Diary

Job role: Sound designer

29th October 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
8

Rate the quality of your work out of 10
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had
I did a lot of the risk assessment and the first page of the script today I also began thinking of what sounds we might need for the script

How successful were you in those tasks
I didn't manage to finish either tasks however I did almost all of the risk assessment so it shouldn't take long to finish and the script can be finished tomorrow

Describe what you need to improve upon and do differently during production 
I need to work with my group more

Highlight what you did beyond your role 
The script



30th October 2019
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7

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7

Describe the work you did and the impact it had
I finished two more pages for the script which has a big impact

How successful were you in those tasks
I managed to finish the two pages so very successful

Describe what you need to improve upon and do differently during production 
Working as a group

Highlight what you did beyond your role 
The script



1st November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
9

Rate the quality of your work
9

Describe the work you did and the impact it had
I rewrote the script as we came up with a new idea and made it a shooting script and helped to find a place to film it I also started the call sheet and nearly finished it

How successful were you in those tasks
Very successful as the new script is much better and the location we found is very good and the call sheet is nearly finished

Describe what you need to improve upon and do differently during production
Be more sure on the script idea so that I don't have to rewrite the whole thing

Highlight what you did beyond your role
The script



4th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
7

Rate the quality of your work
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had
I fixed the treatment and completed the call sheet and then I did the set design

How successful were you in those tasks
I did not manage to get the set design onto the computers yet but other than that it is done

Describe what you need to improve upon and do differently during production
Get better at drawing

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Treatment



7th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
7

Rate the quality of your work
6

Describe the work you did and the impact it had
I put the Set designs onto the computer and checked over everything we have done and made a few corrections

How successful were you in those tasks
Very successful

Describe what you need to improve upon and do differently during production
Find more to do

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Checked over everything



8th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
5

Rate the quality of your work
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had
I finished the call sheet and helped Ben Shaw create the new script I also learnt to use a boom mic so that I could use it during production as the sound designer

How successful were you in those tasks
very successful

Describe what you need to improve upon and do differently during production
Find more to do

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Helped with the script



11th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
5

Rate the quality of your work
7

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I helped to search for a new location as the last one did not work

How successful were you in those tasks 
I found a few locations

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Put more effort in

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Helped find a location



13th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
6

Rate the quality of your work
7

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I found two more actors for our short film

How successful were you in those tasks 
Very successful

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Make sure my friends who are acting know what they are doing

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Found actors



14th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10 
5

Rate the quality of your work
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I blocked the footage with my group

How successful were you in those tasks
Good

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Make sure the sound is at the little triangle which tells you it's at a good sound quality

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Acted some parts as we didn't have actors at the time



15th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10 
7

Rate the quality of your work
9

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I blocked the footage with my group

How successful were you in those tasks
Good

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Set up equipment faster

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Acted some parts as we didn't have actors at the time



18th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10 
8

Rate the quality of your work
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I blocked the footage with my group

How successful were you in those tasks
very good

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
make sure the microphone is in-between the actors

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Acted some parts as we didn't have actors at the time



20th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
10

Rate the quality of your work
9

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I held the boom pole up and recorded all the sound for the film

How successful were you in those tasks 
most of the sound was good but there is a few I would re-record

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Take more breaks so my hands get less shaky from tiredness

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Helped with the camera at parts



21st November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
8

Rate the quality of your work
9

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I remade the set designs as we filmed at a different location

How successful were you in those tasks 
Very successful

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Update my diary more regularly as I had to update a lot of it today

Highlight what you did beyond your role
Redrew the set designs



22nd November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
7

Rate the quality of your work
6

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I started the P2 sheet and uploaded all the footage into my computer

How successful were you in those tasks 
Very successful

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Not sure

Highlight what you did beyond your role
N/A



25th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
6

Rate the quality of your work
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I finished the P2 sheet

How successful were you in those tasks 
Very successful

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Not sure

Highlight what you did beyond your role
N/A



26th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
6

Rate the quality of your work
7

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I found music for my short film

How successful were you in those tasks 
Very successful

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Not sure

Highlight what you did beyond your role
N/A



27th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
9

Rate the quality of your work
9

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I used the boom mic to record the entire short film at the shooting as I am the sound designer

How successful were you in those tasks 
The sound was all good

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Not sure

Highlight what you did beyond your role
N/A



28th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
8

Rate the quality of your work
9

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I started the edit for the short film and put the whole film together and matched the audio to the visual footage

How successful were you in those tasks 
Some of the shots are shaky and one audio track has some bad sound however it is mostly very good

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Not sure

Highlight what you did beyond your role
N/A



29th November 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
8

Rate the quality of your work
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I made the title card for my film and added the music that I found and added several effects which made the film better

How successful were you in those tasks 
Very successful

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Not sure

Highlight what you did beyond your role
N/A



1st December 2019
Rate your effort out of 10
7

Rate the quality of your work
8

Describe the work you did and the impact it had 
I exported my work and the group watched them all to decide which one was the best. I also updated my diary as I forgot to update over the past week

How successful were you in those tasks 
very successful

Describe what you need to do differently during production 
Remember to update my diary

Highlight what you did beyond your role
N/A

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