Weekly BlogsThese are guidelines to help you with your weekly blogs. Remember that they can be filmed or written but must include examples of what you are discussing.

Week 1 This learning objective was researching your specialism

What have you been asked to do?What specialism did you choose and why? How are you hoping it will help to improve your future productions?What have you found out about your specialism through research this week?Did you contact any professionals this week? Why did you choose them – how will they add depth to your documentary? Did you receive a reply from them?Are you on track for this week?If not, how far behind are you?What work do you need to complete outside of lessons in order to ensure the deadline is met?Week 2What have you found out about your specialism through research this week?Did you contact any professionals this week? Why did you choose them – how will they add depth to your documentary? Did you receive a reply from them?How did creating infographics help you to process your research?How far have you progressed through writing your script?Are you on track for this week?If not, how far behind are you? The research deadline is this week – how did you ensure you

met it?

High Grade Tips

Look to use these terms in order to improve the analysis of your own work.

Relevant and coherent – make sure your research sources are not just the same as the media product you hope to make and talk about how they inform your planning.Sustained – continue your research throughout the 4 week project and don’t just limit yourself.Efficient production against timescales – how is your planning helping you to meet your deadline.

Week 3 For this learning objective you worked on planning and production

Have you finished your script? Does it meet the 1500 word count?What do you feel the strengths of your script are and how could you further improve it?What techniques have you chosen to practice for your production? Why? How will they help both you and your documentary?Where and why are these techniques used in your specialism?How did analysing examples of the technique in use help you when reproducing them?How did you find experimenting with your techniques?Did you encounter any problems when practicing your techniques?How did you overcome these problems?How did your planning help you film these techniques?Are you on track with your documentary? If not, why?What work do you need to complete outside of lessons over the next week?High Grade Tips

Look to use these terms in order to improve the analysis of your own work.

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’.

Week 4

Have you encountered any problems this week? How did you overcome them?Where are you up to with your documentary? What work have you completed this week?Have you made any changes to your plans during this week?How do you feel the filming process went? What went well – show examplesWhat is the quality of your narration like? Is it clear and understandable? Are you ready to edit your production next week? Where are you currently up to?What work do you need to complete outside of lessons?Week 5

How do you feel your editing went this week?Do you feel like you have a good balance of found footage and your own examples?Do your examples effectively show what is being discussed?Are you happy with the final edited piece? Why?Did you encounter any problems during this week and if so, how did you overcome them?Did you complete the documentary by the deadline? Did you give yourself enough time to complete the work and make improvements?

Overall evaluation What have you learnt and did producing this production help your future creations?