Friday, 17 January 2014

DMC U2 1.3, 2.2 - 2.4

How to give constructive feedback


To give constructive feedback its important to say your point and always give a reason to back up your point. Another way to give constructive feedback is to use the feedback sandwich, which is a way you discuss someones project with them in a certain way; Positive comment, Constructive criticism, Positive Comment. This helps the person receiving the feedback to feel as if they are not being targeted at negatively.


To receive feedback is similar to some extent but there are a few things that differentiate the two.

When receiving feedback its important to hold your ground when people are giving feedback as sometimes people can be quite harsh on comments, so try and make sure to ask for reasons behind their points. Also not to be passive with the comments they give and just go along with what the audience says. And asking questions in return if you believe their criticism is wrong but in a respective manner.

Select and justify appropriate presentation techniques for a specific creative idea (film)

The way I would present my short film would be to give a small explanation of the film first without explaining the narrative. Then I would let the film run on a projected screen with the sound being relatively loud as the sound plays a huge role in my film with dimmed lights/no lights. After the screening has finished I would be willing to answer questions about the film and how it was shot.


Present your creative idea to a group



Above is the video from when I had presented my video to a relatively large group in comparison to the focus group I had presented the video to for the testing of my video. I had recieved feedback from both sessions as I wanted to know with the focus group if any changes were need to be done, then with the larger group I wanted to know whether the changes made any difference to the feedback given which it did as I hadn't got any negative feedback on the technical side of my film.

Evaluate effectiveness of presentation

I think my presentation skills were not the best as I felt that I hadn't given enough information to the audience for them to understand what my film was about. Although I did try and explain, the information given wasn't in enough depth. I also feel like I should have explained the stages of my planning i.e. coming up with narratives, then creating the story board, location scouting, gathering props and facing limitations throughout this whole time. Public speaking is also a weakness of mine as I am not too confident being on camera nor am I confident speaking in front of a lot of people which is probably the main reason I didn't ask the audience any questions when everyone was quiet. Overall I think that my presentation could have gone better but I am happy with what was said during the feedback.

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