Production Log: Week 6

What have you contributed to this week?

Final Cut Express.

On Wednesday, me and Farhana uploaded all the footage we done on the week before onto Final Cut Express which took a while as we had many shots. We also started editing and working out how to use Final Cut Express. On Thursday during mine and Farhana's study period and Damanjyot's and Bilal's free period, we filmed the hostage scene and got all the shots done for that scene in the school's store cupboard. We had to ask permission and so we asked the caretaker if we could use the store cupboard and he said yes. In the lesson on the Thursday, we carried on editing. On Friday, we uploaded all the rest of the shots from Thursday's shots and carried on editing.

How does this fit with the production schedule/job roles/overall ideas for the project?

This fits with our production schedule as our first thought when we got back was to upload all our footage onto the Apple Mac and so we did. Any filming while at school means our time is limited, which means our job roles will have to become more focused and work driven as our deadline to complete the project is in a couple of weeks. Our job roles were shared out equally as we both agreed to work on the editing together. Our overall ideas come together as we edit our music video, making us think more on how we would like our overall music video to come out like.

Were there any problems?

Hostage Scene.

The only problem we faced was trying to figure out when to film the hostage scene. Damanjyot and Bilal had a free on Thursday periods 5&6, and me and Farhana both have private study in that period too which is hard to get out of as it's a permanent thing. 

How did you/will you overcome them?

Farhana and I looked for a way in which we could all do the hostage scene. We spoke to Mr. Mallen, our media teacher, and asked if he could leave a note saying if it would be possible to film during mine and Farhana's private study. Mr. Mallen messaged the private study teacher and she said it was okay for us to film, and so our problem was solved.

What are the plans for the following week?

Hopefully for the following week, me and Farhana would have to start the green screen scenes, which Damanjyot is in. We have to check with Damanjyot and see if she is free to do the scenes, and we have to check to see when we can use the green screen as you have to book up to use it. So we are hoping all the filming will be done next week alongside with the editing and shifting with it for the next two weeks before our deadline.

Green Screen Performance.