1. PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK
(Including Possible Contingency
Plans If Problems Anticipated)
September 2012
(Detailed Monthly
Summary)
This month was the first stage of the
production process, I was assigned my
group. At first I was in a group with
Sophie Ounsworth and Emily Shepherd
however due to a timetable change I had
to change groups and was working with
Sara McGranaghan, Devon Newton and
Edward Guy. The group then split again
due to a disagreement in the genre of
music video we wanted to do. This left
me and Sara working alone as a two,
until Abbey Moss started on the course
and joined our group. We knew that we
wanted to do a music video but were
unsure what type of music video we
wanted to do.
Now I have settled into a group
next month I aim to complete my
ancillary research and construction
of both Ancillary 1 and 2. Also I
hope to look at other music videos
to research ideas from them.
October 2012
(Detailed Monthly
Summary)
I started to look into research into my
Ancillary Projects, I looked at CD covers
by Allister, Paramore and Taking Back
Sunday and then composed my own CD
disk that represented the conventions of
a music CD disc. Similarly, I looked into
research of music posters, I looked at
one by Madonna, Wretch 32 and Pitbull
and then Similarly created my own
poster due to the conventions I found
that all of the poster held.
Considering I set myself the target
last month of ‘complete my
ancillary research and construction
of both Ancillary 1 and 2. Also I
hope to look at other music videos
to research ideas from them’. This
meant that I should assign myself
next month to Market Research as
I didn’t get to start it this month.
November 2012
(Detailed Monthly
Summary)
This month we received some bad news
as a group that Sara was no longer
continuing with the course and therefore
the music video was now just mine and
Abbey’s.
Me and Abbey got a lot of research done
into what people wanted to see, we
created a questionnaire and handed it
out to people to see what people wanted
to see in a music video similarly. We
created an ideas mind map to discuss all
of the thoughts that we had and see
what we think would work and not work.
We did this so that all of the choices that
we made were agreed between us both
and we weren’t just making one persons
idea of the perfect music video and
ignoring the other persons perspective.
I looked into other music videos and
analysed the conventions they used, I
looked at Beyonce, Radiohead and Little
We need to continue our main
product research next month and
hopefully decide on a song for our
music video, a genre to look at and
create market research about
what people want in a music video
to help us with our music videos.

2. Mix. However we decided that due to
the majority of our market research
saying they preferred Rock video’s that
we would do a rock video.
December 2012
(Detailed Monthly
Summary)
At the beginning of December we started
to plan our music video, we chose the
song ‘Rockstar’ by Nickelback due to the
feedback that we received saying that
the majority of people wanted a
rock/pop music video.
We need to generate a mind map
of ideas that we have as a group to
make sure that we are on the
same lines with what we want to
do for our music video.
Mon W/B
07/01/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
This week I finished off our initial mind
map and analysed the results that I got
from our idea generations as a group.
We decided that we didn’t want to make
a conventional music video and wanted
to go against the conventions by using
different characters, locations, not
obeying a certain dress code and using
personal props chosen by the characters.
I’d like to have all of the
storyboard and script finished next
week so that I can start filming the
week after.
Mon W/B
14/01/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
This week I focused on creating a script
and a storyboard for our music video,
this was very time consuming and meant
that I was running behind the date I
wanted to start filming by a week.
Due to me not completing the
target I set myself for this week I
am keeping the same target for
next week.
I want to have the storyboard and
script finished next week so that I
can start filming the week after.
Mon W/B
21/01/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
This week I carried on and finished my
storyboard and script ready for filming
next week.
Next week I want to hire a camera
from college to get used to the
software and the editing software
whilst we aren’t rushing with our
actual footage.
Mon W/B
28/01/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
We started filming our music video this
week. We have filmed a few clips in
college to get used to the technology and
get an idea of how the software works.
We have six clips at the moment and this
is a good starting base for the editing
process.
Next week we need to film some
more shots and get everything
ready for the filming in the half-
term as this is the time I hope to
get all of the filming done.
Mon W/B
04/02/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
We used our time this week in college to
prepare getting everything ready for half
term. We made sure that we had a clear
plan for the week ahead and had some
original footage. We decided where we
wanted each shot to be filmed ideally
and aimed to stick to this in the next
week.
Next week is half-term we need to
hire out the camera and go out
and get a variety of people to film
for our music video, possibly in
Manchester City Centre.
I aim to have at least 70% of the
footage filmed in this next week.
Mon W/B
11/02/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
Filming in the week was harder than we
both originally planned, we set a full day
aside to film in Manchester City Centre,
however we found that people weren’t
very interested in being part of our music
When we get back to college we
need to upload all of the footage
that we have onto Premier Pro and
look at the footage that we got
separately.

3. video, we left Manchester City Centre
with only five usable footage pieces.
We met up for a second day in the
holidays to film more clips. This day was
successful however we only had limited
characters to be filmed this day.
Separately both of us tried to get footage
for the music video, I have took the video
camera and Abbey will be filming on her
iPhone. I got three more people to use
for the music video.
Syncing the lips of the music will
take up a lot of the lesson when
we get back and therefore should
focus our time directly on this.
Mon W/B
18/02/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
When we got back to college we found
that the lip syncing part of editing was a
lot harder and more time consuming
than we had both originally thought it
would be, this meant that we have taken
up four hours just syncing the footage
that we already have.
Similarly, we found that the footage we
had got separately also clashed and took
over what we had filmed, meaning that
we had filmed the same lines.
We need to split the script
effectively so that we aren’t both
filming the same lines and
therefore keeping us in a vicious
circle of not having enough
footage. Similarly, I think maybe
we should be in charge of editing
the footage that we filmed and just
asking the other member for
confirmation as tweaking and
working together on the editing is
using valuable time that we need
for filming.
I’m hiring the camera again for
next week so that I can try and
finish all of the filming.
Mon W/B
25/02/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
I hired the camera for the first half of the
week and managed to get eight more
people to star in our music video. The
task of getting people to appear in our
music video was proving harder than we
originally planned this meant that we
were totally behind schedule for how
much footage we had, similarly a lot of
the footage that we have doesn’t fit with
the song and when it’s slowed down still
doesn’t look neat enough to keep as part
of the finished product which meant that
we still are missing a lot of footage.
Next week I think we should aim to
get more footage if possible and
start to edit more of the footage
that we have, we need to start to
make sure that we have a basic
outline of what we still need to
film.
Mon W/B
04/03/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
This week wasn’t as productive as I
would have liked, me and Abbey both
tried to edit different sections of the
music video however again we were
getting in each other’s way and therefore
not getting much progress done, this
meant that the stress that we were
getting behind schedule was hitting
home and I was losing focus on the task.
I need to set myself clear, small
and more achievable targets to
complete the work. I need to work
on my music video more out of
lesson time as with two people
trying to work on it in lesson it
becomes stressful.
I need to make sure that all of the
filming is finished.
Mon W/B
11/03/13
(Detailed Weekly
I started the week by making a day to
day plan of everything I needed to do so
Next week we NEED to start to edit
ideally due to the technical

4. Summary) that it was more achievable. I set two
days aside to film some more footage
and got another bulk. We now have
about 50% of perfect footage and a lot of
average and spare footage complete this
has meant that our music video is finally
starting to flow.
This week we faced a lot of technical
problems with the computers at college
which meant that we were out of work
for two days due to the computer not
stopping crashing. This put me back a
few steps on my personal week planner.
problems we have faced we are
now behind the original plan of
action. If we are still encountering
problems I think that we should
film next week until we are able to
edit effectively again. This means
that we may be behind with the
editing but at least we should have
completed all of the necessary
filming
Mon W/B
18/03/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
This week we still had problems with the
computers this meant that I used my
plan B and filmed more footage over this
week whilst Abbey decided that she
would try to edit footage, this was a time
consuming task and meant that she
didn’t get much work done. We
complained again about the software on
the computer we was using and our
tutor decided that he would find us
another computer to move to next week.
Hopefully next week we will be on
a new computer where the editing
software works properly if this is
effective hopefully we will have all
of the footage ready to edit and be
able to get more editing done.
Mon W/B
01/04/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
We moved rooms this week due to the
technical problems over the last two
weeks, we lost about seven clips which
was quite a large part of our music video
considering we didn’t have all of the
footage edited and uploaded properly
originally.
Next week I aim to complete all of
the filming. Ideally I don’t want to
be filming after next week again,
this is mainly due to the fact that
filming is time consuming and the
editing is more important. Similarly
I want to have all of the footage
uploaded onto Premier and placed
in the correct order.
Mon W/B
08/04/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
All the filming was done this week that
wasn’t completed Abbey said that she
was getting more footage however was
absent from the process for a week and
therefore meant that we were again
behind time for the collection of footage,
finally at the end of the week I had at
least one clip for every line of the music
video, this did mean that a few lines that
were repeated had a repeated clip but at
least it created a complete music video.
This was all uploaded and lip-synced until
I could work on it next week more
detailed.
Finish last minute filming that
needs changing, complete music
video edit to a completed and
appropriate first draft standard.
Upload the music video onto
Youtube and create a focus group
about the audience feedback from
the music video.
Complete any outstanding tasks on
the blog.
Mon W/B
15/04/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
This was originally the deadline week
and therefore I have been in college
every day from 9 until 6 trying to
complete incomplete tasks however I still
Redo ancillary 1 and 2 using still
images from my music video.
Complete pieces off the blog that
are missing.

5. have a lot of editing that needs to be
done if I want it to be perfect. The
filming is all done now except two
sections where I haven’t taken into
account the instrumental three seconds
before a line and therefore I have a black
space that I need to re-film some footage
so that it is perfect similarly the line ‘Get
a front door key to the Playboy Mansion’
still needs to be filmed.
Upload any necessary work onto
Blogger.
Complete a second draft of my
music video, changing editing on
the final part of the music video.
Film the line ‘Get a front door key
to the playboy mansion’.
Mon W/B
22/04/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
I have filmed the final sections of my
footage and sorted my editing out for
the whole music video. I have redone my
ancillary’s this week and they link
perfectly to the main piece as it uses
footage from the music video to create
synergy between the products.
I have completed question one and four
of my evaluation this week and received
a lot of feedback from my audience
research that I can use for my
questionnaire. The focus group was
worthwhile and has shown me other
peoples outlook on what could be
improved.
Get all work completed. Check
blog and complete any outgoing
work for deadline.
Mon W/B
29/04/13
(Detailed Weekly
Summary)
I checked my blog. Rearranged titles and
labels to make sure that the layout was
neat and professional and I submitted
my work.
Final deadline day.
PROGRESS UPDATE PLAN FOR NEXT MONTH / WEEK
(Including Possible Contingency
Plans)