Website Design

This is our final website design. We may tweak it in the next couple of days to finalise.


The website opens with a full screen teaser trailer 'tease'. This is a 20 second short version of our teaser trailer itself. It begins by autoplaying on loop.

This is achieved by using a 'skip to website' button in the top right corner of the screen.

Once skipped, the page then redirects to the main webpage.

There is a constant static loop in the background with the trailer in clear view on the right hand side of the screen. With links to facebook, twitter, youtube and blogger at the bottom of the screen.

Website Proposal.

Another idea regarding website proposals was to keep quite a simple and linear look to the design, whilst still leaving the viewer curious and intrigued to see what the website may be all about.

Although this is just a basic outline, we wanted to see what effect could be created by just placing in the basic requirements of both the website and also our cult, this so being the title, the logo and the proposed tagline. 

The website is animated and the two seperate pieces of the tagline slide in from the left in linear one after the other. The logo is then overlayed with the trailer video from youtube for the viewer to watch.

Other aspects that would be interesting to add to the website would be to have a button where the user can physically touch to 'join us now'. Another would be to have an RSS feed detailing every new person that joins the cult, such as ''John Smith has now joined The Resolution. Welcome John'', to imply it is a real, live and ongoing cult.

Having used wix to produce this website, we feel it is the most appropriate and effective website to use, and after further practice to make ourselves more knowledgeable of the different effects and things we can do with the website, hopefully we can make a clever and effective website.

Website Proposal #2

Again a simple idea, the trailer would go bottom right of the page. The background is in the style of the matrix, and is relevent to our trailer as it is filled with symbols and letters which we managed to get to move. The tagline for our trailer was "Join Us Now" which we included in the website design. The typography in this design is hard to read over the moving letters and symbols of the background.

Website Proposal #3

This is just a template idea, the teaser trailer would go in the centre left. This idea was a very basic idea with the facebook, twitter and blogger logos. The picture background was taken from the website Wix, and was chosen to represent a contained area and a possibility of danger. The red typography incorporates the conventions of a psychological thriller.

WEBSITE: The Grudge

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/thegrudge/

The moving DVD and title is slightly disorientating, which helps convey the horror genre of the film. The typography is in spaced red letters making it easily legible. The links are to the left of the picture and again easy to read, however they have used a different font which works well with the other forms of  typography.                         

The links are easy to follow and promote the film as it offers the audience the chance to order the film directly from the website.

The picture on the right is dimly lit with half of the actress' face in shadows. She is looking directly into the camera and her facial expression portrays her being scared. She has a white jumper which has connotations of innocence and purity suggesting she is the victim.

Website Design

Website design is judged on five different areas;

Functionality

cultural awareness, text, download codes, interaction times, LEGALITY -copyright and intellectual property

Design

graphic design, typography, visual elements (attracting people to the general design from the sight), user friendly, aesthetics, proffessionalism (quality of finish), use of colour (or not), layout

Content

purpose (links, attachments), interactivity, verbal expression

Originality
 creativity, distinction - multi sensory and emotional expression, predictive research

Overall Effectiveness
operational effectiveness, communication effectiveness

WEBSITE: Case 39

This is the simplistic website for the new horror film 'Case 39'. This website has a very simplistic design, similar to one we would make if we were to make a website ourselves.
The trailer appears as soon as one enters the site and the title is clear and glowing. Also the links are simplistic and clear at the bottom of the page using only key words and logos. The actors are also a pull for the film as they are one of the main focus' apart from the title.

WEBSITE: Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps

http://www.wallstreetmoneyneversleeps.com/

A great website in which the movie trailer itself is intergrated behind the features for the website, forcing the viewer to watch the trailer subconciously.

WEBSITE: Inception