Reflection on Tutor Feedback (Midpoint Review)
Receiving my tutor’s feedback has been reassuring because it confirmed that the central direction of my project is becoming clearer. Rather than suggesting that I change my subject, the feedback encouraged me to deepen the ideas already emerging within my work. This has given me greater confidence that my investigation into migration, memory, identity and belonging has a coherent direction.
One of the most important points I have taken from the feedback is the need to become more experimental with moving image. My tutor encouraged me to think about transitions not simply as technical edits but as visual expressions of memory and movement. This has made me realise that editing itself can become part of the narrative rather than simply connecting one image to another.
Another significant observation was the suggestion to incorporate fragments of my own poetry and multilingual text into the work. Until now I have tended to separate my photography, poetry and moving image into different activities. The feedback has encouraged me to think of these elements as interconnected parts of the same creative practice. This feels particularly relevant to my experience of moving between languages and cultures, where meaning often exists between words rather than within a single language.
The recommendation to explore ambient sound more carefully has also influenced my thinking. I had already begun experimenting with natural sounds such as birds and water, but I now understand that sound can contribute to memory and atmosphere as much as the images themselves. I intend to experiment further with layering environmental sounds alongside music to create a richer emotional experience.
Perhaps the most challenging aspect of the feedback concerns contextual research. My tutor encouraged me to extend my reading beyond artists and photographers into mythology, structuralism, migration studies and theories of symbolism. I recognise that this will strengthen both my practical work and my Critical Review by providing a broader intellectual framework through which to understand my creative decisions.
The feedback also highlighted the importance of documenting my creative process more thoroughly. I often focus on the finished outcome, whereas recording experiments, unsuccessful ideas and technical development will provide stronger evidence of reflective practice and make my decision-making more visible.
Midpoint Review
At this stage, I do not believe I need to change the overall direction of either my Project Plan or my Critical Review. Instead, the feedback has confirmed that my current themes remain appropriate. However, I do intend to broaden my research, deepen the relationship between theory and practice, and become more experimental with the integration of photography, poetry, moving image and sound. Rather than changing direction, I see this midpoint as an opportunity to develop greater depth, complexity and confidence within the project.
Looking ahead, I hope the second half of the project will become less concerned with documenting places and more concerned with communicating the emotional experience of movement, memory and identity through a combination of visual, textual and sonic language.
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