The end (of the project) is near!

And I am well on my way to finishing before the deadline!

So this week, I did shooting of myself introducing the project etc etc at Spa Green park, Islington and in the surrounding area, the shoot went well - the cold weather was the only downside of the day. The last shooting of me is next week, woop woop! Everything else is done (footage-wise).

Nevertheless, I mentioned to two of my friends that I wanted to shoot on top of a roof and one mentioned that a group in her photography class had done so. If I can find the right people, I'll defo include a panoramic shot of the surrounding areas in my documentary.

Editing is most likely to commence on Adobe Premiere Pro, seeing as a trial is much easier to get hold of (than Final Cut Pro 7) especially as I'm most familiar with Adobe (well photoshop & illustrator) anyways. I was considering using Avid Media instead but it appears too complicated & at least with Premiere Pro there is the advantage of cross-platforms (so I can always bring it into college and throw it onto FinalCut).

I must say I am feeling excited about getting the project done...

Progress

Well not as much as I've wanted seeing as I need another memory card (before Christmas one the technicians said I wasn't allowed a fourth one -_-). I'm going to have to get a fourth one to finish the documentary!

Anyways:
- I've got more of my social experiment done, this has consumed most of my time
- Wednesday: was unable to film due to the weather, unfortunately. Hopefully, this wednesday, I'll be able to cram two sets of filming in before 3!

How the week has gone...

- Social Experiment: so far, I have only done 3 more, I have three more lined up. It may seem a bit ambitious, but I will get half done by the end of the upcoming week.
- Transcribing: this has been so tedious, I seriously need to get this done by the end of the week also.


Plan for the week (other than what's up above):
- Scenic shots: hopefully, wednesday morning I can get this done

Plan for next week:
- Complete shots of me
- Editing

Mid-Jan Progress

After my EPQ Mid project Review with Rebecca, I came out really confident knowing what to do etc etc

- Transcribing Interviews: I'm not even halfway through transcribing my first interview and so I'm questioning how long it'll take.
- Essay has hit 4000 mark - abstract included - all that'a left to do is the Reflection.
- Journalist STILL hasn't answered my questions - before the Christmas break when I emailed them to her, she did say she had a heavy workload and it should be answered by the New Year (hmm it's now Jan 13th)
- Filming of myself and scenic shots, are planned just need to actually do it!
- Social Experiment - I have picked out my participants and so next week (16th January onwards) is when it'll begin.
- All filming should be done by end of January if all goes to plan (keeping in mind I wanted to finish it by the end of December)
- Editing will commence beginning of February




* Update: Rebecca said I can listen to it and then pick out and transcribe things needed for the essay.

Hopefully this gets posted grr

WHAT I'VE DONE OVER THE CHRISTMAS OFFICER:
- Finished I'd say 80% of report
- Tweaked storyboard - the way I've answered my topic in my essay is much more structured than my intial storyboard, so I've decided to follow this instead for the documentary
- Finished 80% of survey - unfortunately I still have a couple left to do.
- Communicated with journalist, she'll email the answers to my interview questions in the NY.

PLANS FOR NY:
(Basically what's detailed in my last post).

Supervisor feedback

Hello Diane
Your blog is brilliant - you are using it for exactly the purpose that I'd intended.  Plenty of material for your blog, and it will help you to be able to reflect back on this when you come to evaluate the research process later on after Christmas.
Great work

R

Progress Report

- Survey - approximately 60 people surveyed with old system (old photos) with the next 40 people or so I will use Rebecca's suggestion (a mixture of faces with or without golden ratio)
- All interviews are done. I had contacted a Guardian journalist a few weeks ago about a article she had published which relates to my project...she emailed me back on Monday, saying I could email her my questions. Wouldv'e been nice if I could film her, but the email will do *sigh*
- I completed all my research for the actual content of the documentary about a month ago (obviously if I do find anything useful I will add it on). Researching on documentary making however isn't.
- Visuals: e.g. graphs on the ethnic composition of NY Fashion Weeks from 08' are all done, analysing it in my project has begun.

WHAT I NEED TO DO NEXT:
- My priorities for my documentary was to film everyone else and not myself (seeing as I can do my slots at any time). This week and next will include scenic shots and me explaining the plethora of things my project includes.
- Download FinalCut Pro on my mac - I keep saying I'll do it, but unfortunately my wireless modem is broken *sheds a tear*. Having this on my mac would allow me to do all the editing during the Christmas period from the comfort of my home :)
- Finish Report: I've already started my report...the main task is to...finish it.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something...