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Today was a productive day for me. I came in with the correct mentality and fully motivated to get my evaluation to a very high standard. Today I didn’t come across any problems and this allowed me to complete my evaluation until I finish it after getting the feedback from my screening.

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Today started out to be the most unproductive day I have ever experienced. Today I had no motivation. I came in with the intentions of starting my Evaluation but I came in and stared at he screen for about 45 minutes and didn’t have a purpose to start and I was extremely distracted. There was too much noise in the open plan for me to concentrate, and my tutor noticed this and said I could go home and use the time to get my evaluation started and that exactly what I done. I got home and all of a sudden I was ready and motivated to work, so I sat down and wrote the majority of my evaluation which put me ahead for tomorrow which is when other people are starting. For the future I need to make sure that I always come in with a working mind-set to reduce the chances of this re-occurring.

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Today I wanted to concentrate on the editing of my second video. I created a second videos because my first video was too long and I felt like I needed to make another video which was more informative and to the point. So I had started the editing process and everything was going well. Because I had edited my other video I felt a lot more confident during the editing process and didn’t need much help. I then received my feedback from my tutor about task 2, my research summary wasn’t very persuasive and didn’t have enough analysis, so I had to then re-write the whole thing which took up my time for the rest of the day. I feel like today I had to work on my time keeping skills because I had a schedule and unfortunately I couldn’t stick to it because I needed to re-write the summary.

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Today has been a good day. I got the background music and the final edit done. This has helped me out getting it done early, because I have been able gain some feedback of peers in terms of my video. The feedback that I have is very mixed, one said they have no interest I cars but really did enjoy the video because of the way it cuts to all the different shot, but on the other hand the other person I asked said they also have no interest in cars but they had a mixed reaction to video. They said they enjoyed the video due to the shots and the flow but they said due to the length of the video some people might get bored. Unfortunately today I was told that I need to create a few more shorter videos to help the audience because I haven’t captured the main focus of my pitch in my initial video. So over the weekend I will look to create a few small videos showing a little bit more about young drivers. Today I would say the only problem that I faced was being told that some more videos will be better, I know the tutors are helping me by saying some more videos will look better however it does knock my confidence thinking if I don’t manage to create these videos I will be in a bad position in terms of my grade. Again today I do feel like I have improved/ used my time management skill by squeezing so much into such a short period of time.

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So today I came in early and got myself a little head start in terms of getting the editing under way. So I began editing again but me and my concentrations levels just dropped and I was left staring at the screen so bored so I decided to move onto the website. The website was fairly easy to do because I added the pages and the title. So I was indulged in getting the gallery done and putting photos on all the pages. Today I feel like I hindered my chances of completing the edit because of my lack in concentration, which I need to get under control. I will try doing this by sitting alone and staying of my phone. After I finished adding the images onto my website I did go back to editing but I didn’t manage to add the final touches. So I will be completing the edit tomorrow.

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Today I started the long-winded process of editing. I was very motivated to get the editing done so that I could see the final the piece of work that I have produced; but unfortunately I’m not the most competent in editing. So this proved to be a problem when I was putting it together. Fortunately I have a peer that helped me out with the minor problem that I encountered helping me through the day. The edit was so long that I didn’t managed to finish today but first thing tomorrow I will begin the editing again. Today I feel like I have developed my editing skill and would like to try tomorrow to edit without the hep of my peer.

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Today was a massive rush for me because I was looking to start creating my website which I did start to do. So I started putting little bits in place such as titles and getting the page layout ready before I got to the stage of inserting videos and picture. I was then notified that I needed to create a storyboard for my video idea. This was a problem that I faced because I was told that I didn’t need one then at the last minute I was informed that I did in fact need a storyboard. The reason this was a problem was because I didn’t add time in my schedule for this meaning that I didn’t really have the time to do it. So I put my head down and concentrated on the work and got the storyboard done and out of the way. So after completing the storyboard I went and got my signature on the equipment-booking sheet and took the relevant equipment. Today I would say that I massively developed my time management skills because I had to find space and time in the day for the storyboard while still doing the days target which I needed to meet other wise I would’ve been behind schedule.

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Today I continued with my preproduction paperwork. So today the paper work that I got done was my location visit sheet and my equipment-booking log. These are two very important pieces of paperwork because the location visit sheet allows me to get an understanding of the location I will be shooting at before I get there. While doing the location sheet I did email Porlock manor estate explaining to them that I’m a student looking to film in the area and I didn’t receive anything back, which I assumed, meant I was able to use the location. The equipment booking sheet is a very useful piece of paperwork also because its easier for out technician to know what we want and when we want it so they can make a log of when we have it. Today I wouldn’t say that I experienced any problem other then not receiving and email back. Skills that I gained today I would say are my communication skill, because composing an email to the Manor Estate is a daunting task because if I say one thing wrong then it could hinder my chances.

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Today was the start of preproduction, this is another lengthy task which is well worth it once its done. Skills that I have developed today are my concentration skills, today I stayed focused and got the work done so that I can get started on production tomorrow. So the work that I completed to day was a production schedule, this helps my to stay on task and on time which all the work. So it’s a day-by-day log, which tells me the target I would like to have completed by the end of the day. Also I completed a risk assessment, this was a problem for me because I didn’t see the risks until I asked a tutor and they explain some of the most bizarre possibilities but they are still possibly so they are the risk that incorporated. What I completed today will help with the smooth running of the rest of the process and keep me on target to meet the dead line.

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Today was a massively productive day for me. I say this because I completed my daily target and much more. Today’s main tasks were to go out and get a wide range of primary research. This task consists of going and getting 1:1 interviews, Vox pops and focus groups. I completed all of the following however I feel that I could’ve pushed myself to get more vox pops. Not getting that many vox pops isn’t a major issues, as I don’t feel they are very effective method of primary research. The other two research methods however are going to help greatly with the completion of my project, getting the publics opinion on my idea and getting ideas from them helped greatly. Not being very confident when approaching strangers I feel that I had to over come this today and would say I have gained a lot more confidence and will use this is other research tasks and feedback groups in the future. A problem that I faced to day was that the Vox pops are very difficult to source, asking so many people at a time in public, many people are busy or don’t have any time which makes it difficult to got results, the way around this is persistence and in this case the persistence paid off.

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Today wasn't a very productive day in terms of work, the task was to go out and gather some secondary research. Unfortunately when going to the library I couldn't find many sources in terms of hard evidence instead of using the Internet. However I have a magazine at home that will be very useful and I will complete the set task at home later. After coming back from lunch I found a magazine of Top Gear, which I downloaded and began to create a research portfolio on it, which I will complete at home also. I wouldn't say that I have improved or gained any skills in terms of my secondary research and the reason behind this is because I didn't get the chance to find the right source to start looking into depth with. The later part of the day consisted of a pad let diary entry workshop where I learned how to write the merit/ distinction diaries. Feedback from a peer on my recent diary entries is that they are very brief and don't offer a range of what skills I have learnt or improved which brings them down, so I will be going back and improving the existing entries.

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Friday came along and once again I was met with another fantastic workshop to help me learn more about the DSLR and some photography methods. Today I leant how to change the shutter speed, aperture and ISO on the DSLR, these small but very significant things will help me when I come to use the camera for future projects. Some problems that I faced today were the time in which we were given as groups of 5 to go and shot 3 shots each. The problem we had some people wanted to be in different places to others and this was time consuming getting to all the different places. However we over came this by working as a group and being mature about the decisions we were all making not to mess around like we sometimes do and we just decided to get the work done.

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Today I finished the research into industry professionals, this was a stressful and long winded task which I can now see is well worth the time, I say this because from the people I have looked into I have gained knowledge of some great techniques they use and their styles in which they present. I would like to use these techniques in my own work to engage the audience. After this I began to look at the competition in the industry. The market for what I would like to do is very wide but I haven’t yet found anything that is the same, which means my idea will have a unique selling point. Some problems that I have faced when looking into research is that I didn’t know who to use for my industry professionals because I wasn’t sure to base it on website designers or presenters, I over came this by underlining that the video content is the main source on the website so I decided to use presenters as research. While looking into the research tasks I have had to learn how to create a Harvard reference; the reason for this is so when my work comes to being assed they will be able to see where my work has been based upon.

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Today we started to look at research and in particular secondary research; this sort of research can vary from looking on the Internet, to going to the library looking through books etc. So working by myself is a task in its self but I am prepared for the workload to begin, however looking at this particular task it means that I don’t need to look into the job roles because I am the only person in my group so looking into job roles would be very long as extensive because I will be doing everything myself. Instead I will be looking into the industry professionals of my idea so I can see what techniques and skills they have which I might be able to take on board and use it in my own work. So the research started by looking at presenters of similar topic which I scars of course and the first thing that came to mind was top gear, also in m y opinion top gear has some of the most talented and skilled presenters in modern day television. Also I took the time at home to research a vlogger who I found on YouTube who creates videos about cars and is very good with his technique and skills so I don’t some research into him as well. A problem that I faced was that the vlogger wasn’t very popular so there wasn’t background information nor was there much information at all but I did my best with what I had to put together a small portfolio.

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Today we had a workshop on editing, so the task for the day was that we were set into our normal groups and then we were told that idea of the task is not what material we film but how we edit it. So there were 5 or 6 different narratives, which also had a piece of equipment on, which had to be used during the filming. So out of hat we picked, and we picked the storyline of teenage pressure. This is a fairly easy topic due to the fact everyone in the group are teenagers and of course we have all experienced some sort of pressure in the past. So we sat around a table and this where we had a problem because everyone had different ideas and we couldn’t decide which one to pick until I though of the idea to do something surrounding the ‘boys and girls cant be friends’ topic. So we used the college campus to record because it’s a relevant place for us to be so once we completed we went back to class where Dave was doing tutorial of premiere pro. This helped me massively because I have never used premier pro as a platform for editing and I’m not that competent in editing anyway. So we then went off and used what we had just learned to create a small film/ trailer from the footage we had. The evidence of this is available on showbie.

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Today wasn't a very productive day for me in terms of getting very far in the F.M.P process. I started the day by finishing my proposal documents which consist of my mind map which is where all my initial ideas were jotted down, also I took the time to develop in detail my main idea onto a annotated mood board. Using the mood board I went round to some student in the open plan who didn’t know anything about my idea and I asked them what there inference was from looking at my mood board and all the answers were similar and where what I wanted to hear because they had understood my idea.  After this I started to create a document, which I wrote about what I’ve gained from, started the course and how I’m going to use it in my project. At the end of the day when all this was complete it was time form the pitch, for some reason I went camera shy and I didn’t want to do it but then I started and I was absolutely fine. I felt that I had explained my idea as well as I could’ve possible done and this made me feel confident about my idea and I couldn’t wait to start the rest of the F.M.P.

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Today I concentrated on the finalisation of my mood board and final touches to my mind map. These two pieces didn’t seem relevant to me at the beginning and I felt that they were a waste of time but I noticed without them no one would be able to understand why I have developed that idea etc. I then gathered some feedback from peers about my mood board, which is shown below. The later part of the day is when I started to concentrate on the proposal paper work which is very long, which I found to be a problem because I’m distracted so easily I found it difficult to get the work done as I wasn’t focused or concentrated. So instead of not being productive at all I started to look at some ideas or style that I could present my pitch.

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The feedback I gained form my mood board is very constructive and is going to help me when it comes to my pitch. The main confusion people faced is that they wasn't 100% sure of what the main idea is, they thought is was a general mood board about cars etc. I am going to pitch with clarity to the idea by explaining the images individually and giving examples of what I've been through.

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Today we started to look at the FMP in detail and get started on the first section (task 1). This task allows us to put down our initial ideas after seeing the brief such as a mind map, detailed annotated story board and finally a proposal which I will be doing next week. The images below show the ideas that I had and also a development in the form a mood board of my main idea.

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So today we was set the task of completing all work from the first 7 units which wasn't complete, I had done most if not all the work so I was ok in terms of the work required. we then started to look at our feedback from other units so we could identify our strengths and weaknesses in terms of units so we know where to concentrate and give 100% effort during the FMP.