Final Touches and A Critical Evaluation of My Final Piece

Before my presentation on the History of Halloween I needed to create my posters that would be handed in during the presentation for my tutors to scan the relevant QR Codes.
I decided to use a poster format for my final piece as I believe if it was to be further developed, this is the format I would choose due to the fact it would be relatively easy for me to stick posters up in around Liverpool, giving users more of an insight into the history of Halloween.

The images below show my completed posters;

Overall, I believe my presentation went relatively well. I was able to discuss my initial plans of wanting to create a YouTube annotation to support an anti-racism campaign and how the idea deteriorated due to the lack of contributors. I then went on to discuss why I decided to use QR Codes as my back-up plan (easy to develop within a short amount of time) and what my new idea entailed. Deciding on the idea of using the History of Halloween as my basis for the project allowed me to share with others what I had found out about Halloween and therefore I tried to get my findings across in the most effective way possible through the use of QR Codes. This was shown through the various ways in which each of my QR Codes were formatted i.e. using kinetic typography to introduce the first QR Code, followed by a brief montage of people's answers to what they already know about Halloween, using still images to assist in telling the story of how Trick or Treating came about and talking heads to inform users of the brief history of Halloween.
After my tutors scanned a QR Code I was able to discuss why I had chose to use that particular format for the QR Code i.e. 'The Pumpkin' involved the use of still images which was synced with audio which I believed worked effectively rather than a big chunk of text which may cause boredom.
There are areas in which I could have improved on i.e. taking my own photographs to use in the picture montage QR Codes which would have added a more professional effect to the overall QR Code. I also believe that the Google Maps poster I created would have worked more effectively if I had somehow managed to record myself or someone else talking about each of the haunted locations using archive footage or still images. However, with the time that was given I thought linking each QR Code to a YouTube link would have provided users with a more insightful idea as to what each location holds using real life footage from people who have actually visited those locations.
Finally, I discussed my idea in terms of further development and explained how if I was to publish the posters they would be placed in and around Liverpool to give the general public a brief idea of how Halloween came about. Using my own voice for The Pumpkin and Fancy Dress QR Codes was another element I considered for further development as it would have made video clip seem more natural sounding.
I have enjoyed working on this module as I have learnt a lot more about software and the different ways in which media can be created, whether that be through Isadora, YouTube annotation or QR Codes. I was able to put the skills I have learnt over the 3 years to the test during the development of my final piece and was fairly happy with my finished project.