Reflective Analysis Guidance
To complete the practical element of your coursework you are required to write a 750 word reflective analysis of your storyboard and the decisions behind the shots you’ve chosen to use.
This is just the same as the analyses you’ve done in class, in terms of identifying the meanings created by the microelements used, only now you are applying it to your own work. Select key micro features in your storyboard (cinematography, sound, mise en scene, editing and performance) and explain how they make meaning and aim to provoke responses in audiences.
Use the guidance below to help you structure your analysis:
1. Start by briefly explaining the storyline of your film; whether it is an entire short film or an excerpt from a longer film and the general mood(s) you wanted to create in your film.
2. Talk about the shots you have chosen to use and why, explaining what meaning is created and what response do you hope the audience to have for each.
N.B. TRY TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU’VE USED THE OTHER MICROELEMENTS TO HELP CONVEY MEANINGS
3. Write about any other sound elements that you’ve not already talked about in conjunction with cinematography, explaining what meaning is created and what response do you hope the audience to have for each.
4. Write about any other editing techniques you’ve not already talked about in conjunction with cinematography, explaining what meaning is created and what response do you hope the audience to have for each.
5. Write about any other mise en scene considerations you’ve not already talked about in conjunction with cinematography, explaining what meaning is created and what response do you hope the audience to have for each.
6. Write a brief conclusion, reiterating what you thought was successful about your storyboard.
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