This section of my blog will contain my weekly progress & plan
Term 2
PRE-PRODUCTION
Week 1
This week our project was introduced and we were also introduced into media ecology. We created our first few blog posts and started some research into the industry.
Problem: We are late in finding a team and are still struggling to do so. This is because of the divide of those taking the A level Cambridge exam and those who aren't. Being unable to find a group makes research harder as we aren't sure what music video we want to do yet
Solution: We decided that it's best for those doing A level to create groups together and those who aren't to create their own groups. However, we still struggled in looking for members but in the end, I managed to be invited into a group I believe I can trust and I look forward with working them
To-do:
- Finish industry research
- Finish industry research
- Finish genre research
- Finish genre research
- Finish statement of intent
- Finish theory of stardom blogpost
- Finish moodboard
- Finish storyboard
- Finish lyric sheet
Solution: Regine kept us updated on her work which allowed us to catch up on our own work easily
- Finish screen test
- Finish classwork
Term 3
PRODUCTION & POST-PRODUCTION
- We had a lot of weather related issues when shooting
- Regine was unable to attend school for 2 of our meetings this week
- Technical issues with editing our short video (storage issues, missing features etc.)
- My laptop broke so the amount of work I could do for the team was compromised
- We changed the bad weather into an advantage by leaning towards a more humorous/ironic approach
- Regine communicated with us via WhatsApp and helped us as much as she could before she had to leave
- We downloaded a program that was more suitable to use
- I borrowed my sister's tablet and did most of my work on it while I try to get my laptop fixed
- Finish music video practice blog post
- Finish filming
- My laptop is still broken so I had a lot of problems editing as I was not familiar with the editing program on my phone causing my work to be left unfinished
- We realised that our storyboard isn't very clear due to timeline confusion
- I took this as an opportunity to learn. Even though I could not achieve much with my editing, it was valuable to learn how editing would be like on devices other than my laptop and gain an idea of what our editor, Regine, may have to work with which would allow me to be able to assist her better should she need it
- We made some changes to make our narrative clearer by creating a simpler easy to follow timeline
- Filming schedule blog post
Problems:
- We realised we had not come up with a name for our star
- We researched some names with meanings that we felt would fit our star
- Digipak research
- For my digipak research, I often found myself struggling to find material I could use for my research
- It took some time but I managed to find images that I felt would be suitable for my research
- Finish digipak research
- Finish digipak development
- Finish typography research
- Finish blog posts (behind the scenes)
- We noticed that although for the most part our audiences aligned with our vision, occasionally there were some parts that did not align to our preferred reading such as the lower class aspect of our representation.
- We asked our teacher for feedback on our music video but our editor, Regine was sick at the time so was not present to hear the feedback.
- We realised that we had neglected the use of technical elements to portray the lower class. By this time, it had already become too far into post-production to change much so we chose to take this as an opportunity to learn so that in the future, we would pay better attention to every element of our narrative.
- Regine took the initiative to ask us to note to her any important information so we relayed the feedback to her through WhatsApp messages.
- I had really bad internet due to the weather so I struggled to work on my CCR as it made my Google docs really glitchy and it was hard to hear the Zoom call's audio
- I communicated this issue to my teacher via Zoom chat and he helped by writing important info through chat
- Timing was a huge issue in this week as I had to balance mocks with my media studies work.
- I tried to study in class when I could so that I could have more time to work on my project at home
- I was unable to attend our second mock exam as I was attending Cambridge's Award Ceremony.
- I planned to take the mock next week.
- I had a lot of mocks to do, including media. This means that I barely had time to focus on our project
- I intended to finish my cover's photoshoot by Thursday night but my printer broke which means I couldn't print out the music sheets I needed as props
- I compromised by doing the project on Thursday-Sunday instead as I would have finished the week's mocks by then
- I asked a friend to print me a copy of the music sheets they had at home and bring them to school for me. After that, I finished the photoshoot during the media project lesson. This was actually better as I could immediate ask for feedback from my teammates and teacher and make the changes while still possible.
- Our original submission date was to be Friday but our school website closes on Wednesday which means that our submission date had to be changed. This caused a lot of issues as we had to rush our products
- I tried to do as much as I could when I had the time and helped my teammates when I could
- Having a plan to our project help us keep in track and helped keep our progress organised. This is usually something I struggle with so I'm thankful for this plan as it helped me a lot.
- I enjoyed logging our progress as I enjoy journaling and this helped me recognise what I've done since I often had an issue of fearing that I'm behind so this ensured me that I am on the same track as my classmates by providing an easy comparison.
- However, sometimes it felt overwhelming as the amount of schoolwork I've had has made me demotivated but having an entire week where media sessions are dedicated to the project has helped me by as working with other people made me feel better
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