Weekly Journal

Regular evaluation updates are required, as with every unit. Please remember to take photos and get behind the scenes footage as you film. You might find it easier if you note down a record of what you did each day in a diary form.

Please use the following guidance to help you with each week.

Week 1 This week you worked on your research

What have you been asked to do?

You need to lay out exactly what you hoped to achieve, based on the brief and context that you were given at the start of the Unit.

How has analysing other productions helped you to understand the genre better?How will your understanding of codes and conventions now help you to produce a better production? What did you learn from practising recording Foley sounds? (Radio Drama Only) What did you learn from Voice for broadcast task? What do you need to improve on to become a presenter? (Broadcast only)What did you learn when using Adobe Audition? What skills do you need to develop with this software?How did researching your target audience help you develop your idea?

What did the results of your primary research tell you? Explain what insight they gave you and how you adapted your idea based on these results. 

Print screen results or upload sections of focus groups to your evaluations.

Are you on track for this week? If not, how far behind are you?What work do you need to complete outside of lessons to stay on track?Week 2 This week you worked on your planning

What did you learn from your

planning? How has it helped you to progress your idea?How has your idea developed/changed during the planning stage?

Why? Relate back to target audience

How did you ensure that your script was to a high standard?What issues did you have when planning your production? How did you overcome them?What did you learn from the recording of your Foley sounds?

Upload images of you recording your Foley here as well as on your page

How much work did you complete outside of the lessons?Are you on track for this week? If not, how far behind are you?What work do you need to complete outside of lessons to stay on track?

Week 3 / 4 Production This week you worked on your production

What practical work have you done and how helpful was your earlier planning?How will this be useful as your production process continues?Upload your behind the scenes photos and videos (explain what they show)What issues did you encounter when recording and how did you overcome them?How well have you worked to your production schedule?Are you on track for this week? If not, how far behind are you?What work do you need to complete outside of lessons to stay on track?High Grade Tips

Use screenshots to support your analysis – especially when comparing your work to

other pieces.

Considered and capable demonstration of processes – detailed documentation of your production process – such as still images, and annotated screenshots of your specific production and editing process – including ‘what’ and ‘why’ and not just ‘how’.

Specific – be specific! Don’t just say e.g. ‘the lighting was good’ – show us where the lighting looked good and why you think that.

Final evaluation on whole unit

This week you worked on your production

Comparison to researched productions

Is your production to a professional standard? Take screenshots from your production and the productions you analysed in your research (especially anywhere you tried to recreate something you had researched). Is your production as good? Why? Why not? What could you improve?

Production Strengths Overall, what were the strengths of your production? Use some screenshots / downloaded clips to show anything of which you are particularly proud. That might be shots or images from you creating Foley sounds or images of you recording your work.

You need to gather feedback on your production from your classmates and discuss the positive things they have said. How were you able to get such good feedback? (This can be done in the form of vox pops, interviews, focus groups or surveys.)

You should also discuss feedback that you got from your teachers and how this was helpful or informative

Production weaknesses Overall, what were the weaknesses of your production?

Why have these weaknesses occurred? What needs improving? Is it your practical skills? Could you have done more research? Did you not plan your recording effectively and end up doing things very last minute? Consider the entire production process and really think about what might have let your production down. As above but for any negative points you received in your feedback. What could you have done to avoid these issues? How could you improve next time.

Did you meet your goals? Why/why not?

Think back to the goals that were set in the brief and the goals you set yourself (you should have mentioned these in your opening paragraph). Discuss whether you met them effectively. If you didn’t quite achieve your goals, consider why and how you could improve for next time.

Self-evaluation At the end of the unit, how do you see yourself as a practitioner? What are you strengths? Which areas do

you need to develop?

Write a brief outline of what you need to work on in terms of your personal development. Do you need to work more out of class? Do you need to develop your practical skills? Do you need to move outside of your comfort zone more? Do you need to spend more time on the "boring" bits (research, planning, etc)? Discuss what you need to work on and how/why this will help you. 

High Grade Tips

Use screenshots to support your analysis – especially when comparing your work to other pieces.

Considered and capable demonstration of processes – detailed documentation of your production process – such as still images, and annotated screenshots of your specific production and editing process – including ‘what’ and ‘why’ and not just ‘how’.

Specific – be specific! Don’t just say e.g. ‘the lighting was good’ – show us where the lighting looked good and why you think that.