WEEKLY JOURNALS

This is where you think about your FMP learning journey and development.
Don’t simply describe what you did - consider what you have learnt and how this has benefitted
your project. What do you need to improve?

THIS IS JUST GUIDANCE THAT YOU NEED TO ADAPT TO YOUR OWN PROJECT. YOU HAVE
CREATED YOUR OWN PRODUCTION SCHEDULES AND YOUR WEEKLY BLOGS SHOULD
REFELCT THAT.

THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE WEEKS YOU COMPLETED THEM. DO

NOT JUST SUBMIT THIS FORM FILLED IN FOR YOUR WEEKLY BLOGS. THERE SHOULD BE
11 WEEKLY BLOG ENTRIES (INCLUDING EASTER).

Week Four - Planning

PLANNING

What did you learn from your
planning this week?
It helped me to be able to fully visualise my idea through
script and storyboards so that I know exactly how to film and
what to film for my production. I developed my script writing
by adding more stage directions and additional information
about how the lines should be delivered by including
different emotions, pauses or overlapping speech. This will
definitely make it easier to show to actors so they know how
their lines should come across and how the scene should
flow rather than the idea only being visible in my head, as I
have struggled in the past to get all my ideas out onto paper
for other people to see and just keep it in my head. So this is
definitely a big step forward for my final major project.

What issues did you encounter and
how did you overcome them?
My main issue really was just knowing how to format the
script properly and having enough description- it’s not all
about the lines/ what’s said, the delivery and information
about the scenes and what’s happening in the background is
extremely important too. Another issue I faced was being
able to come up with enough different camera shots for the
storyboards so that I could produce a good number of quality
storyboards to support my script. I made a list and kept it
near when I was making the storyboards so I had a range of
shots to choose from which sped up the process and made
sure it wasn’t too repetitive.

How did you ensure that your
storyboards were completed to a
high standard?
I spent time with the drawing in terms of using them to
visually represent my vision for the shot/ scene rather than
making them A* quality masterpieces. I opted for what they
tell you about camera angles and what’s going on in the
scene- both foreground and background.
How has your planning
developed/changed during the
planning stage?
My idea has stayed the same, just becoming more detailed
in the script writing stage which presented more smaller
ideas that I came up with as I went along to develop the
storyline and structure it well. As far as actual ideas that I
had from the start, nothing has changed apart from the
location changing from a broken elevator to a storage
cupboard. A detail that has been developed is to the
characters being locked in the room by the security workers
to prevent the man with the bomb from leaving, which also
works in the story’s favour to prevent the businessman from
being able to leave the room which would completely
change the ending and ruin what I had planned. There
needed to be some way for both men to be kept in the room.

How have you ensured your
script/shooting script is of a high
detailed standard?
I have included lots of detail about how lines should be
delivered by the actors and given a lot of information about
the scene around them and even camera angles if it is
important. So, for example, at on point the camera is at foot
level and I mention this in the script to remind that nothing
else will be shown other than the actors’ shoes. Or I mention
if there is a Point-of-View shot. I describe the scene and what
kind of ‘vibe’ it has.

How well have you managed and This is no longer relevant due to COVID-19 and lockdown.
organised your cast and crew to be
in available when you need them?

Are you on track for the 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

Planning & Production

● ‘effective planning, organisation’ – your FMP Workbook will explain what you need to do
in the next few weeks to make sure all of your planning is completed, and also how this will
help you
● ‘efficient production against timescales’ – your FMP Proposal will clearly identify how
you intend to create your project before the deadline in May
● ‘commitment & subject engagement’ – all of the above referred to in your daily/weekly
reflections