1. A2 Media Studies
Advanced Portfolio
Production Diary
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK(Including Possible
Contingency Plans If Problems Anticipated)
September 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
This month we started to do a few starter tasks to get used to the
course and some of the software we would be using, e.g. Premiere.
Also we decided on the ancillary project that we would be doing
and me and my group decided upon Music Video.
I will research and complete my ancillary 1 and will
start working on my ancillary 2
October 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
We carried on looking into postmodern theories and started
researching and producing our 2nd
ancillary task. Also we started
some research into our main piece.
We will look at audience and narrative theories when
looking at postmodernism and we will also carry on
doing some research for our main product.
November 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
We did further work on our main product, we looked at other
music videos from the dance music genre and the techniques and
features that they used in their videos so that we could get some
ideas for ours. Also we looked at narrative theory and did some
research into that.
We will carry on looking into narrative and audience
theory in preparation for the exam.
December 2012
(Detailed Monthly Summary)
This month we carried on planning and researching our main
product and we started creating a storyboard and brainstorming
ideas on the product we would produce. We started to move on to
look at media language in preparation for section A of the exam.
I will complete my market research for my music video
and start to compile my results.
Mon W/B 07/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have completed my questionnaire and got 10 people to fill it in
and I am carrying on with my storyboard and mind mapping.
I will start to put together a report on the results I got
from the questionnaire’s
Mon W/B 14/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I am going to start compile the results into a report in the form of a
pie chart for each question with a paragraph underneath to explain
the results.
Next week I will finish the report I’m creating for my
music video questionnaire and try and get as far as I can
with my initial ideas for my main product
Mon W/B 21/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have finished making the report for my music video questionnaire
which consists of a pie chart for each question and a paragraph to
explain the results I received for each question.
Me and the rest of my group have thought about what
we want our music video to be like so we will now
create a report on it
Mon W/B 28/01/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We have created the report as a group to specify exactly what
ideas we will use in our music video
As we have now completed our report we can now start
to write our script for the music video

2. A2 Media Studies
Advanced Portfolio
Production Diary
Mon W/B 04/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We have started to complete our script to show how our music
video will pan out and what things we need to do where etc.
We will use the script we have produced to help us
complete our storyboard which will give a more in
depth analysis of our music video
Mon W/B 11/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We will use our storyboard and script to guide us when making our
video so that we have guidelines to follow.
Now that all our preparation work is complete we will
begin filming as soon as possible.
Mon W/B 18/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We started filming and have successfully completed the shooting
of our introduction to the video.
We will upload the footage that we have so far onto
adobe premiere so that it is ready to edit and we will
also film more footage for our video.
Mon W/B 25/02/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We have got a lot more footage for our video and we haven’t got
much more filming to do. We have uploaded all the footage we
have got at the minute onto premiere so it is ready to edit
We plan to get the last bit of footage we need for our
video and then upload it to premiere and begin editing
Mon W/B 04/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We have gathered the remaining bit of footage we needed and are
now able to start editing
We will continue to edit our music video using different
editing techniques
Mon W/B 11/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We have continued to edit our music video this week and are not
far off finishing it.
Need to add the final touches to the video and then
upload it to you tube for our first draft video to be put
on to our blogs
Mon W/B 18/03/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
We have finished our first draft and uploaded it onto our blogs. Over half term I will complete the first draft of my
evaluation and edit my responses and put them in
different media formats such as soundcloud and prezi
Mon W/B 01/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I am finishing my first draft of my evaluation I will finish my first draft of my evaluation and we will
complete our final edit of our music video in our group
Mon W/B 08/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I have finished my evaluation and we have finished our final edit of
our music video
I will tidy up my blog and finish off any unfinished tasks
Mon W/B 15/04/13
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
I finished off a couple of tasks for my ancillaries that weren’t
completed and checked that everything was on my blog.
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