Music Video
Skills Audit
Demo Work
Demo Work
Demo Work
Contents
Demo Work
Contents
> Theoretical exploration of the purpose
and application of research
> Secondary research into
music video genres, codes, conventions,
techniques, and theories
> Primary research with the
client to inform ideas development
> Focus group presentation of ideas for
feedback and review via questionnaire
survey
Moving Demo
This page contains all the official paperwork for the final major Project. These are the formal proposal, Bibliography and Action Plan. Throughout the project, the bibliography and Action Plan have been continuously updated and you will be able to see all the different version they went through, throughout the project.
Formal Proposal
Friday 18th March
Then a little while later Lainey was able to get back to me on my proposal. She said on the whole it was good she just felt there were a couple of bits that weren’t 100% necessary and I could probably remove them to save on word count. I was fine with doing that and so I was able to complete my proposal and bibliography and was able to hand it in with plenty of time before the deadline.
Thursday 17th March
I had a little trouble with the proposal however. The first two sections on rationale and project concept were not to bad. We were told we were allowed to go slightly over the approximate word limit as long as it is closer to the word limit. So for rationale I wrote about 140 and for project concept I wrote about 240. And these should be fine as they are closer to 100 and 200. However part 3 about evaluations and only having roughly 50 words was quite a struggle for me. I started by writing everything I wanted to in the section and I ended up with about 100 words.
This was bad as I needed to be under 75 words for it to count. So, I spent quite a long time scanning through the text and either removing any unnecessary words or joining words such as “I will” to “I’ll” to save me words. Eventually I was able to get it down to 73 words although it was quite a struggle.
I’m fairly happy with my proposal and Lainey has said she’ll be able to read through it tomorrow and give me any feedback before the deadline at 4 so that will be really helpful.
The very last thing I did today was create my project title. Obviously, I want my title to seem like a real documentary title as that is the aesthetic I am trying to achieve. I already had a rough plan in my head which was: “The name of the protagonist” The Animated Man. So my biggest struggle today was to create a name for my main character. I wanted the name to have a purpose and not just be pointless. And then I came up with the idea to have an anagrammed name. Where if the letters were put in the right order they would create different words. And as my piece was about an animated man I though it would make sense for his name to be an anagram of a very famous cartoon character. Originally I planned to use Spongebob Squarepants but that was way too many letters to make a normal name. So then I decided to use Scooby Doo. And after quite a lot of attempts and playing around, I was able to come up with the name Cody Soboo. I was surprised by how well this actually worked as I was able to come up with an actual normal first name which had been my biggest struggle. The name doesn’t have a massive influence within the piece, but I thought it would be a nice little easter egg for anyone who realised what the letters could also spell.
Bibliography
Thursday 17th March
I then spent the rest of my day on my formal proposal and bibliography. I had no problem with the bibliography as I had experience with Harvard referencing thanks to my project 4 essay. And similarly to the action plan, this bibliography will grow and progress along with the project.
Initial Idea Development
No Film School (2018) “Mockumentaries, Everything You Need To Know”. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl2AgnUP-CU&t=1s (Accessed: 14 March 2022)
BackwardsCompatible (2021) “What makes a mockumentary? Comedic structure explained (Parks and Rec, The Office and Modern Family)”. Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZt0d0tswe4 (Accessed: 14 March 2022)
BENEE (2019) “BENEE - Glitter (Official Video)”. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3gmU0GOTXI (Accessed: 14 March 2022)
Grades (2015) “GRADES - King (Official Video)”. Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_kQAn9vBI4 (Accessed: 14 March 2022)
Sunday 20th March
I used quite a lot of sources today, however they are quite limited. As most of the references are from YouTube and all of them are from the internet. This was mainly due to the fact that I was at home doing independent study today. However, over the coming days I plan to go to the library in order to get more of a variety of sources, as this is important for better research.
The final thing I did before uploading all my work to WIX was to update my bibliography, this is important to complete as the project progresses and I made sure to do that today. Unlike my action plan, the bibliography is easier to update as each reference has the accessed date so understanding when I used things is a lot easier.
Research
Documentaries and Mockumentaries
Mogul I (2019) “4 Easy Steps to Film a Short Documentary” Available at: 4 Easy Steps to Film a Short Documentary - YouTube (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
McDougall K (2021) “Documentary Filmmaking Tips // How to Hook Your Audience” Available at: Documentary Filmmaking Tips // How to Hook Your Audience - YouTube (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
In Depth Cine (2020) “The Basics Of Documentary Cinematography” Available at:
The Basics Of Documentary Cinematography - YouTube (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
Foley and the Champ (2020) “How to make a NETFLIX documentary” Available at:
How to make a NETFLIX documentary - YouTube (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
Maia C (2021) “Why Do We Love Mockumentaries? | Video Essay” Available at:
Why Do We Love Mockumentaries? | Video Essay - YouTube (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
New York Film Academy (2015) “The History of the Mockumentary Artform” Available at:
https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/the-history-of-the-mockumentary-artform/ (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
Webb D (2010) “Orson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete Broadcast.” Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g&t=1s (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
Allen W (2020) “Take the Money and Run - Official Trailer - Woody Allen Movie”. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2hJQ-eBrfo (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
Ryy79 (2009) “This Is Spinal Tap - Trailer - HQ” Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N63XSUpe-0o (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
Desktop Documentaries “Documentary Storytelling Techniques” Available at:
https://www.desktop-documentaries.com/storytelling-techniques.html (Accessed: 20th March 2022)
Monday 21st March
The last thing I did today before uploading all of my work was to update my Bibliography. I used quite a lot of sources today and so keeping up with them is important. Every time I use a new reference I will update my Bibliography as this will stop me from losing any references, which would significantly damage my research. Later on during this week, it is also likely my action plan may change, so keeping on top of both of these pieces of work is important.
Equipment
Chen I “The basics of the DSLR camera.” Available at: What is a DSLR camera for beginners | Adobe (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Rychner O (2020) “Why are DSLR's better than regular cameras?” Available at: Why are DSLR's better than regular cameras? - Quora (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Elise L (2019) “DSLR vs Point and Shoot Camera” Available at: DSLR vs Point and Shoot Camera (photographylife.com) (Accessed 21st March 2022)
DJI Tutorials (2020) “DJI OM 4 | How to Use OM 4” Available at: DJI OM 4 | How to Use OM 4 - YouTube (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Winkelman S (2020) “DJI OM 4 Review” Available at:DJI OM 4 Review | PCMag (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Deehan T (2020) “DJI OM 4 Review” Available at: DJI OM 4 Review | Trusted Reviews (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Kronfli B (2019) “Google Pixel 3a review” Available at: Google Pixel 3a review | Digital Camera World (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Target Audience
Burgess M (2014) “LEARNING FROM DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCES: A Market Research Study” Available at:
Hot_Docs_Learning_from_Documentary_Audiences.PDF (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Barnhart B (2022) “Social media demographics to inform your brand’s strategy in 2022” Available at: Social Media Demographics to Inform Your 2022 Strategy | Sprout Social (Accessed 21st March 2022)
The Office Wiki (2013) “The Office Nielsen Ratings” Available at: The Office Nielsen Ratings | Dunderpedia: The Office Wiki | Fandom (Accessed 21st March 2022)
LJGIACOPELLI (2016) “Parks and Recreation Judgement” Available at: Parks and Recreation Judgement – Analyzing Television (wordpress.com) (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Statista (2022) “Have you ever watched Modern Family?” Available at: • Modern Family viewership in the U.S. by age 2017 | Statista (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Audio
Adorama (2020) “Recording Dialogue: Perfecting Audio with Keith Alexander”
Available at: Recording Dialogue: Perfecting Audio with Keith Alexander - YouTube (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Shutterstock Tutorials (2019) “How to Record ADR Dialogue | Filmmaking Tips” Available at: How to Record ADR Dialogue | Filmmaking Tips - YouTube (Accessed 21st March 2022)
TechSmith (2020) “How to Do Voice Over Like a Pro: The Complete Guide”
Available at: How to Do Voice Over Like a Pro: The Complete Guide | The TechSmith Blog (Accessed 21st March 2022)
The Film Look (2019) “5 Tips to STEP UP Your Foley Game!” Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqE7_lsRqM (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Adorama (2020) “Recording Nature Sound Effects: Perfecting Audio with Keith Alexander” Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3DEDm932rc (Accessed 21st March 2022)
Tuesday 22nd March
After uploading everything else to my WIX page, I also made sure to update my Bibliography with all the new references I used today. This makes sure I stay up to date with it.
Rotoscoping and Ebsynth
Selby A (2013) “Animation”. London. Laurence King Publishing Limited
A-ha (2010) “a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [Remastered in 4K]” Available at:a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [Remastered in 4K] - YouTube (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
King M (2013) “EXORDIUM - a rotoscoped fantasy epic by Gorgonaut” Available at:EXORDIUM - a rotoscoped fantasy epic by Gorgonaut - YouTube (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Movieclips Classic Trailers (2014) “A Scanner Darkly (2006) Official Trailer - Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. Movie HD” Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkjDUERgCQw (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Haver J (2021) “How I Animated This Video” Available at:How I Animated This Video - YouTube (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Secret Weapons (2019) “EbSynth - Tutorial” Available at:EbSynth - Tutorial - YouTube (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Editing
Aldredge J (2021) “Holistic Breakdown: How to Edit a Documentary Film” Available at:Holistic Breakdown: How to Edit a Documentary Film (premiumbeat.com) (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Desktop Documentaries “Video Production Editing for Documentaries” Available at:Video Production Editing for Documentaries (desktop-documentaries.com) (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Maher M (2016) “11 Tips for Making a Mockumentary” Available at:11 Tips for Making a Mockumentary (premiumbeat.com) (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Vegas Creative Software “Creative & Effective Video Editing Techniques Every Video Editor Should know” Available at:Creative Video Editing Techniques Every Video Editor Should Know (vegascreativesoftware.com) (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Premiere Gal (2019) “7 Creative Video Editing Techniques and Cuts” Available at:7 Creative Video Editing Techniques and Cuts - YouTube (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Usov D (2021) “Top 7 Video Editing Techniques” Available at:Top 7 Video Editing Techniques - MediaEquipt (Accessed 22nd March 2022)
Dancyger K (2011) “The Technique of Film and Video Editing”. Fifth Edition. Oxford. Elsevier Inc.
Sunday 27th March
The rest of the changes were then mainly focused on theory application in my idea development. This included, finding examples and referencing them at the end of the corresponding sections. This meant I also had to update my bibliography to include these new additions. Later on I also used references to my insight into Ethics which I also added to my bibliography.
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Kingsley-Jones J (2015) “Genre Theory- Christian Metz's four stages of genre 'evolution” Available at:
https://prezi.com/ijyiwcfrhvfo/genre-theory-christian-metzs-four-stages-of-genre-evoluti/ (Accessed 27th March 2022)
Media Studies “Tzvetan Todorov” Available at:https://media-studies.com/todorov/#:~:text=Todorov's%20Example,-Todorov%20used%20a&text=She%20wants%20to%20have%20an,a%20buyer%20for%20the%20barrel.(Accessed 27th March 2022)
Brown D (2016) “Vladimir Propp’s theory of characters” Available at: https://www.slideshare.net/DanielBrown225/vladimir-propps-theory-of-characters (Accessed 27th March 2022)
MOLLYNEWMANA2MEDIA (2016) “Narrative Theories: Levi – Strauss and Binary Opposites” Available at:
https://mollynewmana2media.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/narrative-theories-levi-strauss-and-binary-opposites/ (Accessed 27th March 2022)
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Campbell M (2007) “The Mocking Mockumentary and the Ethics of Irony” Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=taboo (Accessed 27th March 2022)
Ofcom (2021) “Section seven: Fairness” Available at:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code/section-seven-fairness (Accessed 27th March 2022)
Red Dizk 99 (2020) “Borat - Jewish Bed and Breakfast Scene” Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJIXygpYcuE (Accessed 27th March 2022)
Theory Examples
Ethics
Monday 28th March
So for the rest of the day I focused on my Script. I began by writing a brief plan, sectioning my plot into the three acts structure. This being Opening, Middle and End. After I had done this initial planning of the plot, I then did some research into the three act structure so that my final script could be as good as it could be. I made sure to add these references to my Bibliography which has now been updated to my WIX website.
Pre-Production
D4Darious (2014) “3 Act Structure - Story Structure Tips - Screenwriting” Available at: 3 Act Structure - Story Structure Tips - Screenwriting - YouTube (Accessed 28th March 2022)
Spaulding R(2020) “How to Write A Short Film Script” Available at:How to Write A Short Film Script - YouTube (Accessed 28th March 2022)
Videomaker (2019) “Practical Advice for Writing a Short Film Script” Available at:Practical Advice for Writing a Short Film Script - YouTube (Accessed 28th March 2022)
Monday 4th April
The very last thing I did today was update my Bibliography. Today, I had used a reference in order to complete my shot list as well as updating my bibliography with all the music pieces that I have found. I have been using less references in my pre-production, but it’s still good to keep my bibliography fully updated.
Maio A (2020) “What is a Shot List? Examples and a Brief Definition” Available at: What is a Shot List? Examples and a Brief Definition (studiobinder.com) (Accessed 4th April 2022)
Chillpeach (2020) “[no copyright music] swipesy cakewalk cute background music” Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_Gu3TI4IY (Accessed 4th April 2022)
LuKremBo (2019) “(no copyright music) jazz type beat “bread” | royalty free youtube music | prod. by lukrembo”
Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWIffP2M3Y (Accessed 4th April 2022)
LuKremBo (2019) “(no copyright music) jazz type beat “holiday” | royalty free vlog music | prod. by lukrembo”
Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWz24QwbKDA (Accessed 4th April 2022)
LuKremBo (2021) “lukrembo - highball (royalty free vlog music)” Available at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBJ2bUIVcwI (Accessed 4th April 2022)
Tuesday 10th May
And the last piece of editing I did in lesson, was the addition of my title. This was important part of the piece for me and so I wanted to do it justice. At first I simply started doing it in premiere, but then I found all of the fonts within it didn’t feel right for the piece. So I then searched for how to import fonts into premiere. And I made sure to include the website I used within my bibliography.
Post-Production
Free Stock Footage Archive (2014) “Static vhs noise - experimental vcr glitch footage”. Available at: Static vhs noise - experimental vcr glitch footage - YouTube (Accessed 10th May 2022)
Adobe “Spell it out with imported customised fonts in Adobe Premiere Pro.” Available at: How to import fonts in Adobe Premiere Pro | Adobe (Accessed 10th May 2022)
Friday 13th May
I scoured youtube for some good tutorials and settled on one, as the result they showed in the video was similar to how I wanted mine to look. And so I followed the tutorial to create my own colour grade.
And since the sunset video had been so helpful, I found a colour correction guide from the same people to follow along with. This allowed me to colour correct the rest of my shots and I’m quite happy with how they’ve all turned out.
I found a video to help me correct this. The video introduced me to the VR Denoise which I was able to use to slightly tone down the noise in my footage.
Cinecon.net (2017) “COLOR GRADE a rich contrast SUNSET in Premiere Pro | Cinecom.net” Available at: COLOR GRADE a rich contrast SUNSET in Premiere Pro | Cinecom.net - YouTube (Accessed 13th May 2022)
Cinecon.net (2017) “
The Complete COLOR GRADING Tutorial for Premiere Pro: CINEMATIC FILM LOOK | Cinecom.net” Available at: The Complete COLOR GRADING Tutorial for Premiere Pro: CINEMATIC FILM LOOK | Cinecom.net - YouTube (Accessed 13th May 2022)
Connor Gilkinson (2021) “How to Fix Noisy/Grainy Video for FREE (NO PLUGINS) | Adobe Premiere Pro” Available at: How to Fix Noisy/Grainy Video for FREE (NO PLUGINS) | Adobe Premiere Pro - YouTube (Accessed 13th May 2022)
Thursday 19th May
The first, and more important one, was that some audio recordings still had a slight background buzz. In premiere I had previously used the denoise effect to reduce this. However, I wanted to see if it was possible to reduce it more. And so once again I found a useful video that I made sure to add to my bibliography.
PremiumBeat by Shutterstock (2020) “Remove Unwanted Noise in Your Audio Using Premiere Pro” Available at: Remove Unwanted Noise in Your Audio Using Premiere Pro - YouTube (Accessed 19th May 2022)
Action Plan
Wednesday 16th March
I then moved onto the second piece of work I had to do today which was the Action Plan. I really struggled with this piece of work. I read through the brief on it again, and saw it mentioned “time spent sourcing materials, other resources, feedback and when you will carry out independent study”. On the whole I feel I have made a solid start to the Action Plan.
So far I have included, the week and start date of each week. I initially got a bit confused with these as I forgot to take into account holidays which don’t apply to the week numbers. Week 29 confused me a bit as week 28 is the week before easter holidays and week 30 is the week after. This would mean week 29 lands in the holiday. However, I’ve been able to adapt this. The first week of Easter I know for a fact I am on holiday, and for that week it will be practically be impossible for me to do any work. Therefore, I have made week 29 starting on the 18th of April when I will be back from holiday and therefore able to continue with work.
I’ve also included what I will be doing each of the weeks along with a day to day guide of the activities I will be undertaking. Not all of this is able to be completed at this time. For Example, my production and post production sections are quite brief at the moment. However these will be updated during my pre-production phase where I will be planning more, and can therefore update my action plan when I have more information.
Finally, I included any additional tasks such as receiving feedback as well as the resources I will need for each week. This is a lot of information within the action plan and I feel means I’ll definitely be able to run my production a lot smoother as I’ll be able to understand better what I am doing each day. Additionally, I’m making sure to have flexibility within my action plan so that if and when plans may change I’ll be able to easily adapt and not lose any time. This is essential as falling behind on this project would not be good, and I would hate to be in that predicament.
However, currently I have not included any information on time spent resourcing materials and when I will carry out independent study. This is essentially because I am not quite sure of what I need to include here. I carry out independent study basically every day after lesson as I come home and work from my own computer as I find that more efficient if I am only doing work that requires typing or theoretical work, such as research and ideas development. However, I’m planning to ask either Danny or Nigel to look at my action plan as well as help to guide me on the things I am stuck on within in. Hopefully this will allow me to finish off the action plan by tomorrow.
Thursday 17th March
Then in the second half of the lesson I went back to my paperwork. I began by showing Nigel my Action plan and asking for help on how I could improve it. He said that it seemed very thorough to him, which was a good thing to hear as I was a little unsure. He did give me a few things he said would just help to push it up even higher which I was happy to include. These included; adding the exact dates to each day; improving the descriptions of what I was doing each day; including and talking about the holiday weeks and mentioning what work I was doing in and out of college. I was very happy to add these things and definitely feel they improve my original action plan. Obviously, this action plan is still unfinished as certain sections like holidays, production and post production are quite brief currently as I have not reached pre-production where I will plan them out in much further detail. However, having this action plan now is extremely useful and I will be able to build on it and further my planning as I progress through the project.
Tuesday 22nd March
I texted the people who I need for one of my focus groups today to ask if they were available for Thursday. However, one of them was unavailable. This has led to me moving the focus group forwards one day. This does note affect me too much as I can create the PowerPoint for it in the morning and then hold it in the evening. This has led to me updating my action plan which I have uploaded the new version alongside the old version to my WIX.
Wednesday 23rd March
I have also planned when I am doing my demo works now. I will be carrying out my gimbal and Ebsynth demo tasks tomorrow morning before college and then I have booked out the studio and equipment out for Friday afternoon where I’ll be able to do my camera, tripod and audio demo tasks. Now that I knew better when I was doing it I was able to update my action plan and add the updated version into my website.
I was then able to move onto my final piece of Secondary Research which was my textual analysis. This was super useful and as I’ve explained in the initial conclusions it has offered me a multitude of techniques and possibilities for me to use in my own piece. Most prominently it has made me think about how I can use music within my piece and so I have updated my action plan to include a time for me to look into potential music pieces I can use.
Monday 28th March
Today was the start of our Pre-Production section. I started my day by going through the work I had already planned to do. By going through the PowerPoint Danny had given us about Pre-Production, I was also able to add a couple more pieces of work I needed to do. This included things such as shot list and talent release forms. I also re-ordered some of the work, for example the character designs I had planned for today is now moved to this Friday as I need to confirm an actor, which will then supply inspiration for the character design. And my potential music investigation has moved to next weeks. These changes are simply to alleviate work on certain days and make sure that I don’t overwork myself which would lead to burnout which would then reduce the quality of work. I’ve taken this into account now as I felt I almost overworked myself last week as I was working pretty late most days and I don’t want to burn myself out. But all these changes were added to my Action Plan which has now been updated on my WIX website.
Tuesday 29th March
Originally I had my storyboards, shot list and script mark up all planned for today. However, I realised I wasn’t 100% sure about what a shot list was. Initially, I had just thought it was a list of all the shots you needed to do. However, I asked John just to check what it was. He informed me that it is essentially a list of shots, but for the day of production you were doing. So you would have the list with you to check what you needed to do.
Now that I realised what it was, it meant doing it today and tomorrow wouldn’t be practical as I still have yet to finish my storyboards which will provide me with my shots. So instead on my updated Action Plan, I have moved it to next Monday/Tuesday. Not only will this be better time as I’ll be more informed on my shots, but it will also help in my production schedule which is scheduled for next Wednesday. As due to the shot list I will already have the shots piled together. Finally, on my action plan, I added something for this Sunday to visit locations. This will mainly to make sure they’re viable. Many of my locations are easy to access as they are either my house itself or within walking distance. Other locations like College I’ll be able to survey next Monday.
Wednesday 30th March
I received an email back from Lainey today in regards to my first draft script that I sent her yesterday. She said that she will read it today and give me feedback on it tomorrow. I thought about it for a bit and have decided to move my script mark up once again to tomorrow and Friday. I felt this made most sense as doing it today would potentially be useless if I was then to be given loads of corrections to do tomorrow. So I have changed this on my action plan and hopefully I shall still have it completed by the weekend.
Wednesday 6th April
The very last thing I did today before uploading all my work was to update my action plan. Now that I have created my production schedule, I not only have my production planned out but also my post production. I have structured the majority of my first week of post production focused on visuals and then the majority of the second week is focused on Audio editing. This is primarily due to the fact that the visuals will take a lot longer, especially in regards to Ebsynth. Whereas because it’s a mockumentary the majority of Audio editing will be Dialogue and music, which I have a good amount of experience with and so I’m fairly confident I can finish it in the time I have dedicated myself. So now that my Action plan is updated, it’s pretty much complete as the vast majority has been filled out. The only time it will likely change now is if production or post production is haltered or when I come to properly planning my evaluation and reflection stage.
Sunday 22nd May
With the Evaluation I planned out, I then updated my action plan with which pieces of work I’ll have completed on which days. I have planned to have the evaluation fully written by next Sunday. I am then going to use the first few days of the half term to gather all images and supporting evidence for it, as well as presenting it on my WIX website. This will allow me to have it fully completed with about half a week spare before the final deadline, hopefully allowing me plenty of time to double check I have everything completed and on my website, before June 6th.
Evaluation
I started my official paperwork with my action plan. Initially, I had a bit of struggle with my action plan, especially with the week count. I ended up changing the weeks about 3 times as the holidays had skewed my weeks, but eventually I was able to get it done correctly. The rest of it went fairly smoothly and I was able to contain the dates and things that I do, the resources I need and descriptions of my independent study and any additional tasks. The Action Plan is a working document and so the current version of it will not be its final version. Sections such as production and post production will be updated greatly in the pre-production phase. But currently the version I have acts as a great skeleton for me to build my future updated versions off of. However, I’ve learnt a lot from this piece of work and It’s really useful to have a base plan now.
My bibliography is also a working document and will be updated as I continue through the project, especially within the research section. Luckily, I did not have too much trouble with the Bibliography as I had experience with Harvard style thanks to my project 4 essay. This bibliography will allow me to keep up to date with the references I use and will be a good database for any potential references as well.
Finally, I created my proposal. The proposal is an essential piece of work and provides a lot of context about my piece to the examiner and my lecturers. The hardest thing I struggled with was the word count. I like to write quite a lot so trying to fit all I wanted to say into a hundred words or so was quite a challenge. Through a lot of effort and finalising the work I was able to fit only the most important parts into the word count which probably also allowed me to cut down on any waffle that I may have accidentally included. Overall, the proposal was absolutely vital to my project and putting in all the effort was definitely worth it. I was very happy with all my official paperwork and if I had to do it again, I don’t think there is anything major that I would change.
