3. fmp production experiments improved
- 2. Process- Cover I decided to make two experiments for the Cover. I decided to use the game Spiderman as this game is only for the PS4 like mine and because it has a main character to focus on. For the first design I wanted to just focus on the front cover as this is the first thing that people see when they look at the cover making it important to look good. For the second cover I made both sides of the cover. As I needed two images, I decided to use two images of Spiderman which is darker so that it fits in better and looks good. The aim of this experiment is so I can see multiple things. Firstly it shows that having the case minimalistic with not a lot of writing/ images also looks good and it doesn’t look messy. The other thing that this experiment shows is that colours need to go into consideration so that both sides of the cover fits well together and doesn’t look out of place.
- 3. • I got a picture high quality of Spiderman from the internet and layered it with a high quality image of a city background to make it look real, this also made it look more aesthetically pleasing to the male primary audience. I then used dafonts.com to find a font which fit best. I used this as it allowed me to explore many different fonts and then layer onto the image so I could see which worked best and didn’t stand out too much. I used the eraser tool too rub out part of the Spider-Man writing to add more detail to the cover. I decided to do this instead of layering the Spiderman suit over the writing so that it increases the aesthetics and so that the forearm went through the writing and nothing else. The good thing of this was that it made the cover look better but it took time to make sure that it was too a good standard. I also used tools such as the dodge tool to darken parts which wither stood out too much or was too bright. I also used the sharpen tool on the Spiderman suit so that it was more detail and stood out more pulling attention towards the suit.
- 4. Process- Merchandise For the Merchandise experiment I have decided to make three designs. He have used the same jumper style and pattern design. I had used google to get the image of the jumper template and the flames that appear on the back of the jumper and the side of the sleeves. On the first jumper at the top I decided to use the colour of black on black, this makes the design more subtle which I like. With the other two designs I used black on white and gold on black. These colour combinations make the design stand out more which is also good. These colour combinations can help to interest the audience as they can wear these with different clothing's. I used the website Dafonts.com so I can find the font which I shall use for my final merchandise. To layer the writing onto the jumper I used Photoshop. I also used it so that I can edit the flames so that they look like they are actually on the jumper.
- 5. Reflection • What elements of your experiments will you include in your final product? • Cover- For the final cover I will use the information and knowledge that I got with the experiment. Firstly I will keep the front cover minimalistic as that makes it more aesthetically pleasing to see and will make the buyer want to pick the game up to look at. I will do this by not adding much writing to the front and only including images to make it minimal. I am also going to use the burn tool and the sharpen tool on the parts that are most important. For example I will use the sharpen tool on the main character and car to highlight their features and detail them more to help them stand out and show that the are an important aspect to the cover. I can also use the burn tool on anything that I think is too dark and that needs to brightened up. From the experiment I saw that the dodge and blur tool was useful to move the focus of unimportant parts. I will use the blur tool to blur objects which stand out too much and divert the focus of the main character. • Merchandise- For my final merchandise I will use aspects from the original design. Firstly I will use the double colours as I think this looks good. I will only have three colour designs for the jumper as that is a popular choice of merchandise. On all other products I will use black and gold as that is a appealing colour combination to attract the primary audience. I am also going to position the name of the game in the centre of the jumper like the experiment as I think that it looks aesthetically pleasing and works well. The font will also be a good addition to the jumper as it is unique and looks electrifying which will appeal to the primary and secondary audience. For the jumpers I will also include the flames on the side of the sleeves as that symbolises the destruction and damage that gets caused in the game. I also makes it look better and adds more detail. Instead of flames on the back of the jumper and T-Shirt I am going to add the logo of the game to link towards it.