This post will look at the final products for each section of the assignment and review them paying close attention to three main questions, they are as follows:
1. The success of your final designs (in terms of what works and what doesn't)?
2. What would you do differently next time?
3. What would you spend more time on?
The post has been split up into 3 sections, one for each product from the assignment and finally a conclusion.
DVD Case
I feel that the final design of the DVD case was on the most part very successful, it is in keeping with the designs and style of the existing comic books and also has a clean and simple layout, allowing all parts of the case to be viewed and read with ease.
Although i feel that the design of the DVD case was a success overall, i believe that if i was to undertake the task again in the future i would try and create my own characters and draw them or in fact photograph friends or family and edit them to look as though they belong in the fantasy world.
Another aspect of the DVD case that i would change if i were to undertake the task again is the background of the case, i feel that although it gives a dark cloudy effect it is lacking in interesting features, if you were to view the front covers of many of the original comic books, they are decorated with highly detailed drawings of scenes from within the comic.
The ideal front cover would be a scene from the movie depicted in either a live action shot or a drawn interpretation.
As previously mentioned the main aspect of the DVD case i feel i should have spent more time on or would spend more time on given the chance to undertake this task again in the future is the front cover of the DVD case, i feel that if i was able to create a scene from the film from either sections of images already present in the existing comic books or images which i have created/taken myself this would have made for a much more appealing from cover and therefore give the DVD a greater visual impact to any potential buyer.
DVD Inlay
I feel that the design of the DVD inlay was mostly successful with the main themes within the design taken from the DVD case to create a unified look to the digipack. The DVD inlay was intentionally left very plain and simple as i feel that the DVD does not necessarily need to have a lot of information printed on the inlay as the majority of the information is available on the DVD case.
Although the design of the DVD inlay was mostly successful, i feel that if i was to undertake the task again in the future i would have created by own character (as mentioned in the DVD Case section) and add them to the inlay on either one side or both, this would have then created a stronger link between the DVD inlay and the DVD case.
I feel that i should have spent more time on the logo for the DVD inlay or would spend more time on the logo if i was given the chance to undertake the task again in the future as i feel although it is the same logo as the DVD case, it does take up the majoring of the top half of the DVD, therefore i feel that i could have designed a slightly more disc friendly logo instead of using the existing "The Amory Wars" logo which is used on all comic books.
Trailer
I feel that overall the trailer depicts the comic book style as i had hoped with the use of the images from the comic book series and using clips from the animated vignettes which Coheed and Cambria released as part of the publicity for one if their albums. Also by using the same logo and the same font for the titles as in the DVD case and DVD inlay, i feel that this has created a unified look and almost a signature font for the film. This coupled with the music from the band has created a final trailer i am happy with.
Although i am happy with the final outcome of the trailer, i feel that i should have spent more time on creating animated clips or using already created images from the comic book series and comping them into one clip, to create more of a motion comic look to the trailer.
Another aspect of the trailer i feel i could have spent more time on is the fact that there is a lack of a voice over, although i do not feel that a voice over is completely necessary to create a good trailer as some of the best and most powerful trailers have no dialogue, It would have helped tell the story more other than relying on the dvd case synopsis to tell the story.
Finally, if i was given the opportunity to undertake this task again i would change two main aspects of the trailer, one of which mentioned above is i would have liked to create some more animated sections to the trailer to create a better motion comic effect.
The second section i would have changed about the trailer is i would have liked to have used live footage coupled with the animated vignettes, but as the vignettes were of a poor quality, putting them next to live footage would have given the impression that the quality was worse than first thought. Although live footage may have given a different impact to the trailer, i feel that the major downfall of the trailer is the quality of the video clips taken from the animated vignettes, i feel that i should have spent more time searching for better quality versions or finding other motion comics that have a similar look and style to "The Amory Wars" and use those instead.
Conclusion
Overall i feel that the final versions of each of the products are to a good standard and fulfil the brief given to me in this assignment, After reviewing each product and stating what i felt could have been improved and what i would change if i was to be given another chance to undertake the assignment, I feel that most If not all of the adjustments would not necessarily create a better digipack, they would merely improve the image quality or specific look of a product.
No comments:
Post a Comment