“The Tempest” Video Project Artist’s Statement
Please write a three-paragraph reflection on your Tempest video project on a separate sheet of paper. Use the following questions as a guide, but make sure the statement flows together as one, continuous piece of writing. Please write in full sentences. You will earn a 5 on this if you go beyond simply answering each question and write your thoughts in depth.
1st Paragraph – Video Evaluation
· What scene did you perform and what role did you play?
· Where and when did your group set your scene?
· What message were you and your group trying to get across in your scene? Do you feel you were successful in getting across that message?
· What was a strong point of your video?
· What was a weak point of your video and how could it have been improved?
· What was the easiest part of the process for you? What was the hardest?
· What are you most proud of out of your entire process?
2nd Paragraph – Ensemble Evaluation
· Who were your group members?
· Who took leadership in your group? How did they lead? Was their leadership effective?
· Did your group members stay with the jobs you chose at the beginning? Why or why not?
· Other than yourself, who do you think contributed the most to the work? Why?
· Other than yourself, who do you think contributed the least to the work? Why?
3rd Paragraph - Learning
· What did you learn (about history, Shakespeare, theater, literature, etc.) by reading, watching and creating videos based on “The Tempest?”
· What did you learn about producing videos by completing this project?
· What did you learn about yourself or about effective collaboration through the process of creating this video?