MUSIC VIDEO

PRODUCTION

LOG

SIAN ENGLAND

PRODUCTION LOG:

GUIDANCE

• This document is for you to track the progress of your production – filming, editing and post-production.

• This is so you can track what you did and how you did it, explaining and amendments and changes you made and tracking the decisions that have shaped the practical creation of your music video.

• The more detail you include about how you made your music video, the better. The document is broken down in to two sections, Filming and Editing, each of these is then made of specific elements that occur in both.

• For each slide there is a prompt detailing what you should include, delete the prompt after you have complete the slide.

• Remember, images often show what you’ve done more effectively than words. Use text to explain an illustration.

FILMING

Explain what worked and didn’t work about your filming and how you managed this covering the following areas:

• Technical – using the cameras and any technical equipment; this could be how you did your lip sync, used the green screen, dealt with problems with batteries, etc

• Logistical – did your locations work? Did you have any access problems? Did it rain?

• Personnel – how were your cast/crew? Did anyone let you down? How did you manage this?

• Planning – did your planning help? Do you think it could have worked better? How?

• Next steps – do you need to re-film? Film more? Have you changed your video? How/why?

*If you make any drastic changes to your video you MUST add this to your planning documentation and state how and why this has happened

FILMING

Technical: I did not come across any issues regarding the

technical aspect of my production. Everything went smoothly

with the cameras and lighting and other equipment.

Logistical: I did have some small issues with locations, as some

of them were weather dependent (Kilburn Woods), which meant

that I could not film in the exact location I was hoping to.

Personnel: I didn’t really have any issues with personnel. I only

brought one person with me to film that was the main character

in this video. There was only one day where I planned to film

with them and there were some issues which meant they could

no longer film on that day.

Planning: My planning did help in some ways as I was prepared

for any problems that may arise during filming. However, as the

video did not go to plan, I didn’t really follow my planning as

well as I would have liked to.

FILMING

I had some issues with a large section of my video, as I was

planning on using coloured smoke grenades for about a

minute of the video. However, there were some issues with

the order, and the order did not get delivered in time. This

meant that I was stuck without a large section of my video. I

had to film some additional shots, that I wasn’t planning on

filming. I also had to trim the video down from 4:05 to 3:05, as

I did not have enough footage and I had no other ideas as to

what to film for the remainder of the video.

FILMING –

PRODUCTION STILLS

Where appropriate add stills from when you were filming,

annotate where necessary

These were the main locations for

filming, two of which were planned.

The screenshot above was a last

minute decision as I hadn’t enough

footage for the entire song.

EDITING

• Record your edit progress, decisions, problems, etc. in

this section

• Include screenshots with annotations, statements, etc.

• Try to explain how you worked and justify why you chose

to work the way you did.

• Follow the structure and what to include on each slide as

this is necessary for evidence for assessment

EDITING –

FILE MANAGEMENT

Screenshot and annotate where you have saved your work

and how you have organised your footage so you know

where it is – this will also include your audio track for your

video and any other images, found footage, etc

I added all of my clips that I filmed

into one folder, called footage. This

meant it was easy to find and was

very accessible which made the

entire production process a lot

easier.

EDITING –

SETTING UP PREMIERE

Screenshot and annotate how you have set up a new

Premiere Pro project – indicate what you called it, where you

saved it

You should also show how you set up your timeline,

indicating the video settings used [e.g. DSLR 1080p 25]I created a new Premiere Pro

project and named it ‘mv’ as this

was something that I would

remember so I would easily be

able to find after saving. I then

set up my timeline to DSLR

1080p 25, which was suitable for

the camera settings I had used to

film.

EDITING –

IMPORTING FOOTAGE

Show how you imported your footage, your file set up in

Premiere and how you have organised your different docs

[video, audio, etc]I imported my footage by clicking

file, and then import, and selecting

the clips I wanted to import. I then

added the audio files and video

files into separate folders so I could

easily find them when I needed

them, which sped up my production

process as I wasn’t spending loads

of time looking for different files.

EDITING –

ASSEMBLY EDIT

Show how you put together your basic sequence in the order

you want it – previewing clips, dragging to the timeline,

trimming/cutting, etc

If you have a lip sync, pay special attention to showing how

you synchronised the footage with the audio track

I created a basic sequence by

watching over the clips and finding a

section I wanted to add in. I would

then drag the video file to the timeline

and then trim it to fit in with the music.

I also had lip syncing shots, so I

added the entire footage into the

timeline, and matched the first beat of

the song in the original video, to the

first beat of the music track. Then I

went back through and cut out the

sections that I did not want.

EDITING –

REFINEMENT

Show and explain how you have refined and improved your

initial sequence edit

To improve my initial sequence edit, I

went back through the sequence and

adjusted the speed of some clips and

moved the video files around to make

sure that they fit in well with the section

of the song. For example, I have a

section in the chorus, where the

character is dancing. So I went back in

and moved the tracks around so they

were dancing to the beat of the song. I

used the wavelength option for the

audio, which helped me to identify

where the beats were in the song.

EDITING –

COLOUR CORRECTION/SFX

Show and explain your colour correction process/effects

process – use staged screenshots to show each part of the

process and the effect. Explain why you chose to do this

At the start of the process, I added

a stabilizer to some shots, as there

was quite a bit of camera shake.

This made the movement of the

camera look a lot smoother than

the original clip.

EDITING –

COLOUR CORRECTION/SFX

Show and explain your colour correction process/effects

process – use staged screenshots to show each part of the

process and the effect. Explain why you chose to do this

I then went in and added an adjustment layer to all of the clips. In the

adjustment layer, I adjusted the RGB Curves, and made some small

adjustments to the colours to create a warmer look to the video. I chose to do

this because it made the video look more interesting, as it brought out more

colours.

EDITING –

EXPORT

Show how you exported your completed project, show which

settings you have used and explain your choice of file name

and where you have saved it

I exported the video using the

HD 1080i 25 preset as they

were the best settings for the

camera quality that I filmed with.

I then decided to save it to my

desktop, so the video is very

accessible and easy to find. I

also saved the video as ‘Send

Me On My Way Music Video’ so

I knew that this file was the final

version, instead of another

saved version of the video.