Weekly Production Log - Week 1

This production Log is written up to show what I have done within the week in my media lessons. It shows how I have worked well with my partner and how I have contributed in each lesson throughout the whole of the week.

Throughout this week we had to plan our music video itself. Before all of this was done we had to create a Group Rationale which answered a few questions on why we chose the partners we had chosen. I had to do this solo because my partner was absent. This meant I had to answer all the questions by myself and say both of our ideas together. Also unlike others I had to plan out what I was going to say because others can just answer the question straight away but I had to answer all the questions which was hard because I had say everything that popped into my mind without it being boring or typical. (Try and make it sound more unique).

The problems i faced this week were that I had to do all the work due to my partner being absent. This meant I had to put in 200% of the work and get them completed by myself without letting myself fall behind. The group Rationale for instance was done solo due to the group member being absent. I overcame these problems by concentrating more and not getting distracted by other people in the class. Also I did this so I do not fall behind on my Media work leaving me a lot of work to do. 

For the following week I will be going over the planned choruses/verses sheet with my partner to see if I could change anything as I did the sheet by myself. As I have worked with him before he’ll have good ideas to portray in the music video and he can contribute some creativity into the video planning itself so we can make it more unique and not boring to watch.

Media PowerPoint Presentation

Group Rationale

After this we were told to make a Group Rational with the two of us. This was because we needed to dicuss eacthothers ideas and tell the camera why we found the idea we chose more prefereable to the others. Also this was done because my Partner Kaval was not in during the week we made the Group Rationale. Below you will find the video of the new Group Rationale wih the old Group Rationale at the top of the page which goes into more depth.

Pitch Reflection

If I was going to do my Pitch again I would include a more Description on what I was saying. For example I did not actually refer to the Good Win theory or Mention his name in the presentation itself. I did include technical terms but it came to a point where not enough technical terms where used for the presentation to be fluent and engaging.  Also for the presentation itself I could have used more reference's to the Narrative side of Music Videos; Meaning I could have used videos that related to my ideas so I could show the audience a feel of what my music video would look like.

The strengths I had was that I was not often looking at the presentation on the board and I had eye contact with people around the room. The overall response to the Music Video pitch was good because I was not making the typical rap video with cliched conventions such as Voyeurism,  Gold Chains, Expensive Cars, Women, expensive clothing ect, I went with a concept of a guy becoming a rapper who is in a relationship. The twist here was that the relationship was not going really well due to the guy not looking out for his girlfriend. Also I wanted to subvert the genre by using Narrative because most rap videos do not have narrative. The actual music video will actually be based on the girl's point of view because she is the one that is going through the hard times. The music video pretty much has two story's one from the rapper's POV & the other from the girlfriend's POV.

The improvements that the audience gave me was that I could work on the location abit. In my presentation I mentioned that parts would be set in london but the audience responded with why a rapper would be in London. I could not come up with an answer but I did this because London is a place that is major and it has luxurious parts just the same as New York. 

To improve on my music video I would implement what the audience said by using places that are actually suitable for the cast to go to. For example I could use ally ways to express the Girl's feelings and use High Angle shots to show that the girl is looked down upon ect. All these mini changes can lead to a good music video if it is well planned and expressed.