Weekly progress + plan

 This is my weekly progress and plan for the music video

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
BREAK

Week 1

We were introduced to the music video project for our last project exam which we learned about all the various kinds of music genres and their conventions and how it impacts the audience. We also learned new media theories which helps us develop our skills for the music video analysis soon. Researches were done starting from preliminary research which is the music video genre difference and we also started on Industry researches.

Problem: We were having a hard time deciding our groups as some of us are taking A levels which means that they are going to put more effort then those who doesn't take A levels.

Solution: We think that first come first serve is good, but personally for me since I know that I will not put as much effort as those who are submitting to cambridge, I let them choose and I'll go with the other groups available 

Week 2

We did our genre research and my theme was pop music. I really enjoyed researching about music as it is something i love, especially researching the music videos of one of my favorite artists (NIKI). 

Problem: However, since me and my friend Jocy is not taking A Level in media studies we were seperated from others into a group of 2 only to not bring their average done as we are not going to put as much effort as the ones taking A level. This means that there are more work for us to be done :(

Solution: We decided to do a music video that is more easier to be done, as we only have 2 people capacity (meaning extra work of the other members even if not as much quantity).

Week 3

We were finalizing our research for genre, and industry as this is already the last week.

Problem: I was sick for this week alot and we had photoshoot so we aren't able to do as much media (i missed out alot). 

Solution: catch up after school and at home so that i can finish them

Week 4

We did theory of stardom which we analyze the celebrity characteristics and use the the theory to create our own star pesona. We also did our statement of intent which helps us get our ideas out.

Problems: We did not have enough time in making the statement of intents as our media time at school is very limited. 

Solution: I finished the statement of intent at home as to get in track of the time. 

Week 5: 

We did our moodboard for the locations and scenes, we also came up with ideas in the lyrics sheet as we can imagine the scenes in our head. Mr nick also asked us to start doing our storyboard.

Problems: Again, as we have limited time we haven't finished our lyrics sheets and annotating the ideas in handwriting. 

Solution: However, I am going over to my teammates house to do more work and if we are finished with the work, we might be able to start recording.  

Week 6: 

We did our song research and screen test as a class, also finished location scout and risk assessment.

Problems: We have limited time in class as always, so the projects are usually done after class in my own time

Solutions: doing it consistently outside class hours. in free times, ect.

Self Reflection: This was the weekly progress for this semester, I think there were definitely ups and down on making this projects such as for me research takes up most time. However since I learned that on last term I tried to manage my time better this term and me and my teammate Jocelyn were on track for this project and we actually almost got ahead. However we still needed to finish some research and classworks which we focus on doing. I also think that even the team was only the two of us, it is still very much possible and it helps us focus more as we know we cannot rely on other people but only ourselves. I think the hardest part of timing it with a weekly progress is if one of us gets sick, as we only have 2 members so it would definitely be harder for the team to work alone.