Evaluation

The assignment brief for this project was to choose a topic that would finally be a poster. This showed how concerned I was of the topic. The topic that I chose to do this project on was Cyber Bullying. This is because the topic was personal to me.

The research that I did was to look at some images of Cyber Bullying to use for my final piece.
I looked at different images of Cyber Bullying to give me some inspiration for my final piece. Also I did some further research. This included me researching different slogans that influenced me with creating my final piece/poster. This was so I could use this research to create my own slogan that I felt would work for my poster. 

From my research the artist that inspired my design for my final piece was Kristina Webb. For my
Primary research I made a survey monkey questionnaire. I have also found out that the age range of people being bullied is 11-14 year olds which is not what I was expecting as an answer. I thought it would be 2-6 year olds. The percentage of the answers was 66.67%. From my results I have found out that you should get support of staff members whether it is in a school or a college rather than contact close friends to try and help which I have found interesting. This is because the answers that I have got from my survey not all of the answers are the answers that I would have expected people to answer to which shows their opinion. I have found out that 4 people out of 9 know who has been bullied.  I have researched the different types of Cyber Bullying through posters from different artists to influence what I could have based my poster on.  However for my Secondary Research I have researched different slogans, aswell as researched Kristina Webb's artwork to influence me to use for my poster to make it stand out.  Also for my secondary research I have narrowed down my research to slogans and art research  because I know that I would use a similar theme for my poster compared to my Primary research.  My Secondary research show that the artist had  drawn each of the Cyber Bullying images in their own style. .

 

My Secondary research was  the most helpful to me. This is because it gave me some slogan designs, and artist's research   that I could use for my final piece. My primary research was also helpful because it gave me the opportunity to create a questionnaire with other people's views and feedback. Also my secondary research was the most helpful because it gave me the inspiration to create a slogan to show Cyber Bullying.  It was also helpful because it showed how different people create their slogans that stand out so that I could use the inspiration to create my poster using an eye catching slogan.  The thing that I made is a poster. This was to symbolise Cyber Bullying and how it affected people's lives. I wanted to get my word across in a poster. I don't think that it would have worked if I chose something other then a poster. The poster made my concern stand out. I think it would have had people's attention to stop Cyber Bullying.  The colour that I used in my poster was red. This was because I felt that it was the right colour to use on a poster. It made my poster bright and eye catching with the bold lettering and colour. Also I chose the colour red for my poster because it symbolises Cyber Bullying. It showed people's reaction when they are bullied which is why I chose the colour red. 

The way that I got my images was the fact that I took them at home. I used my camera to capture the type of shots that I wanted. I took a lot of test shots to see which shot was better. I used my dad and my brother for my poster. I took a lot of photos to make sure that I had the best result for my poster. My brother and dad posed for me as I took my photos. They looked exactly how I wanted them to look because I had to direct them into the positions that I wanted. I used my photography skills to capture the descent photos of my dad and brother for my poster. For the keyboard images I took simple photos of a college keyboard. I used them to create my slogan for my poster. This was to make my poster powerful and eye catching with the slogan. The effect that I wanted to get across with the slogan was that the victim of Cyber Bullying was typing the slogan. This turned out well because I used my experience on Cyber Bullying. As well as that I thought about what other people still go through now.

The tool that I have used to create my poster is Photoshop. On Photoshop I used the graphic tool to create my font. I also used the highlight tool to highlight the word 'help' on the full photo of the keyboard to show the victim's reaction. I used the move tool on Photoshop to move my photos to the right place that I wanted them to be. I have also used the crop tool make my photos a better quality other. I have also used this to make it fit on my poster. Without the crop tool my photos would have been squashed up on my poster which wouldn't have been a good sign.

 I have developed some new skills with the fact that I kept on using Photoshop. These skills included knowing how to create a poster using photo shop. Also some of the new skills that I have developed is my photography skills. I have done this by using different positions of my actors to get the best photo. The thing that I found hard/ difficult with this was asking my actors to pose in the position, because I couldn't really use the right terms to use. I had to ask my actors to move around in their position to get the best lighting, that would fit the photo well without getting in the way.

My time management overall was alright. There was just a few things that I don't think worked to my time management. These was the fact I finished before I was planning to finish my final piece. Also I rushed my final piece a little which I feel affected my time management. If I had more time I would have improved my final piece with adding colour to the background and improving the font to make it easier to read- clearer. I feel I have used my skills to create a great final piece. I haven't really kept to my production schedule because I had to change some things. The things that I have had to change is my production schedule mentioned for me to plan and create cartoons but I changed it to photography skills. This was so I could use my new skills instead of my old favourite skills.

 

 The target audience that I have aimed my poster at is children/ This is because children are more likely to be bullied then adults. Also my photo shows that children are mostly bullied with the photo of my brother(Child) as the main victim.  The demographic audience of my poster/project would be between the ages of 4-17 mainly. This is because they are in the child category.  Also the gender that this would appeal to is girls and boys because anyone could be bullied.

I felt that presenting my work was very good. This is because I didn't read off the board. Instead I used prompt cards to tell me more about my presentation in detail. I felt more confident whilst I was presenting because I went through my presentation twice. The peer feedback that I got about my presentation was that I used good photography skills to create the main focus of my poster. The things that my peers said that I could improve is to improve the font, possibly by colouring it in to add to the boldness.  Overall I am  happy with the outcome of my poster.