The Decisive Moment – Reflection

The Decisive Moment – Reflection

“Check your work against the assessment criteria for this course before you send it to your tutor.”
Assessment criteria:

• Demonstration of technical and visual skills – Materials, techniques, observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills. (40%)
• Quality of outcome – Content, application of knowledge, presentation of work in a coherent manner, discernment, conceptualisation of thoughts, communication of ideas. (20%)
• Demonstration of creativity – Imagination, experimentation, invention. (20%)
• Context – Reflection, research, critical thinking. (20%)

Demonstration of technical and visual skills

Materials, techniques

I have chosen to use film and make my own prints for this assignment for reasons I have explained previously. The technical quality of the final images is rather variable. In particular the images I made with HP5+ film and telephoto lenses (such as 2019-09-17 #01-13) are not as high a standard as others. The contact sheets show there are many images which were not of a usable standard. However some of these have worked well and the prints are of a satisfactory standard.

Observational skills, visual awareness, design and compositional skills

These elements are crucial to my interpretation of the brief and I have described these in more detail in my description of the final images. However I think that the choice to use film for this was challenging to my observational skills and visual awareness and has helped me to develop this.

Quality of outcome

Content

Because of my reservations about the technical quality of the prints, I think the overall work is weak in this element.

Application of knowledge, presentation of work in a coherent manner, discernment, conceptualisation of thoughts, communication of ideas

I think that I have read and researched this topic and come up with a coherent approach to it. I also believe that my description of this communicates my ideas well.

Demonstration of creativity

Imagination, experimentation, invention

My approach has been to try an emulate the work of HCB and his contemporaries although I have examined the work of modern artists in this respect. As such therefore the work might be considered derivative rather than original. I have found going back to film has been very experimental for me – particularly to have to produce very specific output.

Context

Reflection, research, critical thinking

My account of my approach is based on research – although I am uncertain as to how much depth I need to go into about this.

I also believe I can reflect on my work – as evidenced by this post!