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 My Creative Critical Reflection

 Developing My Critical Reflection So first before doing any rough drafts of the reflection I started with deciding if I would either do a video or a presentation with a voice over. After trial and error of trying to record a video, I realized that making a slideshow and having commentary on it would be much more comfortable with me and the best option. SO, after understanding the format in which I would have my critical reflection I started gathering ideas to form the answers to the four main questions. These questions were provided by Cambridge and would be the main portion of the reflection. Below are some examples on the drafts and the development of the slide show that I would voice over as my creative critical reflection.  Examples of the draft:  Examples of the second draft:  Examples of creating the slideshow for my CCR:

How Am I Planning to Prepare for My Critical Reflection?  Now my class is focusing on one of the last parts needed for component one which is the critical reflection. My teacher explained to the class that this will be the last blog post included in our blog and will consist of answering four main questions but in a unique creative way of either making it by video or text. I decided to make mine by video since I am experienced with being in front of a camera and it will give me an opportunity to add in a little of my personality. As for preparation I am working on writing out my responses and forming ideas that I could use and say while making the critical reflection video. I then started to brainstorm on how I would make this video creative and not just a boring reflection of me just answering questions. While brainstorming I came up with the idea to film my video inside of my kitchen while preparing to cook a meal or taking the camera with ...

  The Importance of Photo Planning When creating your magazine, it's really important to plan out your photos that you will be including in the spread. This is key because the photos you include have to go hand in hand with the article and the theme of your spread. When planning the photos for my magazine the process I took was first visualizing and plotting down and thoughts or ideas that came across my mind that could enhance the pictures I took. While also coming up with ideas I also had to figure out when and where I would be taking the photos with the addition of what I would use to take them. All of this preparation leading up to taking the pictures helped me a lot since it allowed for the photos to come out in great quality with also being in similarity to the theme of my article and spread.  Examples of me planning for my photos: