FMP Evaluation

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Production Process Evaluation

Research

• There are many strengths and weakness’s for my research document. One strength is the amount of detail I included into my research power points. For example in the existing products section to my research power point I talked about two album covers, one album advertisement poster and one item of merchandise clothing. For each of these existing products talked about the use of lighting, composition, mise en scene, costume, props, location, colours and fonts. All of these different aspects allowed me to give a lot of information of my thought and feelings on that product.

• My research document helped me in many ways when completing my final products. This is because I carried out a survey which included questions which helped me find out what I needed and didn’t need to include in my products. For example for one of my questions I asked “what genre of music do you listen to?”. Me asking this question allowed me to figure out what genre of music I should base my album cover on.

• One weakness for my research document is that I should have included more that just five questions in my interviews. If I had of included more than five questions then I could have gotten a better response for ideas for my final project.

Planning• There are many strengths for planning power point, one strength is that I

have gone in to a lot of detail on my style sheet. On my style sheet I included a colour schemes chart which showed me all the different schemes such as the split complementary colour scheme. On my style sheet I also include information on fonts, I used DA font to insert 10 different fonts which I thought could possibly be used in my final design. I then described the strengths and weakness’s for each font so I could choose a font for my final design work. This helped me in completing my final designs because I was able to quickly use the font I had previously selected in my planning.

• One weakness for my planning PowerPoint is that I could have included more information when describing each layout on my pre production power point. I should have talked about the colours used, setting, props and location. If I had done this then I would have been able to be more certain and have reasons on making a decision for which layout to use.

Audience AppealI personally think that I have appealed to my target audience for the lay out for the album cover. I have used may tropical elements in to my full cover, this is because my audience wanted to have a tropical based compilation which included specific genres of music such as hip-hop, dance and house.

In my questionnaire I found out that 80% for Hip/Hop, 40% for dance, 60% House. These genres was the top three highest percentages, meaning that most of my audience wanted to listen the hip-hop, dance and house. So I decided to use a tropical themed album with those genre songs. In my final album cover I think that the cover pulls off the theme with a unique and modern tropical layout, I have changed the opacity of the image behind the main writing such as the title, I then inserted my preciously chosen font, then I took some time finding out on where to position the text. Another technical quality to my album cover is have introduced major company logos and applications on to the font and back of the album cover. This made my album look extremely genuine and professional.

Technical QualitiesThere are many different similarities and differences between my album poster and this competitor album poster. One similarity is that both of the poster have a plain back ground which then makes your product which are advertising stands out more against the background. Another similarity is that both of the poster have a very simple but modern font. This just represents the simplistic layout of the overall poster .

One difference between my poster and the competitors poster is that have chosen to include company logos and applications on the poster for sponsorships with my album cover. How ever on the competitors poster they have included a lot more information about the album than me, however I decided to make my poster very simple for the overall effect of my poster.

Time Management

• I personally think that I managed my time very well. Working through all of the power points at the start of the project. This was very good for my overall project because I was able to finish any other work on time. When I was designing my album for my project experiments I fell a little behind time because I spent a lot of time in the designing of the front album cover which had positives and negatives. Such as I was able to improve my skills on Photoshop so that I could apply them into the production of my final project. However a negative is that this made me fall behind when completing my process reflection power point on my experiments.

• If I had more time when I was completing the design side and written side of my work. It all would have been completed to a lot higher standard meaning that in my power points they would have a lot more detail to them and the same would occur for my design work, they would have been finished off professionally and therefor appeal more to my audience.

Aesthetic Qualities I personally think that my work does look very good, there are many different design elements of my album which make it look aesthetically appealing. The way have used a white solid block line around the main title and artists names, doing this has given the whole album cover a very modern and appealing layout. I also changed the blending options for the background behind the text, this was done so that my target audience would be able to read the text without it being blurry. I have chosen to place the company logos on the bottom right and left on the album covers, placing these logos in this position is very modern and allows you to have a larger creative work space for the main album cover.

The barcode has been placed in the top right hand corner, I had to position this in place on my album cover which would make it easily accessible however that it doesn’t get in the way of the design features to my album.If I was to improve anything on my album it would be change the background of the rear cover. I would do this so that my audience can see the information more clearly which is wrote on the back cover.There are many strengths and weakness’s for my album cover. One strength is the way I have managed keep the tropical theme all through the layout and design of the cd cover. I did this by making sure that elements of the cover such as the font was a tropical themed.Another strength is that I have made the leaves in the background look an amazing vibrant metallic green. This make the leaves stand a lot more than they would if they was just a plain green.One weakness for my album cover is that I should maybe of included copyright information somewhere on the album over. If I had more time when completing my album I would have included the copy right information on the back cover at the bottom . This would have allowed me to insert the information just below the information naming the tracks and artists.

Aesthetic Qualities This is a screenshot of my final cd design. Which I personally think looks outstanding. The very simple layout is created using just the tropical font, the background from my cover and the general layout. I decided to design my cd in this way to make it a competitor with other similar albums.I have designed this cd in a very specific way so that it will look just as modern and aesthetically beautiful as my cover.The audience appeal for my cd design uses the tropical theme to illustrates which Is done by the use of palm trees which is instantly recognisable to my audience. If I was to improve anything on my cd design it would be change the colour of the background and make the greens stand out just a little bit more than they do now.

If I was to improve anything on my cd design it would be change the colour of the background and make the greens stand out just a little bit more than they do now. I would do this by inserting a full black colour over the top of my image which can then be changed in many different ways such as changing the opacity of the colour then finally changing the layer option which can make some look vivid and metallic.

There are many different strengths and weakness for my cd design. One strength is that I have designed a very clean and modern looking cd. This has been done by me inserting a thin white line around the edge of the cd. Another strength is how I have position my title. Instead of just making the layout of my title simple and boring and I symmetrically lined up the different words around the centre ring of the cd. One weakness for my cd design is that you cannot see the copyright information very clearly. This is very important because within that information there legal issues. If I had more time I would go back and make the text easier to read by adding either a stoke around the letters or changing the layer options and opacity.

Peer Feedback

Feedback 1

• What did you like about the product?– I like the album cover which has a tropical side to it

which I think looks really nice. The inside of the album designs are decent as well, they have the songs suggested on one of them and it looks really professional. I also like the name of the album which is called Tropical House 2017.

• What improvements could have been made to the product?

• You could have designed more than one CD cover .

Feedback 2

• What did you like about the product?– The album cover design was done well, I liked the

editing that was put into the cover, as well shit as the whole CD case and CD.

– The colour scheme on the poster was good, I liked the three different colours included on the background of the poster.

• What improvements could have been made to the product?– Some of the designs could have more on it, the

designs could be seen as simple, as there isn’t a lot of design work on them.

Feedback 3

• What did you like about the product?

– I like the different varied products you came up with. The album cover works well for a house album. It helps to illustrate the type of music genre you are aiming for. Because of the cover design I think the audience will be interested in this product at a glance. The poster works well for helping to market this too and both seem in line with each other.

• What improvements could have been made to the product?– Improvements could be made to the product by including an

audio production in this to advertise on spotify and YouTube where necessary. The front cover is good but may need some copyright statements on for legal and ethical issues.

Peer Feedback Summary

• What do you agree with from your peer feedback?– I agree that my album cover look very aesthetically appealing

and that the tropical aspects look good. I also agree that the editing I did on the cover makes my album look very professional. I also thing that the poster works well for helping to market this too and both seem in line with each other.

• What do you disagree with from your peer feedback?– I do not think that my designs need more detail on them, I think

that the way they are looks good and suits the tropical theme. I do mot agree that I could have designed more than one cd, this is because with the time I was given I would not have had enough time to complete another album cover as well.

Peer Feedback Summary

if I was to make any changes to my work based of my peer feedback, I would start by creating a second album cover which is a completely different genre to my first album. This would have made my overall project more interesting and I would have been able to use skills which I used on both albums and apply them to one another to have two professionally finished albums.I would also produced a advert which advertised my new album and merchandise for a radio show. This would have gained me more marks because I would have show than I can use multiple design software's and music software's. This advert would include a scripted piece persuading people to buy my new album.I would also try to make my products look as if they have more detail on them however making sure that they sill look very modern to carry on the theme.I would have also made several copy right statements just to say that I am allowed to use my selected fonts, images and music. Doing this will just make everything run smoother so that I do not run into any legal issues further down the line.