Task 10 - Skills development log

Production Diary

Name: Jade Wylie Production:

Team: Jade, Asha, Devon and Wendy Sheet no. 1

Date: 08/11/13 Location: College classroom	Time (from – to): 2-3pm Activities: complete outline/ script
Personal Roles & Responsibilities Undertaken: Outline all our ideas, with details on camera techniques, camera shots, times, locations, props etc. Brief Description of Experiences: We have all worked well together and have agreed on most of the ideas we have had, the only problems we can for see at the moment is being unable to obtain permission.

Date: 15/11/13 Location: Outside of college

Time (from – to): 1-2pm Activities: completing out first shoot for part of the video

Personal Roles & Responsibilities Undertaken: We filmed part of our music video, me and Wendy filmed it, Asha was the actor and Devon took care of the props Brief Description of Experiences: (including problems encountered, teamwork, & what had been learned) The only problems we encountered was that we were filming in the middle of the street and I was stand across the road filming this meant that car’s kept getting in the way so we had to keep reshooting it.  We all worked together to make a great first part of our music video.

Date: 5/12/13 – 31/1/14 Location: College classroom

Time (from – to): 1:15 – 4:30pm Activities: Editing

Personal Roles & Responsibilities Undertaken: As a team we captured each clip we filmed on the video onto the video camera onto Final Cut Pro. From there we cut the parts we wanted and put them onto the timeline where the video will be made. Brief Description of Experiences: We all edited it together, choosing which part goes where. It was fun watching the video back & watching it come together so well. It took us quite a while to edit it together because most of the clips the actor was mouthing the words, which made it harder to match it to the music in the programme – we had to either speed up or slow down each clip.

Task 9 Evaluation

Evaluation

To plan our video we first of all chose the song, we chose this song because everyone knows it and it’s very catchy and upbeat. Using this song will also appeal to our young target audience as most of them will know this song well. To come up with our idea’s we just thought of stupid silly things that could go in there that would fit with the music and appeal to the target audience. To allocate roles we went out with the camera to do test shots, when this happened only 2 out of 4 students were in. This then left me to do the filming and Asha to do the acting, doing this made the roles fall into place. The other 2 people that weren't in they then helped me film & edit the video.

When it came to filming everything went well and according to plan although we didn't get a chance to film all the things we wanted to as we didn't have enough people to film with, this was a downside to the video since we were a small group. We also didn't have enough weeks to actually film the parts we wanted too, this would be an improvement to make if we ever wanted to make another video. All of the group helped when filming except the actor because he was in the video at all times, the actors were also in every week; this means that every week we were able to record something without a problem.

The editing took us a while to do because for most of the video the actor was mouthing the words, this made it harder to place into the video because the timing had to be precise. We also filmed a lot of footage which took quite a while to capture into the programme on the laptop; we then had to cut the pieces we wanted to use to place into the video. Placing the parts into the video wasn't really a problem as I did most of the editing so there wasn't really anyone to discuss where the parts went.

The target audience for our music video is young adults; the reason for this is because it’s modern popular chart music that appeals to young adults and using Asha and Aaron as the actors allows the audience to relate to the video as they are young adults themselves.

The props we used for the music video were all supplied by our group and we used a video camera & tripod to film it. Using different props and locations helped vary the video instead of having it in one place making it more interesting.

Overall I think our video worked well and our teamwork really showed within the outcome. We had a lot of fun making & producing the video. If i were to redo this task again I would get more people involved & make sure we film all the things planned instead of missing things out because of timing apart from that everything was fantastic.

From this unit I learnt how to use a video camera and the different types of shots you can do in video. I also learnt how to use a programme called Final Cut Pro, we used this to edit and add the music to our video. With Final Cut Pro i learnt how to capture footage from a video camera, how to 'mark in and mark out' for the parts of video you want to cut to put into the timeline, how to add music to the timeline, how to speed up and slow down a clip & how to cut parts from a clip while its on the timeline. I think learning all these different things will advantage me in the future because I could end up using that programme again eventually and I would know the basics of using Final Cut Pro.

Task 8 Music Video

This is our groups final music video

Task 7 Pre Production Documentation

We developed our initial idea's for our music video and put more detail into it. We put more thought into what different types of shots we would use, what order the shots were going to be in, how long each shot would last, what props and actors we could use in each shot and a brief description of what would be happening in the shot.

Here are the risk assessments we completed before each of our production sessions:

  GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                                                          

Activity/ Location	Film production	DATE	15/11/13
Name	Wendy, devon, asha, jade

               

1. Detailed Description of Activity/ Process Including frequency of repetition	Film production to take place outside college
2. List of significant hazards encountered e.g. working at height (Fall from height whilst working on refuse vehicle roof (no controls)			Specialised risk ass’t required?
1 bumping into members of the public			no
2 props falling on public			No
3 crew falling from wall			No
4 obstructing the public access to path			No
5 road hazard			No
3. Adverse effects (likely injury) without  control measures		Personal injury	4.Persons at risk and numbers where practical	Actor and crew members, members of the publlic

5. ACTION / CONTROL MEASURES REQUIRED
		Have You Checked This?	Signature
1	Ensure public are aware of what is going on and space to work is required, crew to divert public away from production scene	yes
2	Ensure crew keep divert members of the public away from scene.	yes
3	Ensure crew have a safe position and standing on a solid object to prevent falling	yes
4	Crew members to divert the public around the production scene or wait until there is no one around.	yes
5	Ensure that there is no traffic present and scene takes place a safe distance away from the road	yes

GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                                                  

Activity/ Location	Film production	DATE	22/11/13
Name	Wendy, devon, asha, jade

               

1. Detailed Description of Activity/ Process Including frequency of repetition	Film production to take place at top of college car park, and studio,
2. List of significant hazards encountered e.g. working at height (Fall from height whilst working on refuse vehicle roof (no controls)			Specialised risk ass’t required?
1 tripping over studio lights			no
2 bumping into public			No
3 road hazard			No
4 obstructing the public access to path			No
5			No
3. Adverse effects (likely injury) without  control measures		Personal injury	4.Persons at risk and numbers where practical	Actor and crew members, members of the publlic

5. ACTION / CONTROL MEASURES REQUIRED
		Have You Checked This?	Signature
1	Ensure that the lights are away from scene and the wires are safely put away.	yes
2	Ensure public are aware of what is going on and space to work is required, crew to divert public away from production scene	yes
3	Ensure that there is no traffic present and scene takes place a safe distance away from the road and crew can divert any traffic that appear	yes
4	Crew members to divert the public around the production scene or wait until there is no one around.	yes
5		yes

GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                                                  

Activity/ Location	Film production	DATE	06/12/13
Name	Wendy, devon, asha, jade

               

1. Detailed Description of Activity/ Process Including frequency of repetition	Film production to take place outside the sage.
2. List of significant hazards encountered e.g. working at height (Fall from height whilst working on refuse vehicle roof (no controls)			Specialised risk ass’t required?
1 bumping into members of the public			no
2 falling from barrier			No
3 falling down hill			No
4 obstructing the public access to path			No
5			No
3. Adverse effects (likely injury) without  control measures		Personal injury	4.Persons at risk and numbers where practical	Actor and crew members, members of the publlic

5. ACTION / CONTROL MEASURES REQUIRED
		Have You Checked This?	Signature
1	Ensure public are aware of what is going on and space to work is required, crew to divert public away from production scene	yes
2	Actor to ensure he full knows full risks and take necessary precautions when standing on railing.	yes
3	Actor to ensure he full knows full risks and take necessary precautions when running down hill	yes
4	Crew members to divert the public around the production scene or wait until there is no one around.	yes
5		yes

 

  GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                                                          

Activity/ Location	Film production	DATE	06/12/13
Name	Wendy, devon, asha, jade

               

1. Detailed Description of Activity/ Process Including frequency of repetition	Film production to take place on millennium bridge, with actor on a scooter
2. List of significant hazards encountered e.g. working at height (Fall from height whilst working on refuse vehicle roof (no controls)			Specialised risk ass’t required?
1 bumping into members of the public			no
2 falling from scooter / falling from bridge			No
3 road hazard			No
4 crashing into object on scooter			No
5 obstructing the public access to path			No
3. Adverse effects (likely injury) without  control measures		Personal injury	4.Persons at risk and numbers where practical	Actor and crew members, members of the publlic

5. ACTION / CONTROL MEASURES REQUIRED
		Have You Checked This?	Signature
1	Ensure public are aware of what is going on and space to work is required, crew to divert public away from production scene	yes
2	Actor to ensure he full knows how to operate the scooter and take necessary precautions when standing on bridge.	yes
3	Ensure that there is no traffic present and scene takes place a safe distance away from the road	yes
4	Ensure the runway of the scooter is clear of any obstructions and brakes work well	yes
5	Crew members to divert the public around the production scene or wait until there is no one around.	yes

  GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                                                          

Activity/ Location	Film production	DATE	06/12/13
Name	Wendy, devon, asha, jade

               

1. Detailed Description of Activity/ Process Including frequency of repetition	Film production to take place outside the college building, with actor on a scooter
2. List of significant hazards encountered e.g. working at height (Fall from height whilst working on refuse vehicle roof (no controls)			Specialised risk ass’t required?
1 bumping into members of the public			no
2 falling from scooter			No
3 road hazard			No
4 crashing into object on scooter			No
5 obstructing the public access to path			No
3. Adverse effects (likely injury) without  control measures		Personal injury	4.Persons at risk and numbers where practical	Actor and crew members, members of the publlic

5. ACTION / CONTROL MEASURES REQUIRED
		Have You Checked This?	Signature
1	Ensure public are aware of what is going on and space to work is required, crew to divert public away from production scene	yes
2	Actor to ensure he full knows how to operate the scooter and take necessary precautions	yes
3	Ensure that there is no traffic present and scene takes place a safe distance away from the road	yes
4	Ensure the runway of the scooter is clear of any obstructions and brakes work well	yes
5	Crew members to divert the public around the production scene or wait until there is no one around.	yes

GENERAL RISK ASSESSMENT                                                                                                  

Activity/ Location	Film production	DATE	24/01/14
Name	Wendy, devon, asha, jade

               

1. Detailed Description of Activity/ Process Including frequency of repetition	Film production to take place outside college, Gateshead high street, tesco car park,
2. List of significant hazards encountered e.g. working at height (Fall from height whilst working on refuse vehicle roof (no controls)			Specialised risk ass’t required?
1 falling out of trolley, crashing trolley			no
2 bumping into public			No
3 road hazard			No
4 obstructing the public access to path			No
5			No
3. Adverse effects (likely injury) without  control measures		Personal injury	4.Persons at risk and numbers where practical	Actor and crew members, members of the publlic

5. ACTION / CONTROL MEASURES REQUIRED
		Have You Checked This?	Signature
1	Actor is aware of risks, and take precautions, such as not going to fast, having someone to stop him,	yes
2	Ensure public are aware of what is going on and space to work is required, crew to divert public away from production scene	yes
3	Ensure that there is no traffic present and scene takes place a safe distance away from the road	yes
4	Crew members to divert the public around the production scene or wait until there is no one around.	yes
5		yes

We did not require permission slips for our actors as they were all over the age of 18.