5b

Write a series of production diary posts that reflects on your creative decision-making outcomes under the following headings:            

  i.meeting deadlines; (weekly diary of progress to schedule)      

      ii.quality management; (meeting to discuss the production quality and fitness for purpose of each of the idents - what will be discussed/renegotiated with client before production starts)

Teamworking; (weekly team log of contributions and management of the production) 

11th April- Week 1
1st meeting with client David Pearson:

meeting deadlines; (weekly diary of progress to schedule)
In our group we had to discuss withing ourselves our idea that each member of the team had in mind for the ident, we the went forward to look at the brief annotate it and we had 20 mins to prepare questions for the client such as rebranding, the theme and idea, if the ident will be a stop motion video or live video. We didn't have an issue as our group was able to meet the deadline for pre-production.

quality management; (meeting to discuss the production quality and fitness for purpose of each of the idents - what will be discussed/renegotiated with the client before production starts)

 We negotiated with the client the time for making the ident especially because it is stop motion and it will take longer to make and fit that time scale making more shots.

Team working; (weekly team log of contributions and management of the production): 

We also had to consider ethical considerations.When coming to the meeting was something that had to be hugely considered for example the budget as most of it would go towards food and public transport. We also had to consider whether the idents would be formal or informal but be more specific about it.

19th April - Week 2:
Pre-production 10 min meeting with Mr Barton about the stability of ident ideas as a group. 

i. meeting deadlines; (weekly diary of progress to schedule)

For our group, we had issues as we had to change the idea since it did not quite meet the brief. 

 I suggested that the idents should revolve around the different enrichment subjects within the college using dolls. However, in terms of meeting the deadline, we found this successful as we knew today was about making sure we had a production portfolio for the following week for the client.

ii. quality management; (meeting to discuss the production quality and fitness for purpose of each of the idents - what will be discussed/renegotiated with client before production starts)

As Mr Barton suggested it would be like to the audience as if we would be showing them what programmes are coming up next e.g. showing the content of the college rather than the actual building of the college.

Another point that Mr Barton told us to keep in mind is that we should consider the image as well as the subject e.g. our college fashion shows, community days, chaplaincy, course work e.g. media and art exhibitions. A point he also made was to stay clear of the 'fighting' idea that we first had as it would not have been a strong enough idea.

1. Team working; (weekly team log of contributions and management of the production)

In terms of the 'suite' of ideas, Mr Barton emphasised showing 4 things that happen across the year at different points e.g. during Easter the fashion show and when the Christmas/talent show is usually around Christmas/ December times. Team working will be most effective here as we as a group of 4 would split into 'two' so we can work on 2 idents each.

25th April- week 3:
Pitching of pre-production portfolio to client: David Pearson

1. meeting deadlines; (weekly diary of progress to schedule)

Firstly when it came to the pitch as a team we were able to meet the deadline as we had the portfolio on hand with the designs that Dejhanea brought along and I got all the budget and some of the planning done. Everyone also has responsibilities in the team (crew roles) which were successful.

1. quality management; (meeting to discuss the production quality and fitness for purpose of each of the idents - what will be discussed/renegotiated with client before production starts)

The management in our team was successful as we managed to negotiate the time of the animated ident in 20 seconds. The 'suite' of our ident was also good as it fitted the purpose throughout. We talked about the use of the enrichment activities with dolls across the 4 suites. The things were mostly justified during the pitch as well as the designs and the visual style.

1. Team working; (weekly team log of contributions and management of the production)

Team-working went well. this is because as the director, l had the most roles which were budget, initial idea, crew roles etc. I delivered this in the pitch successfully. Dejhanea was responsible for the designs and storyboard. The designs included sketched, mock-ups etc. She is also the assistant director so this worked well in terms of enhancing the visual style for the director. Deniesha did the legal and ethical constraints and Tims responsible for the suite storyboards, time scaling, and production breakdowns.

4th May - Week4:

1. meeting deadlines; (weekly diary of progress to schedule)

This week we started working on our ident before we could do anything we had to make the set.  we just focused firstly mainly on making on all the set that we were going o be using, first of all, we did the set for the fashion show and then for the rest after that we went into the green room and began to film our first ident. Our production was stopped as we had to buy magnets as the dolls weren't able to stand on their own. Also this week we were able to make our first mock up.

1. quality management; (meeting to discuss the production quality and fitness for purpose of each of the idents - what will be discussed/renegotiated with client before production starts)

The management in our team was a very big success this week as we all worked effectively and we able to design the sets quickly to very good and artist standards and we started filming and were able to make our first mock up and continue filming.

1. Team working; (weekly team log of contributions and management of the production)

We all worked effectively as a team, Dejhanea and Denisha were able to make one set and I and Tim were able to make another that we were able to use throughout the whole ident, as were filming Dejhanea and Denisha were working on making sure the other sets were made.

Final week - Week 5:

1. meeting deadlines; (weekly diary of progress to schedule)

This week we all finished up the idents and all the idents pictures were given to me to edit and I edited all the idents and was able to upload it and get it up before the deadline. We were also able to get feedback from the client and the Target audience

1. quality management; (meeting to discuss the production quality and fitness for purpose of each of the idents - what will be discussed/renegotiated with client before production starts)

All the things that we negotiated with the client we incorporated into our idents. We made sure that our ident was very much recognisable as an ident and we included all the colours and the symbols requested by the brief and the client. We also used appropriate tone and music for the idents for it to appeal to the parents as well.

1. Team working; (weekly team log of contributions and management of the production)

I feel that we worked well together this week as all the idents were done, the onky problem was that all the four idents were left to me to edit and it was tiring for me as I had to work till late.