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Production role Critical Analysis Guidance

- 30% Production role Critical analysis (2000 words)
- Alongside the pratical project you will be required to write a 200 word project analysis that details your production role(s)
- Crucially it should include research into studio production and the specific professional role you have undertaken, and how that research informed your actual role and the production
- Think of this as a piece of writing which teaches the reader about your role and uses the experience of this production as anecdotal evidence to illustrate typical tasks, issues and skills
- For this reason it should not wait until the production is completed to be written - it is as much about informing yourself during the production about your methodology and approach as it is a piece of crucial writing
- Show the reader that you can critically evaluate your own work and that you understand Professional approaches and context through a focus on Academic referencing throughout

What do we expect?

- Delivered in a report style, it is a document that allows us to see now just what you have done (ie a diary) but rather how and why you have chosen that role

What it include and structuring

- Draw up a general list of areas you will need to cover - try mind mapping
- Overall rule - tell them what you are going to say (Intro), tel them (Body), then tell them what you told them (Conclusion)
- Always write a draft

Headings and subheadings

- Copy from myUCA

Sources

- People
- Books and other publications
- IT/ Online
- Events and places
- The usual rules apply - info is accurate and up to date

Style of writing

- Always adopt a formal writing style and one which is 'unobtrusive'
- Argue your points as with an essay by providing relevant reliable recognised evidence
- Remember grammar rules eg Connectives don not start sentences
- Avoid colloquialisms
- Explain things they do not know
- Check it before you submit it
- Be concise and clear - it should be easy for anyone, however unfamiliar they are with the subject, to follow

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