Weekly Progress + Plan

 This post is where I track my progress throughout the project duration

Week	Start Date		Task		Blogpost Title	Content	Deadline
W1	30 September	Pre Production	Research	1	Brief
				2	Team
				3	Weekly Progress
				4	Preliminary Research	Broad genre research	W3
W2	7 October		Research	5	Research: Industry	Who makes music videos?	W3
W3	14 October		Research	6	Research: Genre	Codes and Conventions of your genre	W4
W4	21 October		Plan	7	Statement of Intent	Your initial proposal	W5
				8	Theory of Stardom: Richard Dyer	A summary of the class, plus your example	W7
W5	28 October		Plan	9	Moodboard	Your visual style	W7
				10	Lyric Sheet	Breakdown your song into scenes	W7
				11	Storyboard	Shot by shot plan	W7
W6	4 November		Plan	12	Song Research	Background of your song	W7
				13	Screen Test	star auditions	W7
				14	Classwork	How to: Camera, MeS, Sound, Edit	W7
W7	11 November		Plan	15	Location scout & Risk Assessment		W7
				16	Filming Schedule	Film over the break?	W7
							W7

Week 1

Summary: 
        - We got the brief for this term's project and I have decided to go with the same team I went with               last time as we have good chemistry going. 
        - Besides that, we also started with our research with a new system which divides our research                  blogs into Industry, Preliminary, Audience and Genre, I think this might help me organize the                  research as last time it was too big and clunky in one post
To do: 
        - Finish Research: Industry

Week 2

Summary:

        - Started our Genre research post & I started on looking deeper into genre conventions of the                  R&B genre. I also started one larger research piece into The Weekend's Die for you music video.
        - We decided that R&B is the best genre for us to pick as it is a broad genre with differing sounds              of music, and it also has the best songs in this era.

Week 3

Summary:

        - This week we learnt about selective construction during a theory lesson and this somewhat                       helped me as I think it would help with how I pick and target my audience.
        - I completed my first complete genre research piece.
        - This week we still had some trouble deciding on songs to use as our final song and we have                  decided to start preparing a list instead

To do:
        - Finish Research: Genre

        - Find more songs & decide on what kind of theme to follow for the video (happy, sad, nostalgic)

Week 4

Summary:

        - We started our statement our intent which will help us set up the general feel of the music video              and also how to target our audiences
        - In class, there was also a lesson on the theory of Stardom by Richard Dyer, where we learnt                  about personas and how celebrities selectively construct their public image

To do: 
        - Finish statement of intent, we are doing it as a group and I need to finish my last bit.

Week 5 

Summary:

        - The storyboard process and making ideas on the lyrics sheets.
        - We finished the moodboard which will greatly help me when I am color grading the final work               as I will use the photos there for reference.
       

Week 6

Summary: 
        - This week was our first week filled with project lessons where we continue our project works                  during class time. This week I continued with the storyboard and practiced some color grading              photos to try and mimic the photos from the moodboard, I also did some first hand research on              some locations such as the Big M convenience store.

Week 1 (semester 2)

Summary:

        - We made a small music video or a clip for it during our class, this was to practice for our music               video, but primarily the performance aspect where we sung the song. but it also did include                   some videography and editing.

Week 2 (semester 2)

Summary:

        - This week, we learnt about how to do multicam editing and how to sync it up with the beat.

        - We also did our filming schedule to help us clear some time for recording and also to make sure              what we are recording 

Week 3 (semester 2)

Summary:
        - Our team got some recording in at night time which was good progress.

        - It was difficult to record at night because we had no light source but a street lamp which we                   control the direction and strength.

        - We also finished the multicam editing task given by our teacher, this actually helped spark some            ideas for the editing 

Week 4 (semester 2)

Summary:

        - I organized my files so that it would be easier for me to edit, I also started to use my metering                   mode on my camera so that my color grading would be easier and the exposure across the music            video would be uniform.

   

Week 5 (semester 2)

-Due to the bad weather in the area, the school was closed down for a few days & so we had to                  compromise & instead of usual lessons we did an online school to learn how to do our critical self     reflection, in those online classes, I learnt how to reflect on my work more as I learnt more on              how I answered the questions with my project and how to turn that into an essay.

Week 6 (semester 2)

Summary:

        - We finally started our CR and also collected some data on our audience which has helped the people on our team who are managing the social media account on how they should brand and it has also helped me with the creation of the digipack.