THE WRITING OF YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE LOGBOOK.

As you will have already noted from the assignment brief, keeping a

detailed and above all reflective WE logbook is vital in attaining the

higher grades (merit/distinction) in this unit.

You may keep this logbook in either a written or verbal format

(Audio or Video diary) whichever best suits you. However, you

must ensure that whatever format you adopt, your logbook

covers all the requirements of a diary as indicated below.

Hence, please bear in mind the following as you keep your log

thru'out W.Exp.

1) You need to keep your logbook on WE EACH DAY under the

following headings:

(i) Factual description of work done and/or observed each

day OR Work done on corporate Or LCR Programme each day

You need to document IN DETAIL what work you took part in or

observed every day - noting what you observed is very important as

sometimes WE for students can be less about doing stuff than learning by watching the professional doing it - this observation is

key to my assessing what you're learning WE, so detail it please.

Sometimes you'll get very slow day or some very monotonous task to do on WE - they may be repeated each day and you might feel

it's boring to just document this again and again - DON'T MAKE

THIS MISTAKE. Whatever you do, no matter how boring or

otherwise etc, you need to document it or you have supplied no

evidence of your participation in you WE.

For those doing a corporate OR making programmes for LCR, it is

vitally important that you keep a detailed record of all work done -

meetings held with client/Lorraine, research visits, preinterview brief work etc, recce's, preproduction etc etc - at each stage as your

programme progresses.

Those doing the LCR option will also be involved as technicians and broadcast assistants working with Lorraine over the actual day of

the broadcast itself – this counts as part of your work experience

and a detailed diary should be kept of this work experience also.

(ii) Currents skills used or new skills developed and/or

observed.

Hopefully, all of you will have negotiated a WE where you get to do

actual work not just observe - this will vary depending on how busy

your employer is, the nature of the WE you've got (e.g. those who

get WE in editing will most likely not get to do any editing - you will more than likely be given tasks that they need done and befits your

trainee status - logging and digitising footage etc - depending on

how good an impression you make, an editor may show you some

of the suites and give you short exercises to do as training - this all depends on the person you do WE with and the relationship you

strike up with them). Some placements may just have you

observing, others may throw you in the deep end - wherever you

are on this scale, write down what skills you're being asked to use and also what new skills you're learning or observing – it is also

important to reflect on what you feel about this learning as

well.

For those doing corporate's or making programmes for LCR, you need to document the production, technical and people

management skills used during your production – you should also

note any new skills developed during this process e.g. client

management skills (getting client to tell you exactly what they want in their video - not always an easy task; negotiating with on site

employee's or the general public etc of client to help you out,

pitching your idea's to clients etc etc),writing corporate scripts for

the first time etc. Note all old and new skill used and how you felt about using them, learning a new skill.

IN CONCLUSSION:

.....so, there we go. As you keep your logbook, make sure that you

focus on two things: (1) detail - underwritten logbooks will do

poorly and (2) reflection - let me see what you're learning

about yourself and the industry/the corporate world/world of actual broadcasting(LCR).

Enjoy your time and good luck.