Monday 29 April 2013

FMP PRODUCTION DIARY 2013 BLOG

The biggest project of the course is here - there is simply no avoiding it and because it is required I am going to keep track and nearly every little thing while making my FMP (Final Major Project).


February - March 2013

Search looking for Secondary research on the three idea that I might want to use for the project: Alzheimer's, Sailing and Fandom


February 14th
Print out research

Begin highlighting everything


February 16th
Highlighting the research is  taking longer than I thought - then I get told that I have to annotate what I might use in the documentary and I already wrote lots!


February 27th

Emailed a Sailing Charity Organisation


March 4th

Pitch Project Presentation - decided to go with Fandom


March 21st

First Primary research Interview


March 29th

Second Primary Reseach Interview


March 30th

Two More Primary Research Interviews


April 2nd

Starting on the script


April 16

Got email from Penny - have to reschedule the interview with her grandson

Got email from Phil Ferret - reschedule as he is busy for the moment


April 17

Emailed again to the Portsmouth Sherlock Museum again - just realised I forgot the most important part of starting an email "Dear Sir/Madam"

Emailed also to Another Sherlock Museum  in London

Emailed to Terry Pratchett's agent Colin Smythe

Getting a little bit worried about all of this......

Worried about Vox Pops - think of using Fareham Town Centre or anywhere on on the street

An Hour later: No on the London Museum, or Kaleb Nation, or Terry Pratchett as I get replies back

Wrote more of the script - near the end - I think


April 18th

Ask Ingrid for a extended loan on the equipment


April 19th

Not feeling too great but filming a few stuff and voice over


April 21st 

Finishing up the script


April 22

*singing* I am not getting enough interviews - would really need some vox pots

Email to Penny to see when her grandson would be available 

Email Phil about the questions

Make a Word Doc about the questions

Thinking of title sequence and arguing with Neil about the difference between "crazy" and "fanatic"


April 24th

Getting real depressed with all of this as no-one at all will reply or say yes to a interview

Had a brain storm with my Auntie and suddenly I'm OK again - sort of

Got a list of people to ask and hope I will my aunt's help in calling them too.

Hopefully now the script will be better as I couldn't really finish without interviews for a direction.


April 25

Download Archive footage clips as it is about Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock's demise in Switzerland and the idea behind it

Have a crazy idea of asking the fans on Twitter for help...


April 26

Call Tina to ask if she and Chloe will be OK with an interview

Talk to Steve what needs to improve on the journal (loads as usual)

Maybe film of myself about fandom facts. or something.


April 28th

With Mum, wrote some more questions for the interviews - if I ever get more than two...


April 29th

Write up about what I will be using for cutaways and graphics for the FMP

Analyse the FMP so far.....Oh yeah it's going well (sarcasm...)

Did a timeline about how I would set the interviews in a certain order. This helped because this way I knew what to end the documentary with. This is also a great way of getting myself organised as I am stressing out a lot over this.




Done email to Tina and Chloe


April 30th

May email to Penny again as I have no answer


May 1st

With Sedtin's suggestion - email Bambi and Vicki through Facebook to ask them for interviews.
Quick message back both of them said that they will - got it all sorted and the dates for the interviews - 8th and 9th May

Got another interview with help from my Auntie - her daughter-in-law Kelley who is a huge Harry Potter fan and is a mother of two children which one of them is also a huge harry Potter fan. The interview was arranged on the 9th May.


May 2nd - 5th

Journal stuff

Print out emails - tried again with Penny but nothing - I may never got the interview done in time
anyways


May 7th

Get questions sorted for the upcoming interviews - Vicki, Bambi and Kelley


May 8th

Vicki interview - went really well. Got cutaways and RECCE pictures to add with the other ones


May 9th

Bambi Interview done in the morning/lunchtime - that went well

Then in the late afternoon - Kelley Interview and then out of the blue - got another one - her husband Darren who is a Formula One fan and it was good to got both parents as in the interview they talk about their children

Later in the evening - get the clips onto a memory stick so it's a quicker transfer for tomorrow


May 10th

Get the clips sorted onto the computer where I am editing

Work on the script again to sort out how I am going to plan out - it's never cease to amaze me how I can never settled the planning!

work on the voice overs


May 11th

Finish the work that is long over due

Got one more interview - Tim Foster, a huge Marvel comic fan for next Monday


May 13th

Interview with Tim went well - but he forgot to bring in comics for cutaways so may have to work on that.....


May 14th

Interview with Phil Smith - went really well, got a lot of cutaways to use which is good


May 15th

Work more on animation today - will work on my journal later in the evening


May 17th

Got to get a move on with the editing, although I am ahead of the game - doesn't stop me from worrying like hell!!!

Frustrated with some of the video clips that were hazy/fuzzy and out of sync even though they worked on my laptop. Download those voice overs and myself clips again later.


May 19th

With my nephew's birthday party on Saturday will work more on the journal and do what Steve suggested about the production work - time management, list of contacts - that sort of stuff.


May 20th

Print out the rest of RECCE location. the list of contacts and finish up Time Management

Editing a lot today but now I have TOO much that I want to stick in SOOOO little time!!!
The main interviews that I want to stick in is the Docotr WHo fan, the Anime fan and the Harry Potter/Twilight fan who is also a mother. (put in where she talks about her kids in the documentary!)

Soooo to thining about and only a few days left.......


May 21st

Annontate some more

Worried about getting the editing done.....as usual.....


May 22nd

Journal competed - at last! two days before deadline is VERY good indeed!!

Regret I didn't come in earlier, computer was taken until about 3pm so I only about 2 hours of editing.

Made a list of what needs doing, made titles for FMP while waiting for computer.

Reminder to set up the alarm for a early start.



May 23rd

Came in after 9am to do editing. Stayed until 5pm. Got a lot done. Glad I did came in today

Sorted all what I need do. Can only wait in it all will be done by tomorrow.....



May 24th

Last day, breakie with Sedtin and then - HELL BEGINS!!!

Cutaways to be done and there is ALOT of footage to go through!

YES THE FMP IS DONE WITH 30 MINS TO SPARE......for now until the feedback comes after half-term.

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