The reflective analysis should select key micro features of the sequence and demonstrate how they make meaning(s) and aim to provoke response(s) in audiences.

Candidates working in a group should focus on the construction and impact of their chosen micro aspect.

The analysis can be presented:

as a continuous piece of writing, with or without illustrative material (most popular choice)

in a digital form such as a suitably edited blog or another web-based format or

• as a focused DVD commentary.

 

Reflective Analysis: Guidance & Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

 

 

You will need to prepare a reflective analysis of the complete process (story idea/cinematic techniques used/film sequence or photo-storyboard) involved in this Practical Application of Learning (750 words maximum).

 

 

 

A good reflective analysis is honest, detailed and will cover all aspects of the work you have produced in a concise manner whilst reflecting upon on how far it has met it’s aims. It should not be descriptive (“I did this …..then I did that”) but highlight what was good about it and what parts are weaker, you may also offer solutions to improve the work in light of its intended audience.

 

 

 

You should include:

 

• A critical approach to the micro features you have used: cinematic techniques/film sequence or photo-storyboard.

 

 

 

• Be critical (positive & negative) of the stylistic techniques used (sound, editing, lighting, camera, mise-en-scene), what aspects do you consider worked well or not so well and why? Would these provoke an emotional response in the audience?

 

 

 

• Assess how well you have applied these. How could you have improved the work? Would your intended audience be capable of understanding your intended meaning/s or enjoy your work? This could be assessed through feedback sessions.

 

 

 

• Discussion of the narrative and how well your message/s were received. Could you have used a more effective structure or varied techniques? Did your audience find it difficult to follow or understand.

 

 

 

• Discussion of the appropriateness of the characters used and whether your choices could have been better. How would an audience respond to them?

 

 

 

• Discussion of the plot and how well your own initial ideas turned out. What improvements could you have made?

 

 

 

• What was your role in the team and what do you consider the strengths and weaknesses are of the aspect of work you produced.

 

 

Remember to consider the target audience for the genre of film you have worked within. How would they respond to your ideas?

 

FAQ
AS Internally assessed work – Written Analysis for the Creative Work

The writing to be submitted with the creative work is also described as an ‘analysis’. Why is this?
This piece of writing is indeed intended as a second close reading of a piece of film material – the essential difference is that this material has been produced by the student. This investigation is from a producer’s perspective (the student as producer of her own creative work) rather than from a
spectator’s perspective. From a producer’s perspective the focus will be on the intended response of
the audience.

So this is not the standard ‘evaluation’ so often required to accompany practical work?
Correct. This is a further investigation, one that reflects on the deployment of formal micro elements and their impact in producing meaning and response. Students are challenged to think through her creative choices in relation to intention and effect. It is ‘evaluative’ in the same way that the 1500 word
Written Analysis is evaluative: it will lead to some reflective judgements being made on how effective are certain micro features.

If students have the opportunity to show the intended audience the creative work and interrogate them about the way they made meaning from the use of micro elements, then reflection on this could also be included in the reflective analysis.