W2: WRITING STRUCTURE

EXHIBITION ESSAY 

Today was pretty basic. We opened with a brief description of  how the review should be organised, how formal the style should be, how to catch readers attention quickly, and paraphrasing. The layout follows something like this:

Beginning with a cover sheet 

"Southampton Solent University 

Faculty of the Creative Industries and Society

B.A. (Hons) Photography

Level 4

Period 220 Credit Unit  

2012

Visual Exploration

Your Name

Your Seminar Tutor"

Contents page

"Contents, List of illustrations, Introduction, Main Text, Conclusion, References, Bibliography, Illustrations"

Illustrations

one or two images of the artists works at the exhibition that is being reviewed, Including Artists, Title and Date.

Introduction

general overview & outline, describe ideas and info, clear indication of angle, primary objective.

Main Text

sections should clarify and define nature and content, confirm knowledge and understanding of concepts and theories of work, arguments and positions applied through work, critically analyse, references relationship of ideas and other writers, concise summary & logical transition.

Conclusion

confirm impact, what has been learned, answer questions & issues drawn from suggestions in main text, confirm strengths, weaknesses and limitations of research, end.

References

Harvard Referencing, (author, year, page) quotations,

"ONLINEACCESS."

Bibliography

list of books, articles, films and websites visited in research, all in alphabetical order,

(surname, first initial, year, title, publisher, place of publication, page number)