7. evaluation [comp]

7. evaluation [comp]

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  FMP Evaluation Your name
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  Production Process Evaluation
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  Research • Researching theproduct and similar products was extremely helpful for me. Annotating different forms of similar adverts, posters and book covers help me recognize many different key features that I needed for my products – such a slogan, release date, authors name and a recurring theme. The only problem I could find was that annotating and breaking down the other products was very time consuming. • The quantitative research was very quick and easy to do: it took no time at all to come up with relevant questions for my survey. However, I can see it been difficult to gather answers when not done in a class room environment. Also, especially in a class room environment, you may not be able to get the right target audience for your research and have to ask people questions in which they have no interest in – which can hinder research, which is what slightly happened with my product. • My qualitative research was more successful than my qualitative research. I was able to ask more detailed questions and receive well thought out and helpful answers. Even when the answers weren’t complementary to my work, I could turn them into some helpful advice to help with my product.
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  Planning • Planning mywork was a little easier than I expected as I already had a good idea going into the project as what I wanted my product to be and look like. Mind mapping idea for my product was probably the most useful tool, as it gave me a rough idea of what I wanted to do but still let me have a lot of creative freedom. The style sheet was also very helpful! Because of my quantitative research I started adding bright but earth colours into my work, and planning the fonts I was going to use and looking at different styles really helped me pull the entire project together. • Making the layouts wasn’t very useful – I found narrowing ideas down before the final project very stifling and would rather of just jumped right into making it.
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  Time Management • Knowingthat it would be hard to use photo-shop outside of college (and knowing that my skills on Photoshop are very limited so my project would need extra attention) I took the initiative and decided that I would utilise my Photoshop in college and finish my power points on my own time. • Even though I completed my projects on time, I still have some power points to fill in – but I do not regret not getting them done instantly as I have included a lot of detail and that may of not been something I could of done at college. However, now I have a lot of work to do at home. • I did not stay on top of my personal schedule, which is okay because I find boxing myself into very specific time frames very stifling and know it would just add unneeded extra pressure, so I didn’t pay it much attention.
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  Technical Qualities The maintitle of the book is big and noticeable, with bright and eye-catching colours to attract the audience. Like my book cover, the font is large and draws the eye. However, this book cover uses dark colours to connote a sense of seriousness. But as the font is still bold, It draws readers attention. I wrote a small and captivating blurb to tell the audience what my story was about and address the key points and themes. This blurb is a little different than my blurb because the book is a classic and widely recognized, and the blurb talks about this a little bit. The authors name has a similar style to the title. Harper Lee is written in a thinner font to not distract from the main title. This is very similar to the existing products spine because it has the authors name, the book title and the production company's name on it. On both of the covers there is a bar code to show that it is available in stores there is a way to purchase the book.
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  Technical quality's The fontis quite flowy and airy, with bright colours to capture the eyes of the audience. The font on the other poster design is hard cut and stiff, with one solid colour making it feel really serious. This product is a movie poster where as mine is a book poster. This means there are some differences – such as this information box at the bottom. My characters are dressed in bright earth colours, whilst the characters In divergent are dressed in black and leather, connoting that they are ready for whatever is coming, Both posters have an outdoor scenery in the background to display where the story is set. Mine is set in the woods, where as divergent is set in a futuristic industrial styled city. My release date font is much bigger that the one of the other poster. I’m not sure why this is, as I thought it was important to make the release date stand out so the audience knows when the product comes out. Each of the poster has a slogan to promote the film. Both address the audience to create a personal attachment to the product.
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  Technical quality's Both ofthese products were done using pixel art. The characters are dressed in much brighter colours than the characters from the other pixel art – it shows that there is an age difference between the two sets of characters and shows that the other characters are much more serious. Because my pixel art was advertisement for a book I included a release date. The other product wasn’t promotional and was fan art of a show that was already out. I included the title of my product in the art so people would recognize what I was advertising. The other product does not clearly state in it what their art is from, which could confuse audiences that don’t know the show. Both products are set outside to show where the story takes place. In bother products there is an aspect of mystery. In my product there is big foot lurking the tree’s and in the other product there is a UFO hiding in the cornfield.
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  Aesthetic Qualities I reallylike how the Book cover came out. I think the oil paint over lay on the front cover really tied the whole thing together and gave the cover a cleaner, more professional look. I liked putting al lighter brown font behind the colourful font because I believe it gave the effect of being drawn into the muddy footprint. Also, the blurb looks like it is actually written with pen on a yellow notepad. However, I really wish I could of made the spine more realistic and have made the big foot look like it was imbedded into the grass. The poster did not come out as bright and colourful as I initially planned it to, but I am overall pleased with the outcome. Painting over the tree’s a little helped to create a similar style to the characters and the font chosen, but doing that was time consuming. I didn’t include the authors name in the poster as I didn’t want it to look like a book cover. I also wish I could of included more details in the face of the characters, but also I think the minimalist look works for the mystery theme of the story. The adver-gif is my least favourite of the three, as when using pixel animation you can not include much detail. Creating the girl character was the hardest bit and took almost an entire lesson, but it was worth it to keep the pixel theme. I like how the tree’s ended up looking and thought I included a lot of detail when making them.
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  Audience Appeal My audiencewill like the mystery/adventure theme of my novel, which you can see clues of in various parts of my projects: the blue question marks, the hidden eyes, the expressionless faces. 80% of people who took my survey said that the thought a good graphic design was important on book cover. I think the audience will like mine because I have the sasquatch footprint illustrated on the front. 90% of the people that took my survey said that a good blurb would compel them to read a book. I think my audience will like my blurb because it is concise yet detailed, and conveys a great sense of mystery. some parts of all of the projects are colourful and eye-catching, which will draw in my audience because their youthful and enthusiastic people and will relate to this colour scheme.
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  Peer Feedback
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  Feedback 1 • Whatdid you like about the product? – I really like the book cover, I think looks professional and the fonts that you used on your project. • What improvements could have been made to the product? – You didn’t put your real name, I think that could been improved.
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  Feedback 2 • Whatdid you like about the product? – I really like the way the poster looks, I like that it has colourful colours which made I stand out to me. • What improvements could have been made to the product? – Can’t really see the ‘not a’ on the book cover as it blends in with the foot.
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  Feedback 3 • Whatdid you like about the product? – I think the colours are really bright and cheerful – The character designs are really unique • What improvements could have been made to the product? – I can’t really read the writing on the back
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  Peer Feedback Summary •What do you agree with from your peer feedback? – I agree the my book cover looks professional because it has a clean finish and seem appealing to look at. – I agree that the character designs are really unique. I put a lot of effort into making the character look original and authentic. With the pink hair, and the bright orange shirt. – I agree that that the font on the back cover is a little bit hard to read and that the colour of the font on the book cover could of done with being a shade darker so it didn’t blend in with the cover. • What do you disagree with from your peer feedback? – I disagree that bright colours are used on the poster; for me the poster is the dullest out of the trio and looks more pastel than bright, which doesn’t answer the question much. – I don’t agree that I had to use my own name front of the cover because real authors use Pen names all the time and it had never hindered sal priced.
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  Peer Feedback Summary •I would make the blurb a font that was a little easier to read, as the hand written aspect might be too real to see clearly in print. However, I also enjoyed the hand writing font as it seemed personal to whoever had written and looks rather nice. • I would darken the ‘Not A’ on the front cover of the book so it would stand out a little better on the back ground of he muddy footprint.