FMP: Directory Portfolio

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FMP: Final Product

FMP: Week 9 Summary

What work was completed this week?

This week focused entirely on finalising the editing process for my project. As with the previous two weeks, the majority of the work was based around formulating the narrative, essentially slotting the clips in together to create the documentary.

The majority of the special effects editing had been completed in previous weeks and therefore it was mostly just final last minute edits such as ensuring transitions between clips were smooth and the piece flowed well.

The major editing element I incorporated this week was the creation of an introductory voice over which I had scripted previously before the editing process, but was unsure as to whether I would use it in the final piece. I felt that while the documentary was fairly self explanatory for the most part this opening dialogue gives more context to the piece for the viewer. This I feel goes well with the opening cinematic and the introductory video diary, as it throws the viewer in and gets them questioning the piece before giving them context. It grabs their interest before giving them more to go on thus engaging the viewer more. The process of creating this voice over simply revolved around the recording of the audio in audacity and then using the same software to remove background noise. I then added this in and used the same process I had used to animate text for the names of people in the documentary to animate text for the opening few lines of dialogue. Following this I added some imagery of what I was discussing before using stock footage I had of games and people gaming to fill in the rest of the segment. This then goes on to play the press start opening before the documentary begins.

As well as this I added in the necessary credits acknowledging any game footage used, the media footage used and naming those whose interviews feature in the documentary. Apart from these aspects the editing process was much the same as previously until it was completed totalling somewhere over 50 hours for editing over the post production cycle.

I then rendered the piece and placed it online for the viewing of lecturers and peers.

Feedback from lecturers of FMP

The feedback from lecturers after viewing the piece was incredibly positive. The head of the media department was incredibly impressed with the scope of the product and felt it was well put together and followed a cohesive narrative and had professional level editing.

My tutor, who has been most involved with feedback over the creation process, was also impressed with the project and had some feedback in terms of improvements for future reference. In some cases it was noted that the interviewees would make a point and then carry on speaking then reiterating the point, this was not always necessary and could have been cut earlier on. There were also a few points where some edits and transitions were not as clean as they could of been with one interviewee being cut off while saying “and”. All the issues with the piece that were raised are totally valid and also aspects I noticed myself when watching it back, but due to time constraints with the editing process was unable to fix as rendering time was around 5 hours. I have reflected upon this feedback in more detail in the final evaluation in the FMP portfolio.

Problems faced

The main problems this week came down to the amount of time editing and rendering took up.

Another problem I had was that the audio in several of the clips had lowered in quality for an unknown reason and I could not revert it to its original quality. This affected all the clips featuring the safeguarding officer and several other clips found throughout the project file.

How were they overcome

With the time issue the major solution to this was through have previous planned out my schedule and working toward the final deadline since the beginning of the project. As I had been generous with time to allow for issues such as editing taking longer than expected I had been able to start the process earlier and since being ahead in all other areas of the project could dedicate more time to the editing process. I also rendered the piece overnight so it did not interfere with any other work that needed to be completed after the project was completed.

With regards to the audio issue the work around was long and tedious. I had to delete each clip individually that was affected and then re cut the clip from the original files. It took approximately an hour to go through and complete this, which while doesn’t seem much in the grand scheme of the project was still problematic as I was just about to render before this occurred. It wasn’t a major issue and again since I had been ahead in other areas of the project I had time I could allocate to resolving this issue.

Evaluation of work completed this week

As this was the final week of work towards the project I have reflected upon the product as a whole in the final evaluation in the FMP document rather than reflecting upon this week individually as it was mainly the same as the previous post. The evaluation covers the editing process extensively.

Next week’s itinerary

1. Complete the final evaluation
2. Ensure all work in FMP portfolio is completed
3. Submit work and wait for feedback
4. Once feedback is received make any necessary changes

Was work completed in reference to plan/am I on track

The project is now completed and I have managed to go into the final week with all work completed to the individual deadlines set for myself. The only work left to complete is the final evaluation and ensure the work for the FMP portfolio has been all been completed to a high standard.

*Please note – there will be no evaluation of work completed for the final week (Week 10) as it will be completing the final evaluation which can be found in the FMP directory.

FMP: Weekly Summary 7+8

*Please note – weeks 7+8 comprised of the same work as both were comprised almost entirely of editing. I have therefore combined the two weeks as one summary.

What work was completed this week?

The work completed over the past two weeks has been almost entirely editing of the documentary. As of now I have completely approximately half of the final project and plan to finish off the editing next week (week 9) giving me a final week to ensure all written documentation of the project is completed and do a final evaluation of the entire project.

The first aspect of the editing process was to go through all the footage and break it all up into separate clips that I felt had a place in the documentary. Once this was done I begun to group all the clips based on subject matter – such as discussions of whether gaming can be an addictions, the affects of gaming addiction etc… This process took upwards of around 7 hours.

Following from having the clips grouped I began creating a short intro cinematic using footage from my gaming social experiment combined with gaming clips before cutting to a title screen. This was following on from the cinematic storyboard as seen in the production log.

The next aspect I focused on after starting to load the clips in order after the opening cinematic was additional editing affects. Due to the documentary being based on gaming I wanted to stylise my documentary effects as such. Therefore I downloaded a font by the name of ‘Press Start’. The font is styled to be retro gaming inspired. I used this font for all the text in the documentary including the title screen.

I then used sony vegas 13 pro’s type writer effect to animate the text to make it appear as if it were being typed out on the screen (YouTube Channel – timetokickit, 2014). This would then make the names of the interviewees appear on the screen in a more stylised way. The interviewee’s relevance to the documentary (such as ‘gaming addict’ or ‘mental health specialist’) would also be typed out in the same way but with a luminescent looking green outline to make it more stylised to gaming and distinguish between the name and there relevance. While the animation is playing I included a sound effect of a futuristic sci-fi esque typing noise. This gives a much more visually stimulating format for the presentation of the introduction of the interviewees.

During the second week I also held a focus group with a group of students aged between 18-20 to gauge interest in the documentary based on the trailer in order to determine if I had successfully created a project that would interest my intended audience. Below is a more in depth analysis of the discussion.

Focus group discussion

The focus group was incredibly successful. I was skeptical that the trailer would be well received by the majority of the group as there was a split of around 50/50 in terms of gamers and non gamers. In this way I was worried I may alienate the audience who were not interested in gaming.

Following watching the trailer everyone in the group expressed interest in the room and said it would be something they would be interested in despite not all being interested in games. Those who were not interested in the gaming element found the idea of the addiction element interesting and were interested in the subject matter.

No one felt that the documentary was not accessible to them based on the content of the trailer.

When asked the length at which they would be interested in the documentary being the general consensus of the room was for 45 minutes was best as many felt 30 minutes would not cover the subject matter enough and an hour would be too long and lose interest.

Many suggestions were made for what to include. Many wanted the shock value of addiction affects and were interested when I mentioned some of the issues mentioned by interviewees and suggested that should be included. Many had a general interest in addiction and the parallels between other more common addictions such as alcoholism and drug addiction to gaming addiction. This is an aspect that is covered through the interview with the mental health specialist and I will make sure to include this element in the final cut.

The final element that many wanted to see more of was actual game footage to include to break up interviews in the final cut. Obviously as the subject is on gaming those who do not play the games in question would like to be given some visual context as to the games in question. Due to this I have been recorded more game footage myself and have reached out to a few friends who play various different genres of competitive games to record footage for me .

Problems faced

This week there were some fairly large problems with the editing process. The biggest of which was the time factor. As I am undertaking the entire editing process myself I have to do all the effect editing, clip editing and audio editing on my own. In total over the past two weeks I have already put over 30 hours of editing in with between 5-7 hour editing sessions non stop in order to ensure the project is completed on time. A lot of this time is playing around with effects and trying to create a more cohesive narrative through matching clips. But the main time consuming aspect has been going through all my stock footage. With around 8 hours worth of interview footage, just going through the footage and cutting relevant clips to use in the project took up an entire day.

One of the biggest problems I faced was trying to find a way to visualise my audio interview as the contact lived in Leeds I was unable to have footage of him for the interview itself. I spent a significant amount of time trying to find a way to visualise the audio but was unable to find anything that didn’t cost money for third party software such as Adobe After Effects.

The last major issue was the of the audio. The audio of the interviews has some background noise in places such as seagulls of just general background buzz.

How were they overcome

With the issue of the amount of time the project is taking to edit I have factored this in. While the initial stage of going through and clipping all the footage and then putting relevant clips together was incredibly time consuming, the more longer I edit the more progress I make in less time. As the project carries on I build momentum knowing where all the footage I need is and already having everything clipped up makes the editing process much more efficient. While this seemed an issue at the time and took a lot of time this week I feel that by the end of week 9 I will have been able to easily finished the final cut with plenty of time to spare. This will allow me to spend week 10 showing the project to people and getting feedback in order to evaluate the project and turn it in as initially planned.

With regards to visualising audio I was able to find a very satisfying work around. While Sony Vegas has no specific way to visualise audio itself it does come with a lot of visual effects that can be applied to clips. Therefore, I rendered out the audio for the clips and played it through Windows Media Player. The software has a setting where you can have it show the audio as a sine wave. I then used screen capture software to record this sine wave with the audio as well. I then synced up the video of the sine wave with the audio in the editor. I then used the chroma key effect to removed the discoloured grey background leaving just the sine wave itself with a pure black background. The sine wave was incredibly thin and difficult to see so I cropped the video to show less of the wave to magnify the effect of it visually. The wave still however looked uninteresting. I then began to experiment with different effects to make the sine wave look more interesting. I found a glow effect which outlined the sine wave (thanks to having chroma keyed out the background). I then set the thickness of the glow and changed the colour to be the same green as the text that had been used with the rest of the project to give a sense of continuity and make it look more gaming related. I also then slightly pixilated the wave to give more of a retro gaming look to the effect. This ended up looking much more visually stimulating than I expected and suited the aesthetic of the project and went from being a weakness to a strength of the interview.

In regards with audio, I have made Audacity (a free audio editing software) linked to Sony Vegas. I am now able to right click on a clip’s audio and it will open in the audacity editor. I have played around with settings and have found it relatively easy to minimise the background audio. I will likely wait until the project is complete and then go through and edit the audio where necessary. With the audio interview as my contact has a professional audio recording software and microphone, his audio was already of professional quality and will not need editing.

Evaluation of work completed this week

These last two weeks are definitely the strongest two weeks in terms of work I have completed. Editing is definitely my strongest area in the project creation process (and the main reason for the creating of the this project). While I feel there are fundamental issues with some of the footage I have filmed looking back through while editing, the majority of the issues with these are things I am capable of mitigating at least to a certain extent.

With editing I feel much more motivated and have a much higher skill level than with the filming and research aspects of the project. Since I have had experience with different Sony Vegas editing softwares since I was 14, I have over 7 years of experience. It is in this project where I am feeling much more confident with my overall creative capabilities. With filming I was limited by space and other people’s organisation, whereas with editing I am giving complete control over my own work.

I am very efficient with editing first cutting files to length and organising clips it ensures a much more streamlined editing process, something I have learnt over time. Saving time allows me to spend more time on other aspects such as effects.

Another aspect I feel I have done well is the stylising of the editing to fit the subject matter without going overboard on the aesthetic so much that it detracts from the serious nature of the documentary.

However, there are still elements of editing that I could have utilised better. I am more used to editing shorter pieces (maximum run time usually consisting of 10 minutes) taking on a 45 minute documentary was a much larger undertaking than I anticipated. So organising of the clips was more difficult with having more footage to work with and I could have utilised elements of the software such as leaving notes on the Sony Vegas project to show what each clip was to save me having to keep going back through the clips to find the correct one.

Another element I could improve on is motivation, after several hours I begin to drag and try to force myself to work through meaning I work at a much slower rate. In this regard I should really taken breaks every so often when feeling like this to ensure as overall it would save me time. Also take breaks would help prevent eye strain and back ache.

If I were to do it again I think I would either set out with a smaller scope of a project focusing on making something around 20 minutes or if I were to do something of a similar size go into it with either a team to work with to break up the workload or a longer timeframe for aspects such as filming and editing (so I would not have to subject myself to 7+ hour editing sessions).

Next week’s itinerary

1. Complete editing of documentary
2. Begin organising groups to view the final product
3. Do any final pieces of written work
4. Scan in all consent forms and add them to the appropriate document

Was work completed in reference to plan/am I on track

In regards to completing work on time the original plan was to complete editing by the end of the ninth week giving me a final week for evaluation and to organise group showing of the final project. Considering the progress made this week I believe I will easily complete the editing process by the end of next week ready to begin the evaluation process and any final pieces of written documentation.

Bibliography

YouTube Channel – timetokickit (2014). Sony Vegas 13 ProType Titler Typewriter Effect. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joq3UCMhyOQ [Accessed 8 May 2017].

 

FMP: Week 6 Summary

What work was completed this week?

This week marked the final week of filming and the end of the production process. While I am still in the process of catching up on written records of pre-production, the production log work is all up to date and completed and therefore I can move on to working on the post production section of the document.

The main aim of this week was to complete several final interviews that had been scheduled and rescheduled for this week. Unfortunately only one of these were able to be completed as I was again let down by several interviewees due to a lack of response for their availability and a few last minute cancellations. This was incredibly frustrating, however I have enough footage that these haven’t really impacted the overall plan I have for the documentary.

The one interview I was able to complete, however, was incredibly successful. I interviewed a doctor of sociology at the University of Kent. This gives the documentary a much needed injection of academic presence from a sociological standpoint. The information provided gave a lot of information that could easily slot into the existing interviews and give them more context. The interviewee himself was incredibly compliant and allowed us to use a professional looking office and helped to set up the room for natural lighting. While he stated he has little knowledge of addiction itself he was able to reference several studies and sociological knowledge that could be applied to the subject itself. I think this combined with the mental health expert and the safeguarding officers inputs’ can give a good balance between academic knowledge and first hand experience of the subject matter.

I also finished catching up with all the interviewees to get their consent forms signed. Two of which I was able to do by e-mailing the document and having them scan it. It is a great relief to have acquired all these and allows me to focus more of my time on the written and academic side of the project.

Now that filming and production has been completed I am to shift my focus to ensuring all my academic work is up to the standard of distinction that I am aiming for. It makes my project a lot easier and takes a lot of pressure off in terms of planning since now filming has finished I can shift my focus to editing and written work. It has been very difficult to balance filming while keeping up with the academic side of the project due to the having to travel to film in different locations and consistently trying to organise and schedule interviews to suit everyone in the time frame I had planned.

I heard back from a university lecturer I e-mailed previously who inquired about the nature of the project and what it was for but since my reply he has not been in contact with me any further.

Problems faced

As discussed above there was a lot of issues this week (as has become a consistent issue) of people cancelling interviews last minute due to scheduling changes and due to the fact that this week was the last planned for production I am unfortunately going to have to skip several of these interviews. I may consider filming these later on and slotting it in during the editing process but this depends heavily on how well I progress in the coming weeks. I had one lecturer at the college have to cancel due to the pressure of having to film pitches herself on the day which is obviously very understandable. The student I wished to interview never contacted me back via e-mail until after the week had finished and was not available to film on the original dates given to me. There was also the father and son who both never gave me their availability.

The other issues I encountered were involved with filming. During the interview with the doctor from the university, my SD card ran out of space and therefore the camera stopped recording. There was also the issue with weather conditions being unreliable, this presented an issue due to having been using natural light for the majority of the interview.

There was also a slight issue with people being away while trying to obtain their consent forms.

How they were overcome

In terms of the cancellations there was little I could do about this and is something that you always run the risk of with this kind of project. I had planned for this eventuality and had already acquired enough interviews for the project. I had always intended to conduct more interviews than I needed so that I could cover this eventuality. I still have enough footage for my project without the interviews I missed out on this week.

With the SD card issue I had two separate SD cards of smaller capacity with me in case of this eventuality. I simply quickly switched them out and was able to continue with the filming of the interview. The interview only lasted for another 5 minutes but was very useful to be able to not miss out on this footage as there is a certain part of that 5 minutes that I think is very thought provoking and I will likely use in the final cut. I would have missed out on this without the footage. I have since transferred all the footage from the camera to my computer and made space on the camera for future use in case I decide to doing any last minute additional filming during the editing process.

With weather conditions changing I will likely solve this with editing by altering the brightness levels to make it consistent but it was not very noticeable in the original footage regardless. I had the white balance set to auto on the camera so it simply adjusted itself for the most part.

In regards to the consent forms, I scanned the file onto a computer and e-mailed it to the interviewees and had them print it sign it and send back the completed copy via scan. One of the interviewees did not have access to a scanner and therefore sent a picture of the document which he then e-mailed to me. This allowed me to gain the consent forms off all those who had taken part in the interviewees despite not being local to me (this also saved me a great deal of time not having to hand deliver the document).

Evaluation of work completed this week

The work completed this week I feel was of a good standard this week, but I personally feel that the main element of this week where I was strong was in my problem solving. While the interview I completed (as discussed above) was of a high quality with plenty of useful information, the weather issues do detract slightly from the professionalism of the footage. Regardless of this the video was still shot in the usual format of 1080p HD video with the same brand of microphone and due to sound check was able to acquire good quality sound. The video was again shot taking into account the rule of thirds and ensuring the interviewee is looking across the camera. While the lighting is not necessarily consistent due to the auto setting on the camera for the white balance I can mitigate any issues from this through editing.

As mentioned above I feel like the strength of this week was my ability to problem solve. I was faced with several issues on the academic side with the acquisition of consent forms as well as having to deal with cancelled interviews. Thanks to having contingency plans in place for the eventualities of the issues that occurred I was able to quickly and easily work around the problems and carry on as planned.

Next week’s itinerary

1. Begin editing project.
2. Continue to complete written work
3. Film pitch

Was work completed in reference to plan/ am  I on track?

In terms of overall time scale I think I can easily finish provided I am given the opportunity to edit from home. I can likely complete the entire editing process in a week if I dedicate the appropriate time on it and focus on that. This puts me in an excellent spot for finishing on time and even possibly ahead of schedule. The written work has become much easier to complete in a timely fashion thanks to finding some speech to text software as this saves time with spelling mistakes and means that I simply have to proof read to ensure the appropriately punctuation has been added. This time saving tool has allowed me to make significant process with the written side of the work in half the time it would normally take.

 

FMP: Week 5 Summary

What work was completed this week?

This week was predominantly spent ensuring all my records were up to date for the written side of the project. This included mostly ensuring all my release forms had been signed for my production log and ensuring all information necessary had been included in my production log tracking my progress and making sure it was laid out appropriately.

Aside from this there was also a lot of planning in regards to the last few interviews before I begin the editing process for the project. I have also been considering adding some voice over or piece to camera segments to give the piece more structure so I may consider scripting up a draft over the next week.

Due to several interviewees being unavailable two interviews have been moved to week 6. This has been problematic and I am beginning to see the issues of relying on people for interviews when creating a documentary, especially when I am the only one working on the project.

I was only able to conduct one interview this week and it was very effective. It covered a different viewpoint I had not gathered, from the perspective of someone with knowledge of the gaming industry yet still holds them accountable without being overly apologetic. This interview reflected my own viewpoint and I found this interesting while discussing this element with my tutor, as I was very pleased to have a way to include my own views without being interviewed myself. In a way this subjects the documentary to a form of selection bias in terms of what I choose to include in the final cut. This whole element of bias is one I had not considered prior to this as I was continually interviewing more and more people to try and get the answers I wanted to include in my documentary. In a way this will have affected the questions I ask, how I’ve asked them and what I will likely end up using in the final cut. Such as with written articles, documentaries have specific angels due to which information they include and to a similar extent what they omit.

Problems faced

As discussed again I had issues with people cancelling and moving interviews. One interview I have had planned for over a month tried to move the date at the last minute. This was incredibly frustrating as I had structured my work for this week around the interview being when it was.

Other issues I’ve had is not being able to work at college, this is predominantly due to the fact I cannot analyse and evaluate my video files for my production log without access to them. As the college computers have little to no free storage for my video files.

Other than these two issues the week has been fairly free from issues.

How they were overcome

In terms of the issues with interviews I explained to the interviewee that I would be unable to move the date but was open to moving the time which he was very understanding of and therefore we moved the time to be slightly later to allow him to complete any work he would need to. The other interviews have all been rescheduled for Thursday and Friday during week 6.

In terms of the issues working at college I have been doing what work I can at college and doing home study where I can for the work I cannot otherwise do at college.

Evaluation of work completed this week

The work completed this week was done efficiently and to a good standard. I actually found myself having little to do as I was limited in what I could until I could film more in order to have more work to reflect on in my production log.

The interview I conducted this week I feel was of a very good standard. I am very pleased with how the interview went and how it was conducted. I was able to use natural lighting and this meant it was much easier to get a good well lit shot rather than having to alter white balance settings on the camera. The answers given were very open and honest and clearly showed the interviewee’s broad knowledge of the games industry, I feel this was due to well structured questions for the interview as this was the first interview where I had rewritten the interview questions specifically for this interviewee due to being a lecturer and therefore having a different angle which I could explore. I feel these interview questions in this regard was a great asset to this weeks interview.

The framing of the shot was of professional interview standards and the office itself was laid out prior to the interview to look more specialised for the interview with the inclusion of a gaming festival poster partially visible in the background (footage from which will also be present in the documentary).

There were a few aspects which I feel I could have improved on. The first of which was the fact that the office was close to the main college area in which many students are frequently walking through and talking. While there was little background noise it was still something I should have made more consideration in terms of picking an interview destination (although I was limited based on availability of rooms). Another aspect I feel I could have improved on would be on the fly questions based on answers given, while I did do this a few times I feel there were several avenues of discussion that I didn’t delve into in as much detail as I could have due to be wary about the length of the interview. In hindsight I should not have been so concerned of time as it is better to have too much footage than too little.

Overall I feel this weeks work was of a good quality but there were definitely areas to consider to improve on in future.

Next week’s itinerary

1. Complete interview with other video game lecturer
2. Complete interview with gaming student
3. Continue to work through written work

Was work completed in reference to plan/ am  I on track?

Currently I am still on track to complete all work on time. In terms of my overall plan I am right on schedule and after this week should be done with filming and this will allow me to then move onto the post production phase in which I can begin the editing process.

 

 

FMP: Week 4 Summary

What work was completed this week?

The beginning of this week was much less productive than I would have liked. However, in the last couple of days I made up for it with a series of unexpected developments which have made up for the initial lack of progress.

During this week I initially had two interviews planned, unfortunately both of these have had to be rescheduled to next week. I am also still to hear back from both the university lecturers I contacted the other week, I have therefore sent a follow up e-mail to both.

I was able to interview one of my contacts. I was initially concerned as to how to do the interview due to the fact that he is located in Leeds. The travel distance wasn’t possible (especially considering the lack of a budget) and therefore I had to find another way to conduct the interview. In the end I interviewed him using voice communication software called Discord, I recorded the interview using the same software I had used the previous week to stream, OBS Multi-platform. While I could not get a video of the person themselves I was able to record the software we were speaking over which showed an icon of him which lit up green as he spoke which gives a good visual representation and is reasonably visually pleasing. The interviewee was incredibly open and honest and gave much more in depth answers than some of my previous interviewees and went into different realms of discussion on the topic that had not come up in previous interviews (such as breakdown of social life and health). The interview itself was incredibly effective despite the lack of the usual format of video in person used for the other interviews. I intend to use a lot of B reel while using audio from this particular audio. Due to the interviewee being a voice actor as a hobby the audio quality was clear as he had a professional standard microphone.

The one major development I had this week that I had not initially planned on was the creation of a short 3 minute trailer using the footage I have gained thus far to use as a proof of concept. This will allow me to use it in my official pitch next week when presenting to my lecturers and class my overall idea. The main purpose of this, however, was initially to practice my editing skills and use it as an opportunity to make sure all the footage was of good quality to edit with and what factors I would need to consider for the project post production. Overall I discovered a way to integrate my video editing software (Sony Vegas 13) and my audio editing software (Audacity) to work in conjunction thus saving a lot of time in terms of cleaning up audio. It was also a very effective exercise in finding relevant footage for what was good to include and what could be missed out of the documentary. In a way it acted as a condensed documentary in terms of format which I then put to music trying to emulate the style of the 13th trailer (seen below).

(Netflix, 2016)

Problems faced

This week was the first week where I have experienced a different side of issues with creating a documentary. Previously I had experience several technical and practical issues such as audio recording trouble and how to transport equipment. This week, however, I encountered much more human related issues.

1. Firstly I had the issue of a lack of availability for interview. The girlfriend of one of my interviewees who I was initially supposed to interview last week had gone back home for the University Easter break and will not return until mid May, by which point I intend to have completed filming. There was also the issue that despite finally having access to all my filming equipment due to having booked out the microphone I have used for the rest of the documentary, everyone was unavailable for interview until college resumes next week. This was frustrating as it gave me very little to do during the week (hence why I created the trailer). Also as discussed above two interviews with a father and son had to be rescheduled to next week at a yet undisclosed date based around their availability.
2. Another issue was the fact that I had underestimated the effect the 24 hour gaming experience would have on me. I spent a lot of the week very lethargic and too tired to motivate myself to work and therefore lost more days to recovery. On top of this I then became ill (likely as a result of the lack of sleep) which again deteriorated my motivation and ability to work due to an inability to focus and frequent headaches. This again shows the disadvantages of creating a documentary single-handedly as production halted completely during this time.
3. There was also the problem discussed above of the fact the one interview I was able to conduct during the week was located in Leeds and I was unable to travel to the location to film in person. I, therefore, had use other means of conducting the interview.

How they were overcome

1. In terms of interviewees being unavailable I had expected this, I have multiple interviews lined up for next week while back at college which will make up for the lack of interviews done this week. In terms of the girlfriend I will likely try and interview her over software such as Skype of over a landline of some sort so I can at least have the audio to use for the project. Failing that I can possibly film the interview upon her return to Kent for University in May during my post production and slot the late interview in where relevant. This would show my versatility and ability to adapt to change. The other two interviews planned for this week have been rescheduled for next week but were last minute additions sparked by a conversation during the gaming social experiment. They are a bonus if I can get them and are not of a detriment to the documentary if not included. I will endeavor to work around their schedules for interviews and hopefully can do both in one visit for efficiency but since the son works night shifts at a supermarket I may need to film the two on separate visits when convenient for each individual.
2. With the issue of being lethargic and ill I used the time to plan what work I would be able to complete when feeling better. Although I was unable to concentrate on doing specific work such as working on the production log, I was able to continue research into addiction (more so to influence the structure of the documentary than to flesh out my existing research as I feel it is more than satisifactory). I have learnt several more factors about addiction that I will be able to apply to the documentary and pick out of interviews. But for the most part I had to just rest and due to my schedule being fairly lax due to the time and speed at which I have worked to date I had the room to rest without feeling like I was running the risk of missing an specific deadline.
3. In terms of the interview in Leeds, I have already explained above that I did this interview over Discord and was able to get a very effective interview despite being audio only. In a way I feel like the interviewee felt more comfortable to talk about more personal issues as they did not have a camera in front of them and could therefore feel more relaxed. In a way I feel like this work around actually benefitted the documentary as a whole.

Evaluation of work completed this week

The work that was completed this week I believe to be of a professional standard. My interview technique was of a good standard emulating that of Louie Theroux from my research. I took inspiration from Theroux’s technique by asking as open ended questions as possible with as little input on my part as possible and allowed the interviewee to interpret and answer the question the way they saw fit. This interview technique contributed highly in the more open and in depth answers I received for this interview over some others. The interview itself was incredibly emotive talking about how he has struggled with the addiction and condemning those who use it as a fad due to pop culture making gaming addiction considered less of a serious issue.

I feel like having gotten this perspective of someone who is self identified as an addict and wants to stop but is unable is an angle I had yet to acquire for my documentary and I feel it is one that was sorely needed in order to document the addiction justly. Many who have experienced the addiction in the past or do not identify as an addict view gaming addiction very differently than this interviewee and I feel that contrast being shown in the documentary will hopefully open up a lot more questions and enable a discussion in the audience. One of the core aims of my documentary is to have people talking about it and the topic after having watched it and I feel this is something documentaries such as 13th and Louie and the Nazis both did exceptionally well. I feel with the inclusion of this interview I am approaching this similar standard.

In terms of my trailer I am incredibly happy with the result. While I feel that as a trailer it would have benefited from more footage that I have yet to acquire, it was effective considering what I currently have to work with. As discussed above I created the documentary to partially emulate the style of the ’13th’ trailer. I feel like considering I did it in one sitting with limited footage it was very effective due to the fact it clearly had a structure to give an overall view of the plan I have for the documentary and the video compliments the music transitioning between clips with the music. I feel this gives it flow and gives a good sense of the feel for the documentary and leaves a lot of questions and encourages viewers to watch. I intend to show this trailer during my pitch to see how effective people find it and why, this will also be a good thing to show to my target audience to see if at this stage the way I have gone about the project thus far would appeal to them based on the trailer. In terms of weaknesses it may have been more effective if I had waited until I had access to more footage and the audio had not been adjusted and this comes out in one of the early clips quick obviously. Obviously this will be fixed in the final cut of the documentary but it does lower the overall quality of the trailer. Overall I am very pleased with this as it was never planned to be part of the work for my project and was initially just an editing exercise which I could reflect on in the production log.

Was work completed in reference to plan/ am  I on track?

Last week’s itinerary was slightly off as I worked my dates out incorrectly and was not in college in order to interview the gaming lecturers or gaming students, however due to the setbacks this week it is likely beneficial this was the case. Instead I did equally viable work through the editing practice and I will be conducting these interviews during week 5.

Next week’s itinerary 

1. Conduct lecturer interviews
2. Conduct student interviews
3. Reschedule interviews with father and son
4. Complete pitch of project to lecturer and class
5. Update production log accordingly

Evidence of work completed

Bibliography

Netflix (2016). 13TH | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk [Accessed 19 Apr. 2017].

FMP: Week 3 Summary

What work was completed this week?

This week was not as productive as I would have liked, due to the fact I was working a 45 hour working week split between week 2 and this one. I was, therefore, limited with what work I could complete and had to work through the weekend as well as beginning of the week. However, I was able to film another interview with someone who games during the majority of their free time and was able to gain a new perspective on the subject of gaming addiction as someone who wouldn’t identify himself as an addict as he did not feel qualified to discuss the subject. He also went on to discuss the length of play he has put into a game since its release in the past 2 weeks and discussed how he felt about the time he has put into gaming. His perspective was very self aware and was incredible open and honest, it gives a very human element to the documentary and I will definitely be using a lot of this particular interview to guide my documentary.

Following on from this I was also able to film his surroundings in order to get footage of him gaming as well as getting B reel footage for his interview.

The major element that was completed this week was the 24 hour gaming marathon social experiment. During this time I live streamed the entire thing and have uploaded the files to YouTube as evidence (unfortunately only 17 out of the 24 hours was archived correctly on the streaming site, however I feel this should suffice as evidence). I also created a video diary of the experiment recording some B reel from various angles while I played as well as a piece to camera every 3 hours discussing how I’m feeling and anything note worthy. This is a very large element of the documentary completed and I am confident with a few more interviews completed I will be able to begin the editing stages (which will be documented in the production log).

I have been given two more e-mail contacts from the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University of experts on addiction, however I have yet to hear back from them as the Universities are currently on their Easter breaks.

Problems faced

This week the major problems related to time management. Due to the financial implications of going to University I am forced to have to spend a significant amount of my free time, that I would otherwise use for the project, working so I can save to afford university and it’s various costs. Having worked 45 hours from the Monday to Friday I was incredibly limited in terms of what time I had to work and suffered a lack of energy and motivation to work on the project after a full day at work. As such I had to work through the weekend instead.

Another main problem was the fallout from the social experiment. I lost 2 days to the recording of this aspect of the project. The first day was just the completion of the experiment, the second day I slept through entirely while recovering from sleep deprivation having been awake for 26 hours (as the first 2 were used for setup). So having lost the Wednesday-Friday to work and then the Monday and Tuesday to the social experiment I had very little time for the work I would have liked to complete.

In terms of problems with recording I encountered none as all previous audio and video issues have been resolved in the previous two weeks.

How they were overcome

In terms of time management I am planning on making up on any lost time the next week as I have the week off of work and no prior commitments. For example this summary is currently going up a few days late due to this and I am slightly behind on my production log but this will easily be caught up on by the end of next week.

In terms of having lost time due to sleep deprivation I made sure to catch up on sleep by sleeping immediately after the experiment and then had a very calm day the following day to rest up and went to bed early and as of today have effectively caught up on my sleep schedule and returned to normal. If anything this loss of time is something I can reflect on in the documentary and I therefore mark this as a positive rather than an issue.

Evaluation of work completed this week

While this week wasn’t the most productive I’ve had to date I do still feel the quality of work completed was of a high standard.

While I have yet to catch up on the production log and am slightly behind on it, considering I am ahead of schedule due to the completion of both the pitch and research I am still on track currently. However the loss of time has been an issue and I will likely have to take on less work in the future in order to maintain a balance so I can dedicate the time I require for the project. While my motivation was affected by the amount of time I was at work I have been given a lot of information and resources from word of mouth. It was also while at work I was given the two e-mail contacts I mentioned above. As I work for a nursery at the University of Kent, I am frequently in contact with lecturers from the University several of which work in the psychology and sociology department and I have been able to use this to my advantage thus far.

While only one interview was completed this week it was a very important one that I feel gave a very interesting view on the subject of the whole topic as a whole. I got some very honest opinions and I felt the fact that this gamer in particular doesn’t identify himself as he believes its not his place was very interesting and not one I have received thus far. It was also during my 24 hour experiment that I discussed this with another friend of mine I was playing with. He stated that his parents felt he was addicted despite the fact he protested it, this has given me the idea to interview both him and his parents if possible to get this perspective also. This is something I would have not considered without the interview and the social experiment. I therefore classify both as a success.

In regards to the filming quality, the video was framed with the rule of thirds and I shifted focus between the interviewee and the screen on which he was gaming from one perspective, and then purely on him for the interview where he is not gaming. Again I have had him look at me across the camera as is the practice for interviews. This contrasts well with the piece to camera video diaries from the social experiment. I also framed him to the right to contrast the fact I have filmed the majority of interviews framed to the left to give some visual differentiation in order to more appropriately visually stimulate the audience. I also feel the fact that this was filmed in the home of the gamer rather than in college with the majority of the other interviews gives a good differentiation as it gives a more human element and honesty about the person not found in a college environment. The interviewee is also more likely to feel comfortable and give a more relaxed and honest answer because of this.

Next week I plan on being incredibly productive in terms of the interviews I have planned for the week, I have a minimum of two more interviews with game design lecturers and have contact information for several students who I made contact with during the gaming festival. I will also continue to work on my production log and ensure I have done all the appropriate written work to accompany my production to date.

Evidence of work completed

Was work completed in reference to plan/ am  I on track?

As discussed in detail above time was an issue this week. As such I have fallen behind on the production log side of the project, however, I am still overall ahead of schedule. In reference to my original plan I am still on task and working to schedule.

Next week’s itinerary

1. Interview gaming lecturers
2. Interview gaming students
3. Work on logging all work necessary for the production log to date
4. Load all video files to computer and upload back ups to one drive

 

FMP: Week 2 Summary

What work was completed this week?

This week was incredibly productive in terms of filming. I filmed three interviews this week with various different archetypes that give voices to various viewpoints on gaming addiction.

This week I interviewed a contact from my class who has experienced gaming addiction and discussed aspects of time being distorted while playing (something that was brought up in a chapter in the book “Death by Video Game” under the title of “Chronoslip”  (Parkin, 2015)). This idea of time going by faster due to gaming is something I intend to be covering in my piece and is something a number of people have mentioned during conversations on the topics over the previous weeks. I will be included this aspect of the interview in the final piece as well as it being a key component to consider while filming the social experiment portion of the documentary.

Following on from this I was approached by a member of my class who wished to discuss a previous relationship of hers which she feel was negatively impacted by her boyfriend’s excessive gaming. The interview, while shorter than some of the others, covered a key element of how addiction can impact relationships with those the gamer cares about. This emotive and honest response was very insightful and will work well with the other interview I have planned with a contact of mine’s girlfriend who has also been impacted by her boyfriend’s gaming habit. Most importantly this gives a voice outside of the gamer from the viewpoint of someone who experiences the persons addiction but secondhand. This is also a good interview to include as it balanced out the male to female ratio as the documentary so far has been predominantly male despite the fairly even split of male to female demographic who took part in my survey.

The final interview was from a member of the safeguarding team at the college. Having had training to combat addiction in the college this gave a good insight into the way in which gaming addiction (and moreover addiction itself) impacts a students education. The lecturer in question goes into detail about the issues with addiction and the personality types of those who are more susceptible to addiction from his experience. The interviewee in question has worked with the AA in the past and therefore makes some very apt comparisons to alcoholism (something I touch on in my research work). Being able to represent this information without having to force a narration will allow for information to be given without it feeling forced and will allow for a better flow and including factual information.

Also this week aside from interviewing I also made sure to make contacts. The college was holding a gaming festival and I took advantage of this to go around and speak to several of the students running the event and got their details in order to contact them after the Easter break in order to interview them. All of those I approached were happy to talk about addiction and most of which were surprisingly quick to diagnose themselves as gaming addicts. This is something I would like to reflect on in my documentary as I feel (and was covered in the interview with the safeguarding officer) some people wear this label as a badge of honour rather than a detrimental addiction.  I intend to e-mail several of these students in the coming weeks.

During the gaming festival I also used the opportunity to film plenty of B reel footage of students playing games. This will be very useful for those who appear in the footage if I use their interview or simply for filler background footage to overlay audio over later on. Currently I now have over an hour of footage for the documentary, I am hoping for around 3-4 hours by the time of editing to ensure I have enough footage.

Also as specified last week prior to the festival I purchased a new SD card of 64GB capacity in order to have more room for recording footage. I also now have access to a SD card reader to make the transferring of files quicker and simpler. I have since moved all existing footage to my computer and to one drive ready for use in the editing phase of the project.

Problems faced

This week I ran into a few minor problems. Firstly there were issues with the recording of sound as I forgot to switch the microphone on during the first few recordings of filler footage. This was quickly realised an rectified but means some B reel with have no sound which could take away some of the aesthetic of it.

There were further issues with sound due to the fact the festival was busy and therefore more than one game could be heard at once. Also due to the busy nature of the festival there were times where people would walk through a shot taking away some of the professionalism.

Following on from this in a less production related sense I was given access to the college’s FMP portfolio this week. Initially this was a very daunting document as I normally prefer to work in several smaller documents and upload them to my blog as and when completed while keeping the blog updated each week with these summary posts. I found the document very concerning as there were areas I wanted to cover in the document that were not present and also sections I felt were not necessary or I had covered in various other areas of my work. This began to make me doubt my existing work thinking I had not covered the criteria as I had initially thought, there were also several areas which I have to write about in the document which I had not accounted for and therefore caused me some concern. In one respect I discovered I had misunderstood one part of the pitch section of the document and therefore redid the piece.

How they were overcome

In terms of audio issues I quickly realised the audio had not been recording when it came to playback. I made sure the light was on on the microphone prior to recording each section, however this was not a major issue as with interviews I did the usual soundcheck prior to recording. With this B reel if I wish to use it as overlay I will likely not need the background noise of the event as, as mentioned before, it was quick loud and had a lot of various games’ sounds clearly audible. I will likely use either music or perhaps edit in background noise if I decide to use the clips without. Also I made sure to film extra footage just in case this later proved to be an issue.

With the issues of the festival being busy I made sure to come back and film as quieter periods of the day when people were heading back to class or when there was a lull. I would check about every hour to see how busy it was and then move my equipment down to film once it wasn’t too hectic for filming. In the case someone walked into shot I filmed for a longer period of time so I had more usable footage.

Finally, after being initially thrown by the portfolio I decided to e-mail my lecturer with my concerns and carry on as usual with my planned work schedule in the mean time. As I have raised concerns before and my lecturer has assured me I will likely just have to copy and paste my work into the final document and can upload the pieces of work to my blog once completed so they can be looked at individually before being added to the portfolio. This week I made sure to alter my initial proposal (to the initial one uploaded this week) in the main document. I will be endeavoring to work through any sections  of the document I haven’t covered in my existing documents in my own time as part of independent study outside of college hours. While I believe some areas of the document aren’t relevant for my project in particular I may add some headings in and remove others. While I do not find the idea of a chaptered portfolio particularly appealing I do see the merits in terms of marking for those marking my work. I will therefore be uploading the portfolio along with my other work in separate documents to the same final blog post at the end of the project in order to cover all bases.

Evaluation of work completed this week

This week was very successful in terms of productivity. All the footage shot this week was of a professional standard adhering to industry expected skills for filming and content.

With regards to skills this week I was able to film all the interviews over the course of one day which ensured efficiency for filming (and made easier due to the purchasing of the new high capacity SD card). I filmed each shot taking into account the rule of thirds and made adjustments to the white balance accordingly to have a good visual interview. All my interview questions were carefully prepared prior to the interview and this allowed for the interview to flow very effectively with the interviewees never losing their train of thought.

There was a minor issue with one interviewee continually looking around nervously, however for the most part they looked at me to the side of the camera and this seemed to stop this from happening as often, in regards to this I can easily fix this issue in post by overlaying footage of just using the voice over in certain sections or perhaps cutting certain sections out depending on how much of the interview I use. Overall this was only a minor issue.

With regards to filming there were no issues, having now had a lot of practice setting up I am able to have all equipment ready within a couple of minutes with another minute or two for sound check. This efficiency will greatly benefit me in the long run as it will give me more time to complete more interviews in locations such as college where many of the gamers I am contacting will be located.

One aspect I am slightly wary of at the moment is my limited range of locations having filmed at thus far. While this makes life simpler for recces and health and safety in my production log this may make for less interesting footage if everyone is set in front of the same backdrop. Therefore next week I plan to interview a contact of mine in his house and get some B reel of him playing games as he would be on a normal day as well as his girlfriend. It will give a bit more variety to the overall piece.

The filming of the festival was incredibly useful and quite a stroke of luck, one aspect I have found during this project is to always be looking for more contacts and opportunities for footage. Had I not spoken to the games department last week I wouldn’t have known to bring in my camera for the festival on the Wednesday and would have lost and entire day’s worth of footage. I also found a very good shot of a game screen with the words ‘Quit game?’ highlighted and felt this could be a great opening or end shot for my piece or perhaps a title screen. This skill of being resourceful and always open and thinking about the project is something that has served me well in previous projects and has been just as useful during my FMP in the last two weeks.

One area I feel I could be working more efficiently in is the written side. Having spent most of my work time dedicated for the academic side of the project so far being on reformatting research and my proposal for the portfolio. Although I am ahead due to work from Unit 12 I could be more productive in this area and it is something I will be keeping in mind going forward.

Was work completed in reference to plan/ am  I on track?

This week I was able to complete all work in reference to my plan as well as more. As discussed above I have completed a lot on the production side this week and have begun my production log a week earlier to my original schedule. One scheduling change I will be making however is moving the social experiment one week back due to having to work 8:30-5:45 each day for the next week. This will likely put a lot of pressure on to complete the work I have scheduled for myself and obviously will make it impossible for me to do the 24 hour gaming session until the following week where I will have the time. Other than this minor setback everything else is moving forward as expected even accounting for the new FMP portfolio and the redoing of the proposal.

Next week’s itinerary

1. Film interview with contact who identifies as a gaming addict
2. Complete production log work for the week
3. Begin working through work portfolio created by the college
4. Complete 24 hour gaming social experiment

FMP: Week 1 summary

What work was completed this week?

This week was predominantly centered around planning. Firstly I filled out my official proposal comprising of my plan for the project. Following on from this I wrote out an asset/planning file in which I outline specific criteria for the project (such as target audience, contingency plans and health and safety and legal issues to consider).

I also created my research file, due to having completed the majority of this for my unit 12 project I was able to do this fairly quickly and has put me fairly far ahead in terms of the project as a whole. This allows me to focus more on the production log as well as the filming and editing of the documentary itself. Considering the length of time I have for the project and the fact that for the most part I am undertaking this documentary on my own I am very pleased to have gotten ahead of schedule early.

A lot of this involved making contacts and using existing contacts to book interviews. So far I have managed to book two interviews for filming next week with a safeguarding lecturer at the college as well as a member of my class who has personally experienced gaming addiction.

Following on from this I was able to get in touch with two of the college’s games design lecturers in order to organise an interview with them regarding the teaching of students who have been addicted to gaming and how it has affected their classwork. While discussing this with the lecturers I was informed of a gaming festival being held at the college next week and given the opportunity to shadow the lecturer heading up the event giving me an opportunity to film some B reel. This will also give me the opportunity to get more contact with gamers who I can either interview during the event or at a later date. I have also arranged an interview with one of the gaming lecturers for the Friday after the Easter break.

I have also been in contact over e-mail with a psychology professor at the University of Kent and have arranged an interview for April 26th at 3pm. This will provide some valued insight for my project, while he has stated he doesn’t have much knowledge into addiction himself he does has some “controversial” opinions on the matter that may be of use for the documentary.

Finally I filmed an interview with the mental health specialist with a homelessness charity. His understanding of the kind of people who are addicted and are likely to become addicted will be of great value for the documentary. This will be perfect for voice over as well as interview segments. His input was incredibly valuable and something I will definitely be using in the final documentary. Also due to having had mental health training, it gives my documentary a voice of authority on the subject

Following beginning reading the book “Death by Video Game” I have had more thoughts as to how to structure my documentary. I now have access to so much more fact checked information relating to gaming addiction that could be included in sections of pieces to camera in order to break up the interviews so the viewer doesn’t get fatigued by it and lose interest.

I also had a conversation with a professional musician who has previously created music for documentaries. I will be outlining this conversation and more from the discussion regarding the music in my pre-production portfolio.

Problems faced

The main problems faced this week were related to audio. Due to not owning an external microphone audio quality from recordings on my camera are not of as good a standard as I would have liked.

Other problems faced was the fact that, in order to film of a good quality, I had a lot of equipment. The main issue with this was transporting the equipment to the location for filming.

Other than these two since there was little recording done this week there were no more issues. In terms of planning and research this was all done easily and took relatively little time.

How they were overcome

In terms of audio I was able to borrow a rode microphone from the college that was compatible with my camera. This allowed for me to record sound from a direction and therefore cut out background noise. Following this I did several sound checks prior to getting to the filming location and on site, this allowed me to prevent audio levels peaking and ensure the auto setting was a viable option. Unfortunately the microphone was slightly worn and the attachment to mount it to the camera was broken, to solve this I also borrowed an extension cable for the microphone and was then able to position the microphone on the table in the office.

In terms of having a lot of equipment I was able to borrow a large equipment bag to carry all my recording devices and tripod. This allowed me to easily carry all my equipment to the filming location simply and safely.

Evaluation of work completed this week

The work completed this week was completed, to what I would deem, a professional standard. The interview I filmed was with a mental health specialist and therefore this will give credibility to my piece as well as adding a more knowledgeable voice of the mentality of addicts from a professionals perspective. By having this voice I have given my word a lot more credibility.

In terms of the shooting of the piece I found that it was easy to frame and focus the camera to create a professional looking documentary shot, inspired by the cinematography work seen in interviews from work such as “Making a Murderer” and “13th”. However, in terms of framing I did have to remind the interviewee to look at me and not the camera to ensure he was looking across the camera rather than speaking to it. This was quickly resolves through a reminder with a few hand gestures to get his attention without breaking his train of thought or interrupting recording. Also the interviewee’s office was in front of several windows that let in a lot of nature light which allowed for a well lit piece of footage making it again look more professional. This also meant I did not have to worry about adjusting white balance or going through any other prerecording checks relating to this.

In terms of filming there were certain aspects that could have gone better, due to the fact the audio mount wasn’t functional I had to put it on the table, while this isn’t noticeable in the footage it does not appear professional and nor would me holding the microphone myself. While there is little to do to resolve this issue for this project due to it being the only equipment I can get hold of, it is something to bear in mind in future endeavors.

Another aspect to consider is the lack of B reel footage and different angles for the interview. Again, I am limited based on the camera equipment and what I can on my own and in general I don’t really feel it necessary to have B reel footage for these particular interviews in terms of what I have in mind for the interview. In terms of B reel I plan to use gaming footage of people playing as well as footage from the games themselves.

In terms of improvement I think a lot it comes down to have more audio equipment and having more people available to use to help me with the work such as recording from different angles and shots. This also extends to the idea of having other insight into the process and could generate different ideas. In this sense I will be looking to recruit a contact or two of mine who I could have help me with the filming.

Overall this week has been incredibly successful due to the fact I have finalised a lot of the planning elements of the project and made a lot of contacts who I have organised interviews with in coming weeks. This essentially makes filming and creating the documentary the main focus along with the production log, which I will be working on beginning next week. It has been a very successful week in terms of learning about the work going into recording interviews and everything I have learnt will be applied to my future interview recordings.

Evidence of filming

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Was work completed in reference to plan/ am  I on track?

As this was the first week and therefore a lot of the work produced this week was in regards to planning and time management I had no issues working to the deadlines set for the end of this week. In some ways I am also ahead based on the fact I have already done the majority of the project research as well as planning.

 

Next weeks itinerary

1. Film the games festival during the Wednesday and Thursday
2. Interview contact about his gaming addiction
3. Interview safe guarding lecturer
4. Begin work on pre-production portfolio
5. Ensure all work from SD card is uploaded to One Drive
6. Purchase higher capacity SD card
7. Begin work on production log.