WEEKLY JOURNALS

This is where you think about your FMP learning journey and development.
Don’t simply describe what you did - consider what you have learnt and how this has benefitted
your project. What do you need to improve?

THIS IS JUST GUIDANCE THAT YOU NEED TO ADAPT TO YOUR OWN PROJECT. YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR
OWN PRODUCTION SCHEDULES AND YOUR WEEKLY BLOGS SHOULD REFELCT THAT.

THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE WEEKS YOU COMPLETED THEM. DO NOT JUST SUBMIT THIS
FORM FILLED IN FOR YOUR WEEKLY BLOGS. THERE SHOULD BE 11 WEEKLY BLOG ENTRIES (INCLUDING
EASTER).

Week Nine – Editing

EDITING

How did you find the editing process?
I found the editing process very good due to it being
something I have been trying to improve on, this is because I
think it is the most important part of the production, as it’s the
element that ties all the strings together, and making it into a
music video.

What skills did you have to
learn/develop during the editing
process?
I learnt during this editing process a lot about transitions in
editing, this is because in my last production it is not
something I focused on enough. I think these transitions really
make the production as It gives the video a sense of
professionalism, as it is what you see in big budget music
videos.

Upload screenshots of the editing

process and explain what they show.

These are screenshots from my editing timeline, the first screen

shot is a close up on a clip that I used to do a lot of work on by
putting a warp stabilizer and other effects on top of it.

The second screenshot is of the finished timeline of all of my

hard work, it is over a week of hard editing. You can see all of
the effects, the pink bar at the top is the black bars of my
video, the green markers at the top of the video, is where I
marked on the timeline when I tried to sync the music to the
lip – syncing which was a very long process.

What issues did you have to Whilst editing the issues that I had to overcome, was the
overcome whilst editing? How did you
move past them?
amount of time I tried new effects I hadn’t used before, this
ended up taking lots of time as I had to learn lots of new skills
which was very useful, however it did take a while to do and it
involved lots of mistakes occurring, which was annoying.
Although I do feel it was worth it as I got the reward of knowing
it pulled off.

Have you identified any scenes which
need re-shooting? Will you be able to
do this?
I have identified that there are a few scenes which need re-
shooting, I had some issues with the focus in some shots
although I did get to re-shoot some there was some shots
which were necessary for the production and could not be
replaced in time due to their location, I was not able to re-
shoot in time.

Are you on track this week? If not, Yes, I’m on track

how far behind are you?

What work do you need to complete N/a

outside of lessons to stay on track?

High Grade Tips

Evaluation & Reflection

● ‘reasoned decisions and inform the development of ideas’ – both your evaluation and the
weekly reflections above will clearly show both how and why your ideas developed throughout
the project
● ‘demonstrating clarity in thinking’ – all of the above plus very clear links between your research,
planning, idea development and the production of your poster and film trailer