Reflection &
Evaluation 

Reflection & problem solving

 

Recording of your reflection and problem solving should be written analysis, audio recordings, meeting minutes, feedback discussions, peer discussions, emails etc. Any communication or discussions record and reflect throughout your process. 

Reflect on your process throughout your blog under tasks and make sure to title where reflection has been discussed comment on lots of areas such as, technical learning and activities, for example YouTube tutorials with tests, how the test has influenced your product, problems and solutions you faced with the software.. 

Reflection and problem, solving should be a consistent diary of activities and progress that has informed your decision making and planning. Difficult areas of problems should show solutions and processes throughout the project. 

Areas of reflecting relate to the following;

> Reflecting on how learning, activities and progress has informed decision making
> Using ongoing review to inform decision making and progress work within the specialist area
> Recording thought processes in visual, audio and written formats
> Analysing successes and identify key decisions
> Writing a final evaluation that references intention and assesses overall outcome

Evaluation 

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Reflect on your progress & process using some of the following examples; Make sure to give specific examples

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•  How well have you completed the tasks? (Have you pushed yourself) How are they going to help you carry out the task?

• What new knowledge, experience or skills have you developed or improved throughout the process, how it will impact on what you do next? How has this improved your skills? 

• How well did you work as a team?

• How well did you plan?

• Evaluate the usefulness of what you learnt (both good and bad)

• How did the task help you to improve your skills? How will this impact your final production? How useful was this action research?

• What problems did you encounter while doing these tasks? How did you solve them and/ or what will you do next time to avoid these problems.

• What do you still need to do and what could you improve on? Think about hard and soft skills.
  
  
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Evaluation 
Make sure to copy and paste the questions that apply to your project on your evaluation page. 

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In addition to your on-going reflections you must produce a summative analytical evaluation of your project/production that includes the following: 
 

AO1: Use research to inform a specialist investigation in a visual arts area, considering purpose and audience​​

• How have primary / secondary research, practical action research and pre production tasks supported the developing understanding of your subject?

• What impact has your research into documentaries had on your project (doc modes, doc conventions, interview styles/ techniques, lighting, B-Roll, piece to camera etc). Discuss 3 – 5 specific things you did because of what you learnt and  use screenshots to highlight what you did). Consider purpose and audience (what was the purpose of your documentary, why did you want to develop particular skills, who was the target audience, how did your documentary appeal to that audience)

• Evaluate how effectively you think you used these documentary techniques - positives and negatives with specific examples.​

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AO2: Explore and use materials and media in the generation of ideas and outcomes ​

• How did you decide on your final idea (advantages/ disadvantages of other ideas). Make clear link to how your final idea would help you to develop your skills, show off your knowledge of media (especially documentary conventions) and appeal to your target audience.

• How effective was your use of pre-production material? Which tasks were most useful and why? How did these help you plan and develop your idea? Include screenshot of the per-production material.

• What impact did your action research have on your final project? How did action research help you to achieve the hard skills you wanted to develop? How successful were these skills in the final project. Give specific examples with screen shots where appropriate.

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AO3: Select and use techniques and processes to resolve creative problems and generate outcomes 

• What were the most effective action research testing in supporting the exploration of your ideas?

• List 3 - 5 specific techniques you used in your documentary (doc modes, doc conventions, interview styles/ techniques, lighting, B-Roll, cinematography, sound, editing, mise en scene). 

• For each specific technique explain why you chose these techniques. Try to make links to research, purpose/ effect/ meaning and audience, solving problems etc.

• How effective do you think your use of techniques was (eg in helping to communicate with the target audience, reflecting documentary conventions, links to what you learn in research, solving problems etc)? Would you do anything differently next time?

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AO4: Generate and communicate ideas and concepts supported by findings from research ​

• What were the most useful tasks you completed in the idea development and pre-production stages that helped you to come with ideas?

• What changes did you make to your initial idea as you developed it and why did you make these changes?

• What impact did group/ team discussions, audience research and feedback have? How effectively did you use these to help develop and refine your ideas?

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AO5: Use ongoing evaluation to inform and progress own work ​

• How effectively and what impact did ongoing reflections have on your work and progress? Give specific examples of feedback/ reflections about your work and how you change things because of this feedback/ self-reflection. Include screen shots where possible.

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AO6: Refine, select, and present ideas and concepts, considering purpose and audience

• Explain your reasons for choosing the particular subject for this project– consider purpose and audience. How did this link to the initial brief?

• What was the purpose of your documentary and how well do you think you achieved that purpose? Think about the documentary itself (message/ theme/ information) and the hard and soft skills you wanted to develop.

• Who was the target audience and how successfully do you think it would appeal to them (think about use of media language, visual style, narrative, content etc). Make links back to the primary and secondary research you carried out into your audience

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