5. fmp evaluation(1)
- 3. Research Strengths of my research: I think that making experiments for my work helped my final products as it meant that I had an idea of how to include certain things in my research I think that I have gone into good detail when researching products Weaknesses: I think that my audience research could have been better. I think that I should have interviewed a wider range of ages and a bigger amount of people. I don’t think that it is really fair research when there is only 8 people being asked and there are a higher amount of men being asked than women.
- 4. Planning My planning helped my product as for when I was filming as I knew what things I needed to get filmed, for example the script and the clips that I needed filming. This also meant that I knew what techniques I needed to research, for example how to make a gunshot effect on after effects. Also, the fact I knew who I wanted to play who in the trailer was helpful as I knew what days they were all available to get everything filmed. From my planning I knew what sort of clothing and items I needed me and Joe to wear. Weaknesses of my planning- I
- 5. Time Management I have spent my time terribly on this project. I spent too much time on production and not enough time on the pro-formas. I needed t If I had more time to produce my work, I think I would have made some clips for the movie as well as the trailer. Also I would have created a better variation of merchandise because the two designs I did were both in the same style and were both on a plain white t-shirt. I would have also made sure that my pro formas were more detailed and all done to the best level I could make them.
- 7. Aesthetic Qualities Does your work look good? I think that the trailer does look quite good. Strengths of trailer: I think that my use of after effects went well. For example when I show the explosion in the sunglasses. I think that the choices of song work well with the trailer. Weaknesses of trailer: The picture quality could definitely be a bit better and the lighting could be improved. I could have maybe done with a microphone for filming because the voices aren’t that clear. Strengths of poster 1: I think that one thing I have done well is I have made it so you can tell that it is a movie related to crime. Because I have an image of a knife on the cover Weaknesses of poster 1: I think that I included some things on the poster that were the wrong colour. For example the universal logo at the bottom of the screen
- 8. Aesthetic Qualities Trailer Strengths: I think that the editing was pretty smooth and the cuts into the shots worked quite well. The special effects used in the trailer were decent. I am happy with the scene where it shows the explosion in the sunglasses as this looks pretty realistic. I am also happy with the muzzle flashes used to show gunshots. Weaknesses: The camera quality and sound quality in the video are not great, you can’t hear what the characters are saying too well. I think that the There are little errors that I made when filming the video as well, for example in one scene you can clearly see the reflection of me filming the video in the window, and in multiple shots I used the same locations.
- 9. Aesthetic Qualities Wanted poster Strengths: I am quite happy with the image I used. With the I think that the clothing worn was good as smart clothing such as suits are often associated with gangsters so you can guess when looking at the poster that my character is a gangster. I like the text saying “Wanted” at the top of the poster as it is very bold and stands out on the red behind it. Weaknesses: I think I could have used more of a variation of fonts for the text. Something that I think ruins the poster a bit is that there is a bit too much text on the poster. I think that this poster would have been more effective if I did include a bit less as then it would be easier and quicker to read. The text saying the name of the character is quite small so if I was looking to let people know about the characters in the film I think that I have done a pretty bad job as you would need to get really close to the poster to read about it.
- 10. Aesthetic qualities Merch Strengths- I like the design of me and Joe in black and white. Weaknesses- I am not really happy with this T- shirt design. The text on the T-shirt just looks as if it has been added on through photoshop
- 11. Audience AppealOne part of my work that I think would appeal to my target audience is the main poster. On there I included a knife on the cover so people looking at the poster can instantly tell that it is a movie related to crime. I also included a hit list as this instantly tells the audience that the main character is a hitman. From my audience research, I found that the way most people find out about new movies is through social media. To appeal to my audience I have uploaded all my work onto a twitter account. Having a social media account is good as it means that my movie would be heard of by a lot of people from many age ranges. Many different age ranges use social media, from teenagers to elderly people. Also from my research, I found most of the people that did the survey were under-18. For this reason I wanted my movie to not be too violent so I didn’t make the trailer extremely violent. Also in the trailer I included at the start the age rating of PG-13 as this means that it should be suitable for people above the age of 13 but parents are strongly cautioned. One question I asked in my audience research was where do you see posters for movies at the most. The one that the most people responded to was at bus stops. This meant that I needed to make my poster clear as the posters on bus stops are quite big I think I have done this as I made the films logo big and in a colour that stands out on the background.
- 12. Peer Feedback
- 13. Feedback 1 • What did you like about the product? The trailer was really well shot and the visual effects were really good. The explosion in the sunglasses is really good and looks very true to life The editing is really smooth as well, there aren't any dodgy cuts and it flows nicely with the voice over. I liked the poster designs as they are simple but effective in saying what the film is about I like the story as well. Seems like it would be an interesting film to watch • What improvements could have been made to
- 14. Feedback 2 • What did you like about the product? The trailer perfectly tells the beginning of the story. It does the job very well of drawing people in so they would really want to see this on the big screen. As well as this, the main movie poster looks great. It has the same style as the trailer and uses items, such as the knife, to keep it close to the trailer, The font is also well suited to the film as it’s big, exciting, and a little bit different. Everything goes together nicely. The photos of the main character also work for the posters, as it portrays him as an innocent, nice guy, which exactly the effect you wanted What improvements could have been made to the product? For the trailer, make sure the aspect ratio is all the same size. Different scenes, such as the explosion in the sunglasses, are smaller than others. The coming soon at the end also needs to last longer. (As it’s a still image just go back to premier and drag the length out, it won’t effect the quality.) On the wanted poster, the image of the wanted man looks slightly misshapen from when the size was changed. Again, it’s a quick fix but it could drastically improve the quality.
- 15. Feedback 3 • What did you like about the product? I like the video i think when you were sitting down speaking to the camera it’s was clear and the camera shot isn’t bad. I like your posters i like the designs its very different. I really like the sticky note with the name crossed out that’s a nice touch. What improvements could have been made to the product? I personally think the wanted poster is a little cramped together maybe if it was a little bigger it might be easier to read. I also think the photo is a little blurring, looks like it has just been placed there but still look good. Some parts of the trailer is a little quiet, can’t really hear what you’re both saying and the lighting is great.
- 16. Peer Feedback Summary • What do you agree with from your peer feedback? I agree that the aspect ratio for the videos should all be the same size. The reason it wasn’t was because I didn’t know how to do this. I also agree that the coming soon is cut off too soon. However I will change this as I just cut it out by accident when exporting I also agree that the audio of the trailer is a little bit quiet. I could easily change this just by editing the sound on premiere. • What do you disagree with from your peer feedback? I think that whilst the image on the wanted poster was a little blurry, I wanted the poster to look realistic and in many real life wanted posters the images used aren’t perfect and they are often quite blurry or have bad lighting.
- 17. Peer Feedback Summary Based upon my feedback, I would definitely make changes on the screen size I would also make the sound quality a bit better.