Evaluation

Here is the link to my website that contains the questions for my evaluation:
https://joshcoe161198.wixsite.com/mysite-1

Final Product

The Stranger from Josh Coe on Vimeo.

Final Poster

Final Magazine Review

Magazine Draft 4

Here you can see my fourth and hopefully final draft for my magazine review. After receiving some feedback on my previous draft through my survey and within small focus groups, I made some changes. The text itself has been altered slightly to make it all sound like more of a real review, and I've also added a sidebar that features some of my fellow students work. 

Reflective Comment:

As a whole, I am very happy with this draft and hope that this can be my final and finished version. It features everything from the reviews on IndieWire and I have mirrored the design to make it like virtually the same.

Feedback from Young Chamber Event

Last night there was a young chamber event where we were able to display our work along with the surveys that we had created. I used this as a further way to get feedback, and displayed my poster on the media board (top left) along with print outs of my surveys and laptops with the links to them. This shows another way I received feedback on my ancillary tasks.

Reflective Comment:

Taking advantage of this event was a good idea and has helped me to receive further feedback on my poster. It has also meant that I've received a more wide range of opinions from different groups of people which is also good as it creates more of a range within my survey results. 

Magazine Review and Film Poster Feedback

After creating two surveys for my film poster and magazine review, I've decided to summarise the results in one post and talk about the feedback I got. Below, you can see two slideshare's, the first with the film poster results and the second with the magazine.

I am happy with the amount of feedback I have got from both of my surveys and they have helped me see what needs changing and editing. When looking at the results, I can see that most people who filled out the surveys were of the younger generation with ages mostly between 15 - 21. This is a good starting point for me as these type of age groups are exactly the type of people I want to aim my general work at and so their feedback is good for me.
As for the actual in depth questions, they all seem very positive;

Poster:

My first question after answering about your gender and age was 'do you think the poster looks realistic', to which the majority answered 'yes' with one person saying 'I don't know'. This is very positive for me because it means that when people first look at my poster the see it as they would any other film poster, and it also means that the design of it is good. The next question then asks whether they like the poster, and if they think the look of it represents a thriller/horror film. Most people answered yes to both of these questions which is again very good for me, especially in saying that the poster relates to the genre I have chosen. The final question then asks whether or not anything should be changed. From looking at the results, I can see that most people said no, with a few mentioning that the text at the bottom could be a bit clearer and others suggesting I add a studio ident or a trending hashtag for the film. These are good suggestions for me, and with this feedback I can now go on and make these changes to hopefully make what will be a final draft.

Magazine:
With the magazine review, after asking about gender and age I asked the same questions as with the poster; 'does it look realistic', and 'does it look interesting'. Like with the poster, the majority of people answered 'yes' to these questions which again shows that the design of my review appears as real as an actual one, while people also think the design I've created looks interesting at first glance. I then asked whether or not they could read the text, as I'd been a bit worried about whether it was blurry or not. However, everyone who answered my survey said 'yes' to this question which is good for me and means I don't have to worry about the look of the text. The final question of my survey then asks what I can do to improve it. Most people were unsure about what to change, the main suggestions were to try and make it stand out more while one person said the text did appear slightly blurry. These are good suggestions, and I can now create another draft that will hopefully be the final one with the feedback I have gained being added.

Reflective Comment:
Getting some feedback for both of my ancillary tasks has been very useful for me as I can now act on this feedback to make my drafts better and closer to being completely finished. To improve, I could have asked more questions on the tasks however I felt that it was best to keep them brief to encourage more people to do it, and a lot of questions could have put some people off. With this feedback I can now move on further and look to finish everything off.