Production Log 6

What progress did you make since your last entry?

I have now completed the project. I imported the music for the interviews, opening segment and sign off segment. I have also lengthened some graphics as there was not enough time to read them perviously. I did a voice over for some of the graphics as the silence was not well fitting with the flow of the documentary. Other than this not much as changed in the documentary and i happy with its outcome. 

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

I encounter no logistical challenges this week as it was very quickly finished and planned out well..

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

I had a very small problem of making a graphic scroll on the editing software but i looked up on the internet a tutorial to do the task i was attempted and quickly found the correct way to do it.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

This was the final week so i will not but doing any more updates to the production log.

Production Log 5

What progress did you make since your last entry?

I have nearly completed the entirety of the project now as i finished up with all the editing together and only need to add in some background music and do some tweaks to the footage to improve the quality. I had to remove a large portion of the documentary as the max time allowed as 10 minutes and i ran my documentary for 17 minutes.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

The only issue i faced was the trying to cut down the less imported footage but that was not too hard as i found i have a large section at the start about the 1st day without sleep that was rather boring and pointless to have.

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

I am very familiar with the program, Final Cut Express from pervious production, therefor i did not run into any challenges.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

The up coming week will be the last week of editing and i will only using a small portion of time next week to add the music and a couple of graphics, and possibly voice overs if any improvements are necessary. This should not take much time to do.

Documentary

production Log 4

What progress did you make since your last entry?

This week i have been in the studio most of the time editing the footage i have. Sadly i have not be able to use all the time i was allocated to the studio as it became occupied during some of my time. Other than this i have been able to work very efficiently. During the time i was sent away i had recored the final parts of the documentary such as the summery and intro. I have also given up on the search for the psychological expert as i have too much footage as it is and it will not effect the documentary too much.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

The only issue i faced was the cancelation of the editing studio. This was not much of a big deal as i still had footage i could recored making the time well used for different parts of the project.

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

I am very familiar with the program, Final Cut Express from pervious production, therefor i did not run into any challenges.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

Next week i would like to finish all the editing for the documentary as well as adding all music, final graphics and do the voice over for the small sections i am missing.

Production Log 3

What progress did you make since your last entry?

This week i have recored the interviews for the documentary and started to sort though the diary logs on final cut express. I have decided to also record multiple cut aways for the documentary as i did not get any during the study.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

I came across no problems this week as the interviews stayed available and i had no reason to rebook or change any plans.

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

There has not been any technical challenges this week luckily, the recording went to plan and most of this week was looking though and sorting out what footage i would use for the documentary.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

By the end of the up coming week i would like to complete all my footage recording as well as starting to edit at least the first minute of the documentary.

Production Log 2

What progress did you make since your last entry?

This week i have recored the main part of the documentary, the case study. Hollie Wollaston and myself have recorded several update Vlogs during the time of the experiment showing our behaviour change and how much different our health gets by doing this. We did a stacking cups challenges as well to provide proof of our reaction time getting worse. I have also re-booked an interview with the nurse and GP for next Tuesday. I also got a head start with graphics and have completed the opening warning screen.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

During the week i have still not been able to book an interview with a psychologist, I have emailed and rung up multiple people and they either no not reply, are unable to do the interview or a couple of the them sent me an article about sleep deprevation, stating they cannot attend a interview but the article may help, and forward me to another person who could help. Some of the interview requests are still pending and i will check daily for a reply.

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

There has not been any technical challenges this week due to mainly good planning. The mail recording was either set up on a tripod, that hardly moved during the video logs, or hand held due to confidence and location. As the recording was a case study these methods where acceptable to use as it influences the realism of the situation.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

By the end of next week i plan to have imported all the case study footage and look though it to pick out what footage i will use for each section in the documentary. I also plan to have completed the interview with GP and Nurse and have that footage also imported. I hopefully will also be able to get all the Voxpops i need for the public montage, and get the interview with the psychologist booked up and set.

Production Log 1

What progress did you make since your last entry?

This week i have finished off completing all of the pre-production work including; the recci for all locations, risk assessments for all the locations, a production schedule to help layout and manage the dates and times of each of the production and post-production days, multiple call sheets for more information on each of the production days and finally a crew list, listing all the members of the crew. By having all this pre-production complete i am ready to set out to record all the footage planned for next week.

What logistical challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

During the week i had been emailed by the psychologist, Mrs Eden, stating that she could no longer take part in my documentary as a client has came up during the time slot we had arranged. Due to this cancelation I no longer have a psychological view point on the topic which is fairly important as it gives the audience the minds role in sleep deprivation from an expert. I have not yet fixed this problems as i have emailed several other psychologist and psychology professors for their participation but i have not yet got a response granting me an interview with any of them. I will carry on though next week trying to resolve this problem.

What techincal challenges did you face this week and how did you overcome them?

There has not been any technical challenges this week as i have not been using any equipment such as cameras and editing programs. Although i had trouble importing pictures of the location for the Recci onto Blogger. To fix this was very simple, as i change from internet explorer to Google Chrome. I do not know how it fixed the problems but it worked. Other than this very small issue i had with Blogger everything else went smoothly.

what targets do you aim to acheive before your next entry?

By the end of next week i plan to have filmed the two interview with the GP and Nurse, as i have booked an interview with them at the Nurse's house on Tuesday. Shown in the Production schedule. After this i also plan to have the case study completed. This would be very important as it is the largest part of the documentary.

A extra, unexpected target is to also find a interview with an expert to give me a psychological approach to the topic. This is quite urgent so i would need to find one as soon as possible.