Documentary Production Diary
Date               Description of activity                   Equipment used               Progress made                    Next step
        Treatment and proposal.                         Pen and paper.               Completed in lesson.           Storyboarding.
2/11
        Storyboard and shooting script.                 Pencil and paper.            Abdullah is working on the     To be completed next
3/11                                                                                 shooting script, Markos is     lesson.
                                                                                     working on the story board.
        Storyboard and shooting script.                 Pencil and paper.            Completed in lesson.           Health and safety.
9/11    Questions for interviews.                       Computer.                                                   Check locations.
        Risk assessment.                                Computer.                    Completed.                     Organise people to
10/11   Location visits.                                Camera to take pictures of                                  interview.
                                                        locations.
        Ensure all planning is complete.                                             Completed.                     Filming.
16/11
        Filming Abdullah’s gaming setup in his house.   Video recorder.              Completed all shots we         Filming.
23/11   Getting gameplay shots for the documentary.     Tripod.                      needed to take in Abdullah’s
24/11                                                   Microphone.                  house.
                                                        Headphones.
                                                        Console.
                                                        Stills camera
                                                        Video recorder.              Completed shots of Markos’     Re-Plan some footage.
30/11   We went to Markos’ house to get a longshot of   Tripod.                      house. However, Virtual X told
1/12    his house.                                      Microphone.                  us that we needed to book a
        We went to Virtual X to get some footage of     Headphones.                  different date to film.
        virtual reality games.                          Stills camera
                                       Documentary Production Diary
Date   Description of activity and who did what   Equipment used   Progress made   Next step
                                            Documentary Production Diary
 Date                   Description of activity             Equipment used               Progress made               Next step
           Filming postponed due to severe weather.   Filming postponed due to   Filming postponed due to   Filming postponed due to
7/12                                                  severe weather.            severe weather.            severe weather.
8/12
           Filming interviews for the documentary.    Video recorder.            Interviewed 4 people.      Filming complete.
14/12                                                 Tripod.                                               Review footage before
15/12                                                 Microphone.                                           editing.
                                                      Headphones.
                                                      Green screen.
                                                      Lighting.
           Edit opening sequence.                     Computer.                  Done
           Added opening title.
25/26
Jan
           Added interviews edited                    Computer.                  Done
                                                      Computer.
1 /2 Feb
           Write voice over.                          Computer                   Done
8/9 Feb    Chose music.                               Microphone
           Recorded voice over.
15/16      Added voice over.                          Computer.                  Done
Feb        Added music.
Documentary Production Diary