Example of a Unit 04 evaluation

 This is an example of how your weekly evaluations might be structured and worded during the production of your Unit 04 work. I've written it up using an activity I did in the 1990's

What happened ______________________________________________________

We converted a B&W print to a pop art image using Letraset.

How do you feel it went? ______________________________________________

I’m happy with it, I tried quite hard and spent extra time after the lesson to ensure I got a decent picture from that activity/session.

What value was there to the activity _____________________________________

I’ve now got another technique under my belt that I can potentially work with in future assignments or use in my portfolio. Acquisition of new skills.

Analysis _____________________________________________________________

In terms of what I’ve done that meets the requirements of the brief…I’ve used further materials e.g. the use of Letraset to apply the dots and we used lithographic film to copy the original image to increase the contrast. In terms of techniques – I now know how to make a print into a pop art image like Roy Lichtenstein using the Letraset dry transfer techniques and I’ve learned how to increase the contrast by using Lith film and copying an image using the flat-copying technique. Process I now know a process in which to apply the Benday dots to a B&W prints using an analogue process and also know how to process Lith film using Rodinal.

Improvement/development – As with all of these things the most obvious aspect is if I was to repeat the work/process again and again I’m going to learn by trial and error and through practice. Looking back at the images – a better understanding of light would be beneficial at the start e.g. I could have shot the images in more contrasty light working to limit the shadows. I could have also used a much slower film at the studio stage and improved contrast that way too. My images also have no real context or concept as they were just used as part of a practical exercise in class, so there’s no real connection between the subject and the concept behind Pop Art. If I were to develop the idea further I would need to tie together the image content/subject and the use of the Pop-Art element so that both aspects of the image worked together to convey meaning.

Action Plan ________________________________________________________ (1). Continue to experiment with a range of materials, techniques and processes in order that they might be considered as techniques to use with my final composite images. (2). Work smart and get all of the images I shoot in the sessions into my design sheet that same night and annotate. (3). Complete the research into the current photographer we’re supposed to be studying and ensure I comment on how they use MTP’s to convey meaning/message/narrative.

Note* If three of your weekly evaluations were produced to this standard it would increase the chance of this part of your work attaining the higher grades.