Study Task 8 - Writing the Essay

I've finished a first draft of the essay. I'm pleased with what I wrote however the rough word count that I was keeping too meant that I had to cut down on some of the less relevant case studies I researched including the rain effects used in Aardman's 'A Matter of Loaf and Death', and the water effects used in 'Gon, The Little Fox'. The case studies I kept were the ones that helped answer the question directly and ones that I was able to find a lot of background research on. 

What Went Well

• I had plenty of research to help back up my points
• The practical response directly answers the question I'm investigating
• I have time to look over the essay and find ways of improving it

Criticism

• One of the points I was making focused on monetary investment in stop-motion, which was steering away from the question so I will remove this in the next draft
• The essay is still a few hundred words over the word count
• In the next draft I will focus on triangulating the critics more rather than just listing them and not comparing them

This week I finished the final draft of the essay. I made sure the sources were triangulated and tweaked the essay in places where I was straying from the question. I added a bibliography as well as all the images that I was referring to. I'm pleased with the essay I've written and it fits well with the practical response. The tutor was pleased with where I've got to with the project and asked me to read over the essay and bibliography to check for errors.