'AS LIVE' PRODUCTION: (Lecture) Production Role Critical Report - Guidance

30% of mark (2000 words)

Include research into studio production and the specific professional role you have undertaken and how that research informed your actual role and the production.

For this reason it should not wait until the production is completed to be written. 

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. 

Thus you will demonstrate and evidence that all decisions and critical reflections are informed by research and development by use of appropriate quotations. 

Producer - scriptwriting, delegation, creative side, test shoots

Delivered in a report style, it is a document that allows us to see now just what you have done but rather how and why you have chosen to do something - methodology

This does not mean it is merely a description - it must contain relevant research to effectively support your work 

Journal content - you research into the wider context of your chosen are of work and established methodologies and processes - you must research your chosen role.

What to include and structuring 
Draw up a general list of areas you will need to cover

Overall rule - tell them what you are going to say (intro), tell them (main body) and then tell them what you told them (conclusion)

Work out a logical structure before you start to writes

Basic logic that allows us to explore the subject - rough draft not too rough

Headings and subheadings
Intro
My role - brief overview of role
Creative methodologies - teaching how to do the role
Critical reflections
Conclusion
Bibliography
Illustration
Appendix

Format
Bullet points
Titles, headings
Harvard 
Page numbers
Footnotes
Bibliography 

Sources of information
People
Books
IT/online
Events and places

Style of writing
'Obtrusive'
Relevant reliable recognised
Avoid colloquialisms
Spag and avoid overly long sentences

Check before submit

Use the draft opportunity for guidance - provide evidence of your research plan and quotations you will see

Show me your report plan re:headings / subheadings and likely content