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Narrative
Evaluation

Use this template to help you evaluate your project.

You should give specific details about your work.
You should provide both written and visual examples to explain your
project.
You should find areas to praise in your work. Be specific about why you
think they are good or why you are proud of them.
You should also find areas that could be improved. Look for areas that
you could make better if you went back to them. Be specific about
what you would improve.
Add additional slides as you need to. Dont be restricted by what is
here.
Any blank slides should be deleted before submission.

Does your final product reflect your

original intentions?
Compare your planning/digital flat
plans/ storyboards to your final
product
Planning comparisons
Digital Flat Plans comparisons,
compare pages that are different and
pages that are the same, if not
similar to the flat plans
Compare use of colours and text to
that of the mind map

Does your final product reflect your

original intentions?

How well have you constructed your

images?
How well have you constructed your
images? You could talk about the
overall visual appearance and well as
the use of texture and colour.

How well have you used text to

anchor your images
You should talk about the
combination of words, images and
text.

Is your product suitable for your

audience?
Reference your proposal
Give an audience profile and
describe suitability in reference to
content

What do you like/dislike about the

techniques you have used?
Reference specific tools you used
with images

What do you like/dislike about how

your final product looks?

Why did you include the content

you used?
Images, fonts, effects, colours

What signs, symbols or codes have

your used in your work?
Choices of colour, style, locations,
character design and tone all give
additional meaning to your work.

Audience
Responses

Cultural competence:
Media texts require us to have a certain level of cultural understanding to
be able to interpret them.
At a basic level, this could mean being able to read the language that a
magazine is written in.
At a deeper level, it means being able to interpret signs and symbols that
we use a visual shorthand to communicate ideas.
We recognise these signs in our own culture but find it harder to
understand when looking at others.
We create and attach meaning to signs and symbols in many different
forms.
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Audience
Responses

Cultural competence:
What is this?
This is a Norwegian Pine tree, covered in
snow and with a red ribbon on.
Our cultural understanding allows us to
interpret its meaning.
To us, in British society, it means
Christmas, presents and family.
This is because we share a cultural
knowledge.

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Audience
Responses

Cultural competence:
There are many other signs and symbols
that we attach meaning to.
A leather jacket can imply rebellion.
A sports car can imply wealth and power.
A cross can represent religion.

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Audience
Responses
Cultural competence:
Visual representations of everyday objects are often the same the world
over. A car appears as a car, no matter what country it appears in.
What that car means however, can be very different depending on your
cultural background.

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What representations can be found

in your work?
How are men, women or children
shown in your work? Does your work
feature different ages, races, social
groups or religions? Does a lack of
any variety of character types create
its own representation?

What style have you employed in

your products?
Discuss influences/ existing products
What visual style does your work
have and why did you choose it?

What were the strengths and

weaknesses of the pre-production
and planning

How did the planning and research

help
How well did you manage your time
Reference specific examples

Historical and cultural context

How does your work compare to
what has come before? What other
similar products have existed in the
past? What current products exist?

Peer Feedback
Summarise peer feedback and
discuss
Responses you agree with
Responses you disagree with