1. Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
IG4 Assignment Production Diary
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Mon W/B 10/02/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
10/02/14 First I booked video camera, sound recorder, clapper
board and boom microphone. In the afternoon I printed the script
and the storyboard at college so I can get ready and know what to
do when I start filming. In the evening, I started filming at my
house. I was the cameraman because the shots were hand-held
and the sound-recorder was my boyfriend, Michael. The characters
I needed were my mum, sister and my dog. We didn’t film all the
scenes, just 2, 4, and 6.
13/02/14 We did more filming at my house in the evening, scene
10, 14, 16, and 18. I was the cameraman and Michael couldn’t be
there that day so I asked my sister’s boyfriend Anthony to be
sound recorder and he was happy to help. The characters I had
were my mum, sister, cousin, auntie and uncle.
14/02/14 I brought the camera and sound recorder back to
college, in the morning. I uploaded all the footage to my computer
and saved them to ‘New Volume (E:)’ drive. I watched all the
footage and renamed them to make it easier when I edited it. I
kept the best ones and deleted the footage that I won’t need it or
it is not good for my short film. I created a project on Adobe
Premiere Pro but haven’t started editing it.
After half-term, I am planning to sort the footage out by
putting the film and sound together on Adobe Premiere
Pro. Also I am planning to do more filming, some at my
house and start the interview part. Then I am going to
rename all the footage so we will know which is which
when I’m editing it. So this will make it easier for me. If I
can get it done in time then I can start editing.
Mon W/B 17/02/14
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Half-Term
Mon W/B 24/02/14
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25/03/14 I went to see my tutor and I booked my video camera,
sound recorder, boom microphone and clapper board to do more
filming.
26/03/14 At my house, I did more filming for Scene 8 and before
half term, I looked back all my footage and I felt that scene 10
needed to be done again because I wasn’t happy with my other
footage so I filmed that scene as well.
Next week, I need to do more filming on some interview
scenes, the dropping camera/screaming scene, scene
12 and I need to out the sound and the video camera
together.

2. Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
IG4 Assignment Production Diary
27/03/14 In the evening, I filmed the interview scene and I needed
a place that looks like interview room so I thought I could use my
dad’s work place which was at Turnpike House. Once I got there,
my dad showed the meeting rooms and I had to choose one and I
picked a good room that will look more like interview. We filmed
all of the interview scenes.
28/03/14 I uploaded all the footage on my computer that I have
filmed that week and saved them to ‘New Volume (E:)’ drive. I
watched all the footage and renamed them to make it easier when
I edit it. I opened Adobe Premiere Pro and I imported all the
footage and sounds that I wanted to use for my short film. Then
once I got the footage and sound, I had to match it up and checked
that it was correct. I deleted the original sound that was with the
footage then once they are all right and together, I exported it and
added the ‘SS’ an example, ‘Scene 1 Take 1 SS’. The scenes I did
that day were 2, 4, and 6, scene 10 take 1, 14 and 18.
Mon W/B 03/03/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
03/03/14 I went to see my tutor to book my video camera
unfortunately all the video cameras were booked up but I booked
my video camera that day for next week to make sure I could use
the camera.
07/03/14 I opened Adobe Premiere Pro; I imported all the footage
and sounds that I wanted to use for my short film. Then once I got
the footage and sound, I had to match it up and checked that it
was correct. I deleted the original sound that was with the footage
then once they are all right and together, I exported it and added
the ‘SS’ an example, ‘Scene 1 Take 1 SS’. The scenes I did were 1, 3,
5&7, 8, 9&11, 10, 13&15, 17, 19 take 1 to take 5.
I couldn’t booked my camera this week but I already
booked my camera for next week and I am planning to
film some interview scenes, the screaming/dropping
camera scene and scene 12.
Mon W/B 10/03/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
11/03/14 I went to pick up the video camera, sound recorder,
boom microphone and clapper board. I filmed the interview scenes
again which were at my dad’s work place, Turnpike House. I filmed
Next week, I plan to carry on editing the short film and
do T.V. static editing and find the sound I can use for the
T.V. static sound.

3. Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
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scene 1, 11 and 19. I finished filming all interview scenes.
12/03/14 In the evening, I was at my house and did scene 18 again
because I didn’t drop the video camera before so I did it again and
this time I ‘dropped’ the video camera.
14/03/14 I uploaded all the footage and saved them to ‘New
Volume (E:)’ drive. I watched all the footage and renamed them to
make it easier when I edit it. I opened Adobe Premiere Pro and I
imported all the footage and sounds that I wanted to use for my
short film. Then once I got the footage and sound, I had to match it
up and checked that it was correct. I deleted the original sound
that was with the footage then once they are all right and
together, I exported it and added the ‘SS’. Then I started editing
the short film until the lesson was over.
Mon W/B 17/03/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
21/03/14 I did more editing on my short film and I ‘supposedly’
dropped my camera which would make a TV static effect. I
have never used this effect before so I found a tutorial on
‘YouTube’ and I used ‘Adobe After Effects’ and followed the
tutorial and then exported it out of ‘Adobe After Effects’ and
imported it into ‘Adobe Premiere Pro’ and replaced the
original footage. The T.V. static I created had no sound
therefore I used the skill of converting sounds and found
some T.V. static sound from ‘YouTube’.
Next week, I am planning to find some background
music that fits with the film.
Mon W/B 24/03/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
28/03/14 I needed to convert sounds because I wanted to add
suspense music to certain scenes therefore I found the
sounds on ‘YouTube’ and then used a website called
‘hddownloader.com’ which converted the music into a
compatible file that I could put into ‘Adobe Premiere Pro’. At
first I was unsure on what to do however I asked my tutor for
some support, he showed me how to use it. I imported the
suspense music and put it where the music should be.
I am planning to book the video camera, sound
recorder, boom microphone and clapper board. So I can
film scene 12 and I also want to start creating subtitles.

4. Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
IG4 Assignment Production Diary
Mon W/B 31/03/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
01/04/14 I went to pick the video camera, sound recorder, boom
microphone and clapper board from my tutor.
02/04/14 I was at my house and filmed scene 12. Michael was
there to help out and did the make-up on my arm when a ‘spirit’
scratched me. I finally finished filming all the scenes.
03/04/14 I uploaded all the footage that I did for scene 12 and I
had to do it in Paul’s lesson because I only booked the equipment
till 03/04/14. Also I started writing the subtitles by watching my
rough edit of my short film.
04/04/14 I uploaded all the footage and saved them to ‘New
Volume (E:)’ drive. I watched all the footage and renamed them to
make it easier when I edit it. I opened Adobe Premiere Pro and I
imported all the footage and sounds that I wanted to use for my
short film. Then once I got the footage and sound, I had to match it
up and checked that it was correct. I deleted the original sound
that was with the footage then once they are all right and
together, I exported it and added the ‘SS’.
I asked my tutor how to put subtitles on my short film. He showed
me how to use it. First you clicked ‘Title’ then ‘New Title’ and
‘Default Still’. It comes up with a scene where I wanted to put the
subtitles. I had to choose which title style I wanted and where I
wanted them placed. I did this for all the scenes. I finished editing
the film.
After the Easter Holidays, I plan to do black eyes editing,
create the credits and hopefully finish the short film.
Mon W/B 07/04/14
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Easter Holidays
Mon W/B 14/04/14
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Easter Holidays
Mon W/B 21/04/14
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24/04/14 In Paul’s lesson, I thought I would carry on with this work
so I created the credits and managed to finish it. I created credits
on ‘Adobe After Effects’. I used previous experience of this
software to create these credits using the techniques such as style
After Berlin, I plan to export the short film and upload
on YouTube.

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of text, opacity, position, background colour and timing. Then I
exported it out of ‘Adobe After Effects’ and imported it into ‘Adobe
Premiere Pro’ and replaced the original footage, I was happy with
it.
25/04/14 I wanted to do black eyes and I have never used this
effect before and I had to research a tutorial from ‘YouTube’. Then
I exported it out of ‘Adobe After Effects’ and imported it into
‘Adobe Premiere Pro’ and replaced the original footage. This
process took me a whole day to get it right as it was lots of new
things to learn however in the end I was happy with how it turned
out. I finished the short film.
Mon W/B 28/04/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
Berlin
Mon W/B 05/05/14
(Detailed Weekly Summary)
08/05/14 I showed my tutor, my finished short film and he said it
was good but he said I need to make a few changes so he advised
me to introduce the sound better by having it slowly increasing at
the beginning and at the end having it slowly fading out. I used the
software called ‘Reaper’ which allowed me to change the volume. I
tried to export my finished short film and upload on YouTube
however the HD quality wasn’t good and I listened carefully to the
sounds and some of them were too loud or needed little changes.
09/05/14 I changed the sounds and I was finally happy with my
short film so I asked my tutor to help me how to export the short
film with better HD quality. The result was much better than the
first and I uploaded on YouTube. I was really happy how the short
film looked.
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK (Including Possible
Contingency Plans)