We asked our teacher to fill out a response form to investigate what they liked about the poster and what we could improve on next time.
Teacher response:
What our teacher liked:
- One feature of the poster that my teacher liked is the colour scheme purple. The reason why we chose the colour purple to be our main colour is because it is a unisex colour. Even though our target audience is boys we wanted to use a colour that can be appealing to both genders, so that females may also we intrigued to watch this movie aswell.
- Another aspect of the poster that our teacher liked is our title and how it fades, but at the same time it is still bold . Our group wanted the title to fade in order to have a feature in which it would stand out. It will make the audience question why it is fading-is it linked to the storyline? We used the same font that was used in our trailer to keep consistent, additionally we made sure our title is in capitals as it is typical feature for a film poster.
- Another thing that our teacher liked about the poster is the background with the math equations. Our group decided to use math questions because it lets the audience understand that this movie is about maths.
What our teacher thought that we can improve on:
Our teacher believed that we are missing some of the conventions of a film poster. An example of this is a tagline, a tagline(also known as slogan) which is a catchy short phrase that sums up the plot, tone, or themes of the film. By adding a tagline we are able to give the audience more insight into what the trailer is about.
Another point that our teacher believed that we can improve on is that we should emphasis the release date at the bottom. As it is just below the poster credentials it blends in with the rest of the writing. To improve our group will add a feature to the release date to make it stand out.
The last point that our teacher said that we needed to improve is that the actors and directors names are not on the poster. There are individuals that worked hard on the trailer and as a result they need to be recognized. To improve our group will put the actors names at the top of the poster.
PERSONAL EVALUATION
I believe that are group did well for our first draft. We tried to make this poster as professional as we could using serif drawing plus. The programs is really good for creating posters however, as it was our first time editing we did not really understand how to use it so we had to ask someone who studied graphic design to show us how to use the program. Nonetheless our group is really happy with the final product. By receiving back the response form from the teacher it allowed us to pintpoint the main areas of improvement, which is helpful.
WWW: one thing that we personally thought that went well was the colour scheme, as it opens the door for both boys and females to come and watch the movie. Event though our main priority was our target audience which are boys between the ages of 15-25 we still wanted to leave the door open for females, who may be interested in watching this movie.
EBI: One thing that we believe that we can improve on is including the names of the actors, directors or producers on the poster.
