FM 1 Reflective analysis guidance and exemplars

1. Reflective Analysis

2. Reflective analysis approximately 750
words
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.
The analysis should be presented as a continuous piece of
writing, with or without illustrative material.

3. What do I write?
This investigation is from a producer’s
perspective (you as a producer of your 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 in
general.

4. 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 their
creative choices in relation to intention and effect.
Written Analysis is evaluative: it will lead to some
reflective judgements being made on how effective
are certain micro features.

5. Good questions to ask yourself when
planning this written piece are:
• What do I want the audience to feel at this precise moment in
the film?
• How have I given the audience the opportunity to feel this?
(Use specific micro-aspect examples)
• How could I have been more successful in achieving this?
• What meaning does a selected micro-aspect of my extended
step outline/photo storyboard create?
• If I were filming this scene what considerations would I need
to make?