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.