Production Report B

Now, to finish the things I need to do to keep up with my production schedule, here is my second production report. I struggled some with the tone but I plan on spending some more time revising it.

Audience Questions

1. How did you decide to use form to present your content in the raw material you’ve shared here? How did the conventions of your chosen genre influence your choices?
2. How did the production of this raw material go? What kinds of any hiccups, challenges, successes, creative epiphanies, etc. occurred during the process?

Author Response

1. Like my last production report, I have not yet incorporated sound effects, video clips, or myself. This is just a rough script. However, the script ideally should not read like an essay but rather more casually but still informatively like a video essay would. But by Tuesday (as my production schedule says) there will be video clips and sound effects chosen and inserted into the script.
2. I am not quite sure that I successfully mastered the tone I was going for. The combination of informative and challenging is apparently weird for my brain to figure out how to write. Even so, I still got everything done ahead of time which is a new success. Because of this proactivity, I will have plenty of time to edit it if it is, in fact, weirdly written.

Outline Item

1. Writing Process
1. Structure and how it has changed
1. I have begun to use an outline for all of my essays
1. What does this prove?
1. I used to not use outlines so the addition of the outlines is a positive change
2. Why does this matter?
1. I am better able to organize my work
2. My time management has improved from this because it adds an extra step to the process of writing an essay so I spend more time on it
1. What does this prove?
1. There has been a change since I started this class
2. Why does this matter?
1. It has positively influenced my time management and productivity by helping me to be more proactive

Adaption of Outline Item:

I have made outlines before. It is not as if this was an entirely brand new experience. What changed was my engagement with the outline. The structure explained in the blog post directions gave me something to go off of that I had not had before. The outline I made for Project 1 was decently helpful. However, it was not until Project 2 that I really saw the immense and endless beauty of outlines. I was able to think through and plan a lot of my work that I just did not know how to do before that. Because of this, I am much better able to organize my work. This has not just helped me in English. I have used this in literally every single class I am taking this semester. It has affected my time management in an incredibly positive way.

I used to go off of one idea and dive into an essay with little to no planning. This never turned out well. I had poorly written essays or long and intensive editing processes. Using outlines before starting essays has added a step to my work processes which gives me a chance to reflect on and revise my ideas before they turn into an essay. Outlines have helped me become more a more proactive and intelligent writer.

Production Report A

As I am following my production schedule, I must complete the first two items of my outline today. So here is my first attempt at combining informative and somewhat casual tones into a rough script of my final project.

Audience Questions

1. How did you decide to use form to present your content in the raw material you’ve shared here? How did the conventions of your chosen genre influence your choices?
2. How did the production of this raw material go? What kinds of any hiccups, challenges, successes, creative epiphanies, etc. occurred during the process?

Author Response

1. I haven’t incorporated the sound effects or video clips I eventually plan on incorporating. Right now I just have a rough script so the form is pretty far from the form it will eventually be in. But the lack of QRG or Standard College Essay form speaks some to the form it will eventually be in if you think about it hard enough.
2. The production of this went well. I usually save all this for Sunday nights but it’s Saturday night and I’ve been pretty productive so I’m quite content with the production so far. I haven’t had any creative epiphanies yet but I’m hopeful for some in the video clip/sound effect researching near future.

Outline Item:

1. Opening
1. How to grab the reader’s attention
1. Explain context of why I am talking about this
1. Taking english my freshman year of college
2. Relate to reader
1. It takes everybody a while to figure out how their brain works best
2. This was me figuring that out

Adaption of Outline Item:

Now that I have not only finished a semester of English 109H but also my first year of college, I have learned some things about my writing process, my work ethic, and how I like to structure my time. The structure of the structure of English 109H’s blog posts has forced me to be proactive on huge projects in a way that I have not been able to get myself to do in the past. I have enjoyed doing smaller bits of work over a few weeks rather than having one miserably jam-packed day full of desperate attempts at turning research into ideas and then turning those ideas into essays.

It takes everybody a while to figure out how their brain works. Some people figure that out during childhood, some people figure it out in highschool, some in college, some even later. High school never helped me much. I got really good at procrastinating but, beyond that, I developed few time and work management skills. I had a similar experience throughout my first semester of college - I procrastinated and struggled with my classes. But this semester I had an English 109H enlightenment that helped me figure out how my brain works: outlines.

Production Schedule

Project three is already half way through and we only just started! Since there is a lot to do in the next six days, I have outlined a production schedule. I included what needs to be done, what I need to do it, where it will be done, and when it will be done. I am quite optimistic about the coming week.

1. What is to be done
1. A script must be written incorporating every aspect of my outline
2. The genre conventions must be fully understood in order to be incorporated into the script
3. I need to film the parts of the video essay I will be speaking during
4. I need to find video excerpts and sound effects that I will be using during my video essay
5. I need to put everything together and edit it to be one cohesive video essay
2. Location
1. I will likely film and write everything at my apartment. Since classes are about over, my time is spent less on campus and more at home.
3. Planned date & time
1. Items I. and II., opening and writing process, from my outline will be done today and posted online
2. The remainder of my outline will be drafted into a script by the end of tomorrow (Sunday) and the genre conventions will be researched and understood
3. I will find the video clips and sound effects that I want to use in my final product and incorporate them into my script by the end of Tuesday
4. I will film my parts of the video essay on Wednesday
5. I will put everything together and edit it by Thursday
6. Between 3:30 and 5:30 on Friday I will turn in the video essay
4. Resources required
1. Person to film me
2. Phone to film with
3. Editing software to edit
4. Computer to write and edit on
5. Time
5. Date completed


1. Everything will be completed by Thursday May 5th

Content Outline

The last project is finally here. So, to structure my reflection on my writing process and experience this past semester, here is an outline of the content of my video essay.

1. Opening
1. How to grab the reader’s attention
1. Explain context of why I am talking about this
1. Taking english my freshman year of college
2. Relate to reader
1. It takes everybody a while to figure out how their brain works best
2. This was me figuring that out
2. Writing Process
1. Structure and how it has changed
1. I have begun to use an outline for all of my essays
1. What does this prove?
1. I used to not use outlines so the addition of the outlines is a positive change
2. Why does this matter?
1. I am better able to organize my work
2. My time management has improved from this because it adds an extra step to the process of writing an essay so I spend more time on it
1. What does this prove?
1. There has been a change since I started this class
2. Why does this matter?
1. It has positively influenced my time management and productivity by helping me to be more proactive
3. New things in the writing process
1. The unfamiliar - learning new technology, adapting to unfamiliar situations, public speaking
1. Using Garageband was an adjustment that took me quite a few hours of YouTube tutorials to really figure out
1. I’m sure there will be a similar adjustment period as I prepare to make this video essay
2. What does this prove?
1. There was a fancy piece of technology I had no Idea how to use but I figured it out and successfully made a podcast
3. Why does this matter?
1. It was a new experience that I figured out throughout my time in English 109H but I will be able to use my new Garageband skills in the future
2. Reaching out to professors during the interview portion of the course was a new and weird experience. I had never been in a situation like that before. I was uncomfortable to begin with but, obviously, I did it anyway and made it out alive.
1. Leadership
1. Took leadership, initiative, and proactivity to do all this
2. What does this prove?
1. New situation, new people, and a new type of interaction (interviewing someone) that I figured out during english
3. Why does this matter?
1. Interviews and other sorts of professional interactions are incredibly important to life (at least if you plan on working for a living) so the skills I obtained from this experience will help me in my professional career
3. I’ve never been a huge fan of public speaking but through the podcasts (and most likely through the process of making this video essay) I’ve become more comfortable with recording myself.
1. What does this prove?
1. My public speaking skills developed some
2. Why does this matter?
1. Public speaking is another important life thing that will be helpful throughout my career
4. Finishing the Writing Process
1. Finishing assignments - research, editing & revision, collaborating with peers
1. Making the sources was a bitch but it resulted in well thought out arguments that had a diverse body of supporting evidence
1. What does this prove?
1. I have improved my research skills
2. Why does this matter?
1. It will help me to better understand things in the future and make well informed and intelligent arguments when doing research
2. It’s one thing to do local grammatical revisions of your own work but looking at it on a global scale and revising the overall message is much easier with the help of peers. You can’t always see the ideas you gloss over or the holes in your argument on your own.
1. What does this prove?
1. I learned the value of peer review
2. Why does this matter?
1. In the future, when I am writing or creating something, I will reach out to other people for their feedback because I understand why that matters
5. Life affects the writing process
1. It’s hard to make intelligent life decisions
1. I set up my schedule so that I would have ridiculously long days Monday through Thursday (12-16 hours on campus when I live off campus). This made getting enough sleep, eating well, keeping up with assignments, and all that jazz quite difficult. However, I learned that I work best if I frontload the structured part of my day. So I can structure my schedules accordingly in the future.
1. What does this prove?
1. At the beginning of the semester when we made our weekly schedules I thought my schedule was arranged brilliantly. I have since learned that I was not just wrong, but incredibly wrong.
2. Why does this matter?
1. I now know that I don’t like starting my day late and I don’t like having a few crazy long days in order to have an extra day off

6. Now that English 109H is over...
1. How to explain larder significance to the reader
1. I have learned a lot about the way my brain works and how I work best. I am still developing my work ethic but I have come a long way in understanding what works and what doesn’t.
2. Pretty much everything I have learned this semester is relevant to my future life and career in some way.