Lookbook - Peer Assessment reflection

In lesson we rotated around the room and looked at our peers lookbooks and gave feedback. For my lookbook I asked these questions:

What did you like about the lookbook? Why?
What didn't you like about the lookbook? Why?
What stood out?
Favourite Page?
Would you wear the clothing featured?
One thing that could be improved

Here's a link to my table with the feedback

From this session I found out some useful information about how I designed this lookbook and what I should take into account next time:

Firstly, I found that people liked the overall retro and colourful style of the lookbook and it's creativity.

Something which people didn't like however was how I arranged some of the text, especially the vertical text. I think that this would work well in a print format when people can rotate the physical magazine but digitally its hard to read. Some also commented on the font choice.

People really liked page two, as 5/7 people who answered said this was their favourite page. I will keep this in mind and aim to do similar things to this in the future if I ever have a similar project.

One last thing is that 5/9 people said they probably wouldn't wear the clothes featured, which may be because everyone has different tastes and styles. I would like to reach out to a wider audience however so if I did this project again I would try and make my clothes more appealing to a wider audience.

Peer Assessment

Film Buff

Film Buff is a stylish and entertaining trivia game which is appealing to the whole family. It's original and tests the players knowledge on information about films, featuring cards with quotes & film screencaps. 

The board meets the success criteria of the brief as it is under A3 paper size. Additionally, the board is a circle, which is a unique shape as opposed to the generic rectangular board, making the board game stand out compared to others on the market. It also contains playing pieces and a stylish spinner to help play the game, which all fit in with the aesthetics of the product. Although I have only looked at the prototype, it seems safe and that there is nothing hazardous about the game. 

The logo and and style follow a dark colour scheme, with accents of bright colour which make the game come across as formal, but fun at the same time. The box has a creative touch of 35mm film around the edge, portraying immediately from first glance what the game is about and fitting in with the design scheme.

One piece of constructive criticism I would give is that the colour on the box is dark, as well as the text, making it slightly hard to read. This could be solved by changing the colour of the text to white or something similar in order to make it stand out and be readable. 

Peer Assessment

Why do we do peer assessments?

We peer assess each others work which involves giving constructive criticism in order to help each other improve. By giving an opinion about a peer's work, you can identify any problems you thought you saw, and give them a review from a different persons perspective as people see things differently.

The peer assessment can help the individual being assessed to improve and try new things, suggested by a peer.

Today I peer assessed Curtis's Silent Film: "The Thief"

It is a very funny short film which contains some great use of slapstick comedy, a common convention of silent films. Some points I identified to improve on were the titles, as the font used isn't that old looking and as it is the first thing the viewer sees, it needs to set the tone of the film. Another point is that there is a moment at around 10 seconds in where the shot changes to a close up which is at an angle. This doesn't follow the style of silent film as all shots were medium/long and completely flat. Lastly, there are no text frames to show dialogue, which can help to put across the story better.

Overall, I thought this was a brilliant attempt at a silent film, following most of the codes and conventions commonly seen in old pieces. It had good acting and slapstick comedy, a fitting soundtrack and was of course in black and white.