evaluation guidelines music video

EVALUATIONS(Not done yet)

Context

Looking at something ‘in context’ means looking at the story/issues/events/ideas that surround your subject of study.  Looking at a film in it’s historical context, for example, might look at the political and social situation the time the film was produced and how it affected it’s outcome, or the technology available at the time.

The context in your evaluation should provide the story that surrounds you as an individual.  It should inform the reader about you as an individual prior to beginning the project.  Things that might be discussed are:

1. Skill level prior to project (what skills did you already have, what skills you think this project will need, what skills you hope to acquire by completing this project).
2. Initial thoughts on project (What problems do you foresee?  What opportunities does the project present? Do you think it will be hard/easy?  Why?)

The context sets the scene for each project.  With each evaluation your context should change as new skills are acquired and can be used to track your progress from first project to last.

Description

The description should break down the following information:

1. What you were asked to do for the project
2. What role you took on
3. What responsibilities you had

What is key is that you description should be short.  Although it is an important part of your evaluation, describing is not evaluating.  Too much time spent describing will result in a lower grade or referral.  Your description should only last for a short paragraph.

Strengths

Your list of strengths might consist of:

1. Things that you did well during production
2. Things that your group did well during production
3. Particular production elements (camera, sound, lighting) that you think turned out well
4. Particular editing elements that turned out well

Whenever you identify a strength you should explain why this was a strength or why you think it went/turned out well.

Areas for development

The term ‘weakness’ suggests an irresolvable flaw.  One of the key points of your evaluation is to look over your work and highlight the areas that need improving next time.  As such you should identify your areas for development.  These may include:

1. Things that you didn’t work out the way you’d hoped.
2. Things that you or your group didn’t do so well.
3. Issues that occurred that were out of your control.
4. The impact of any of these issues on your project.
5. How you overcame any issues and how you think those issues could have been avoided in the first place.

Conclusion

This section should sum up what you have learnt from the project and, more specifically, how you will improve.  You should avoid making general statements such as:

“I will improve my lighting next time”

and identify how you will improve, such as:

“I will improve my lighting by testing my lighting plan out in class first, identifying any problems prior to shooting”.