good to have a physical version of information backing up my point. I. changed all of last weeks work based on the feedback i got and my my 2 inforgraphics.
Week 4 - 2/04/18
This week I started my planning. I decided to start with my production timetable so I could get any dates decided at an early stage. I then went on to write both the script and the interview questions. You can see from my production schedule that most of my filming would be done on the weekends so this left time during the week to improve my work and this is what i decided to do.
Week 5 - 9/04/18
This week I made no progress as I was away in New York.
Week 6 - 16/04/18
In week six we had to start filming our project. I took this week to record any interviews and then review them back so i could film any b-roll in the following week. I did this so i could be sure on what i needed to film. This stopped me from under or over filming.
Week 7 - 23/04/18
In our seventh week we had to finish filming our project.
At the start of the week I organised all of the filming I had done the weekend before. However unfortunately there was something wrong with the lens and most of the footage was unusable. From Tuesday to Thursday I worked on finishing my planning booklet, which I had most of it done. But then on Friday my hard drive broke and now next week I will have to redo this week.
At the start of the week I organised all of the filming I had done the weekend before. However unfortunately there was something wrong with the lens and most of the footage was unusable. From Tuesday to Thursday I worked on finishing my planning booklet, which I had most of it done. But then on Friday my hard drive broke and now next week I will have to redo this week.
Week 8 - 30/04/18
This week i was re-doing the work i lost on my hard drive. This was a major set back however i have managed to re create most of the files that i need. Now next week I am looking to start editing and get this production into post.
Week 9 - 7/05/18
This week I have done all editing. I completed my rough edit and then began work on the final edit. This has gone well and I am happy with it. It needs a bit more work on the interviews but apart from that it is ready. For the interviews i just need to cut them in sections on what they are talking about as this is how i am implementing them into my final production.
Week 10 - 14/05/18
We have now started our evaluation and i am fully focused on it. The feedback i got on my production was very positive and i feel it went very well. For my evaluation i have just got to the what i could have improved section. This is a very important section and the weekly blogs will help me complete it. I talked about the problems i had with the SD cards and how i corrected all of this.