1 - Start ~4 mins
You have planned, sourced, built, captioned and credited a digital montage on an interest of your own. Today is the showcase: you present that montage to a small group, explain the choices behind it, and give the same careful feedback to others.
By the end of this lesson you will have presented once, heard one strength and one sharper question on your work, and named one thing you would change next time.
2 - Examine and Discuss ~8 mins
A strong presentation of a montage is short and clear. Cover four things, using the same frame you have used on other people's media:
- Theme: what is this montage actually about?
- Purpose: what should a viewer understand or feel by the end?
- Audience: who is it really for?
- Choices and credits: which formats did you pick and why, and how did you credit what you borrowed?
Peer feedback has two jobs only. Each listener gives one strength (something specific that worked) and one sharper question (something that would make the maker think harder, not a vague "make it better"). A sharper question sounds like: "Why did you put the audio first?" or "Who is left out of this story?" It does not sound like: "I liked it" or "change the colours."
Your teacher will present a tiny example first so you can practise one strength and one sharper question before groups start.
3 - Hands-on: Present Your Montage ~14 mins
Work in groups of three (four only if numbers force it). Each person presents once. Follow this routine exactly so everyone gets a full turn.
- Open your montage so the group can see or hear it.
- Present in about 90 seconds. Keep it short: say theme and purpose together, name the audience, then point to one credit and one format choice. Short sentences are fine. If the montage is long, show only a key sequence, not the whole piece.
- Each listener then gives you one strength and one sharper question only (about one minute total). Write both down in a few words.
- Swap. The next person presents. Keep going until everyone in the group has presented and received feedback.
If you need a line
- Presentation: This montage is about… / I want the viewer to… / It is really for… / I chose this because… / This credit is here because…
- Feedback: One strength was… because… / One sharper question: why did you…?
If your montage will not open, present from your plan, captions and source log. Explain the same points and still collect one strength and one sharper question.
Showcase feedback: one strength and one sharper question
4 - Your Turn: Act on the Feedback ~5 mins
Use the feedback you just received. On your own, complete these three bullets so they are ready to share if asked:
- The strength someone named about your montage
- The sharper question you were asked
- One concrete change you would make if you built this montage again (order, format, caption, credit, or cut)
If you did not get full feedback in the group, invent the sharper question yourself from the four-point frame, then still name one concrete change. Save your notes the class way so they are there if you return to this work later.
5 - Make Sense ~6 mins
Pull the room back together. You have now been on both sides of a montage: maker and critic.
From what just happened in the groups:
- Name one sharper question you heard that actually made the maker pause. What was it testing: order, audience, or a credit?
- When you pointed at a credit line in your own presentation, did it feel like paperwork or part of the story? Why?
- What landed for you as a listener that the maker might not have noticed until you said it?
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