Digital Media Unit 1: Reflection Criterion D

(EAL SUPPORT)
i. appraise your own artwork or performance
ii. reflect on your development as an digital artist.

Reflection
My favorite part of this unit was the acting.

because I like acting because it helps me express myself and I like the feeling of being someone else
and falling into a new role. It’s a great way for me to express my creativity. I also take drama so it’s
great way for me to display the things I learned in drama into my acting for media.

Unit Progress Table

writer
editor
actor

cinematographer
sound
SFX
communicator

Can you answer the Inquiry Questions now the unit is over?
Key Concepts: Communication
Related Concepts: Genre, Narrative
Global Context: Personal Cultural Expression
Statement of Inquiry: Specific genre conventions are used to create messages and influence visual narratives.

Inquiry Questions

Factual: Factual: What techniques are used to tell a story? What techniques are used to influence feelings?
The techniques used to tell a story include . .
The techniques used to influence emotion and feelings include . . .
I have tried to bring the characters in my story to life by . . .
My story has the elements of . . .

The techniques used to tell a story include narration, flashback, cliffhanger, imagery, first person narrative, plot twist and
foreshadowing. The techniques used to influence emotion and feelings include framatic and tension filled scenes which
help in evoking all kinds of emotions in the reader such as shock or sadness. I have tried to bring the characters in my
story to life by having a few first person scenes which include over the shoulder camera angles, this helps the readers
visualize the scene and characters better. My story has the elements of cliffhanger and plot twist scenes.

Conceptual:
I have used different techniques to make my audience feel a sense of shock or suspense because that is what my film
is aiming for.
Debatable:

MYP Global Context focused on in this unit

Personal and Cultural Expression

ATL Skills: communication, social, research

How well I show the following in this unit…
ATL: Collaboration Skills:

How well did you share ideas with your teammates?

How well did you accept your teammates' ideas over yours?
How well did you listen in a group?

I shared my ideas with my teammates easily most of the time.

I shared my ideas with my teammates some times.
I found it difficult to share my ideas with my teammates.

I accepted my teammates' ideas most of the time.

I accepted my teammates' ideas sometimes.
I found it difficult to accept my teammates' ideas

I listened to and understood my teammates most of the time.

I listened to and understood my teammates some times.
I found it difficult to listen to and understand my teammates.

I shared my ideas with my teammates to help develop ideas for our film.
I accepted my teammates' ideas and talked about whether they were good or not to make sure I give everyone the attention they
deserve. I found it easy to listen and work with my teammates since we all know eachother.
ATL: Communication Skills:
● How well did you collaborate with peers and experts using a variety of digital environments and media?
● How well did you use a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences ?

I collaborated with my teammates easily most of the time.

I collaborated with my teammates some times.
I found it difficult to collaborate with my teammates.

I used a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences most of the time.
I used a variety of media to communicate with a range of audiences sometimes.
I found it difficult to communicate with a range of audiences.

We used many techniques to communicate with the audience such as fear.

Collaboration with my teammates was easy to do and it was easy to work with them because I knew them and we work well together.

Do you think the audience liked your film? Why? Why not?

I think they liked my film because it was …..

I think they liked my film because it was edited well. The lighting and sound effects made the film scary
enough that generally people liked it.

I don’t think they liked it too much because…….

● The story was missing a . .
● The illustrations were not good/ could have been better drawn.
ATL: Social Skills: Collaboration
● Delegate and share responsibility for decision-making
● manage and resolve conflict and work collaboratively in teams
● listen actively to other perspectives and ideas
● exercise leadership and take on a variety of roles within groups

My teammates and I were able to share responsibility and resolve conflict easily most of the time.
My teammates and I were able to share responsibility and resolve conflict some times.
My teammates and I found it difficult to share responsibility and resolve conflict..

My teammates and I were able to listen actively to others perspectives most of the time.
My teammates and I were able to listen actively to others perspectives some times.
My teammates and I found it difficult to listen actively to others perspectives

My teammates and I were able to exercise leadership well most of the time.
My teammates and I were able to exercise leadership well sometimes.
My teammates and I were not able to exercise leadership at all.

My teammates and I were able to share ideas with little problems.

We did have some problems but managed to resolve them through reasoning.
We listened to each other's suggestions and gave them our full attention.
We managed to distribute leadership and make sure no one was pushed aside.

How well did you work as a group?

I worked well with my teammates most of the time.

I worked well with my teammates sometimes.
I found it difficult to work well with my teammates.

I worked well with my teammates but we got a little sidetracked sometimes.

However, in the end we did figure out what to do and managed to complete our work.
 Individual Reflection Part 2 - Learning.
Think about what you have learnt during this unit.

Paragraph 1 – What have you learnt about Experimental Film and Film Noir?(use specific
examples and write at least 3 – 5 complete sentences)
I have learned how to. . .
I have learned that . . .
There are different ways to communicate, that is . . .

I have learned how to make even the simplest scenes scary. By adding the correct
lighting, camera angles and sound effects any film can be scary enough. I have also learnt
different ways to communicate fear by using different techniques.

Which skills will you need in the future after the unit has finished? In future
studies? In adulthood? (use specific examples and write at least 3 – 5 complete sentences)

I need the skills of . . . so I can . . .

● collaboration,
● communication,
● creativity
● Story telling
● Animation
● Scriptwriting
● Storyboarding
 And lastly…
I could improve my work by...
One SMART target for the next unit is…..

S: A specific goal I have is . .

M: I can improve my . . . skill by . . .practicing . . .every (time)
A: I can achieve this goal by . . .
R: This is important (Relevant) because . . . life skills/job/university/collaborative projects/creativity is
important to . . .
T:I can improve . . .skill in a month/year/over time by . . .