2. Use this template to help you evaluate your project.
You should give specific details about your work.
You should provide both written and visual examples to explain your project.
You should find areas to praise in your work. Be specific about why you think they are
good or why you are proud of them.
You should also find areas that could be improved. Look for areas that you could make
better if you went back to them. Be specific about what you would improve.
Add additional slides as you need to. Don’t be restricted by what is here.
Any blank slides should be deleted before submission.
3. Does your final product reflect your
original intentions?
• My final product does not directly reflect my original intentions, but
you can see the inspiration I took from my storyboards. This can be
seen in most of my final pages, especially in the first few, there are
changes however, in the plot and some of the lay out , as well as
the choice to go from having a page of text as well as a page of
image to more of a comic book style with all the words and images
on one page and speech bubbles for the characters speech.
• I also changed the characters names and some of the plot, I took
out three characters and added one in, in order to make my story
more like my initial brainstormed idea, I took out the characters
that would've represented Friar Tuck ,Will Scarlett and Maid Marion
and replaced them with an extra villain with no name as he shows
up at the end to create a twist ending, which I did not plan in my
story boards.
• The plot changes go from Hood trying to win back Maid Marion to
rescuing King Paul.E (King Richard equivalent).
5. How well have you constructed your
images?
• I feel like my images have been rather well
constructed, with a combination of real
images and drawn out cartoon like people,
this made it easy to keep the outline of the
character and just change the facial
expressions and body language
6. This image was always used on every page but edited to create the desired look depending
on what had to be done at what scene.
This is the same image edited for a different page.
7. How well have you used text to anchor
your images
• I feel that my text anchors my images perfectly
as it explains perfectly what's happening on
the page, my only complaint would be the way
my speech bubbles have been arranged,
sometimes its confusing which speech bubble
should be read first.
8. Here is an example of this happening.
This should be read first Then this , but the positioning could
perhaps confuse a reader.
9. Is your product suitable for your
audience?
• My proposal is suitable for my audience ( 5-7
years old) as I do not include anything which
could be seen as offensive or unsuitable for
young children, and even though my book
contains scenes of violence its not portrayed
in a way which could corrupt an
impressionable mind.
10. These pages show how I avoid showing the effects of violence in my book, this creates a
cartoonish effect and doesn’t use any imagery that could offend or effect a young child.
11. What do you like/dislike about the
techniques you have used?
• I used the paint feature on Photoshop to create my
characters, as I said earlier I enjoyed doing this as I
could easily change my characters facial expressions
without having to draw them all out again, I also
enjoyed using real photos with filters over the top as
my backgrounds because it makes my characters and
points of interest really stand out.
• Using real photos however, made it difficult to find
images which I wanted to use as my backgrounds, as I
could only use photos that were available to me.
12. In these images I used pictures of a hospital corridor and a prison cell for my backgrounds.
13. What do you like/dislike about how
your final product looks?
• I like the way my characters stand out from
the backgrounds because they are the points
of interest in the book, there are some pages
which I really like the look of but others I think
could've done with some work if I had more
time to work on.
14. I didn’t like this page, I found it to be pretty bland and pointless, if I were to go back id either
get rid of it or at least add more to it to make it more interesting for a young child to look at.
This page however has a lot going
on and really stands out compared
to the other one I highlighted.
15. Why did you include the content you
used?
• I used the chosen font because I found it to be
easy to read and it stood out well on all the
backgrounds, I chose certain images because
they worked with what I needed for my script.
16. What signs, symbols or codes have
your used in your work?
• The tone of my work is overall a happy one,
lots of bright colours, however on some of the
sliders particularly the last one, the tone is
very dark, lots on shadows, dark figures and
sad looking characters.
17. This is a comparison of the tone in my book, going from really light in tone to really
dark.
18. What representations can be found in
your work?
• Considering there are no women or children in
my story, I cannot be portraying any form of
representation for them, my book represents
the strong being big muscular blokes whilst
the weak who are locked away are the fatter
or weaker guys.
19. This is an example of one
of my characters being put
in a weak position even, he
is the only character in my
book who is portrayed as
not being ripped.
As apposed to this character who
is striking a heroic pose, he is a
main hero who is portrayed as
being massive.
20. What style have you employed in your
products?
• The visual style in my product is one of a
comic book or graphic novel, granted not as
cleanly executed as one, an inspiration of
mine to do this style was one of my favourite
books growing up, Universals Cavalcade of
Horror, this book is one of few graphic novels I
have read and I attempted to replicate its
techniques in my book.
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22. What were the strengths and weaknesses
of the pre-production and planning
• Planning and research helped me in my
production as it allowed me to take inspiration
and ideas from certain kids books and realise
what's needed to create a successful one.
• My time was not that well managed as I didn’t
really stick to my schedule, I still finished in time
but it would've been more organised if I had
stuck to my schedule.
• A specific example of a book I looked at was The
Tiger Who Came to Tea, and I used the same
dimensions from that books pages for mine.
23. Historical and cultural context
• Seeing as my work is based of a folk legend
with no copyright issues, there has been many
adaptations of it, however I do believe mine is
a fresh take on the tale with no other versions
quite like it.
