I posted my Poster, Magazine and Trailer on the page and waited for people to leave their comments.
My Poster got quite good reviews I think. Here are some of the comments written which i Print screened:
From this feedback, I learnt that my poster was overall a success, people were impressed by it. The main thing that came up from their comments was that they thought the red of 'Jake wood' was too bright and I should have toned it down a bit. Another comment made was that the photo was slightly blurry which I had already identified and couldn’t do a lot to change.
Here is the feedback from my Magazine:
The main thing that my audience didn’t like/didn’t think should be as it was on my magazine was the box on the right with the bar code in it. They suggested that it should have been moved down the page maybe the bottom right as it covers my models head slightly. I took this view into account however it is the standard layout of Sight & Sound, which is the reason I put it there so I don’t think I would do it any differently unless I used the other layout I saw of having the name across the top as a banner beneath the image. This I think would have looked odd on my magazine so I’m glad I didn’t use it.
Another comment that was made was that I should have some text stretched across the bottom of the page as a few people thought it looked a bit empty. Again however, that doesn’t fit the conventions of a sight & Sound magazine, which is why I kept the text to the left hand side of the page. A couple other things that were said was that the image could have looked better in black and white to match my poster, the curve of the yellow box wasn’t as smooth as it could be and there were a few grammar mistakes (which I later changed). Overall the feedback was good and the audience seemed impressed with the finished product.
Here is the feedback for my trailer:
There wasn’t as much response to my trailer as there was on my ancillary products; I think this was because people were more comfortable commenting on them as they are what my audience see’s on a day to day basis; Teaser Trailers aren’t as often seen. However the comments I did get were positive, one person stated ‘the actual footage is brilliant, well thought through and composed’ which I am pleased with. One comment suggested that I brought the soundtrack in a bit too soon which I agree with and would improve if I could. They also mentioned that they thought the font on my inter-titles could have been thought through better. This I also agreed with as the font I used was quite plain and unadorned; I could have been more creative in my choice.
