Our website: Practical

Website practical:

Inserting on our website:

For our website I decided to take the job of inserting the teaser trailer in, editing and adding the red neon glowing star rating and the critic review.

Firstly I selected the '+' button and selected video and added our previously uploaded video from YouTube on to the blog.

I then adjusted the size and played around with the placing in order for it to look effective on the page. I ensured it was far to the right hand side to make sure that the image behind could be seen clearly.

After I had placed and sized the image I selected the video and clicked the 'settings' button and then 'Autoplay on loading'.
This is so as the website is loaded the video automatically plays.



(Final Outcome- screenshot of website)





I then went on to create the glowing five stars on Photoshop as well as the critics review.

Firstly I went on Google images



to find a base. That of 5 stars to then edit later on to the desired way. I inserted the stars into Photoshop and started with removing their white background and then the inner yellow sections leaving just a plain red outline.

Once I had done this and added the neon glowing effect, I selected the '+' button and added the imaged to the website.



Film website deconstruction:

Websites:

Blair witch:

http://www.blairwitch.com/

Blair witch is a 2016 horror film, the website displays clips from the film used as the background. Which allows for the audience to gain an idea of what is to come. There is also a clear colour scheme of white and orange which actually seems to subvert common conventions of horrors which usually use black/red and other dark colours. The website also has some advancements including a 360 degree experience. Building tension with the audience.

Lights out:

http://www.lightsoutmovie.com/#

This website displays 'from the same studio that bought you the conjuring'. This is a very common feature of some horror movies. Since they include fairly unwell known actors it acts as a form of promotion since if the audience liked the other film they are likely to want to see that regardless. The typography used is very minimalistic drawing attention to other features if the page, allowing for emphasis of the genre due to the ominous, dark image shown.

Green Room:

Green room is a 2016 horror film, the website has a green, black and white colour scheme, dark colours such as these are very common conventions of horror websites along with the white text to allow it to stand out. The website includes animated images of footage within the film. This allows to build tension and show scenes of the film to the audience to attempt to entice them, as well as presenting the genre clearly. It also has a bold review that has been centred, allowing for the audience to see opinions, 'maximum' and 'shock' are fairly full on vocabulary which emphasises and increases the interest towards it.

http://greenroom-movie.com/#/





Conclusion:

• In conclusion these web sites offer good inspiration for ideas for our own website. The use of he moving imagery as the background is something i would like to explore and i believe it would look very effective and present features of the film to the audience without giving much away to add to the tension and therefore interest them further.

Film websites - Deconstruction

In order to be able to create our own film website I looked at three different film websites and alanaylsed how they met the criteria and if they were suitable for the genre and if they were effective as a website.

The first film website that I looked at was Lights Out; http://www.lightsoutmovie.com/#
Released in 2016

This website firstly shows clearly what the genre is and that it is a horror film due to the use of colours and pictures that are shown on the website. The colours that are used are dark colours which go along with the genre of the film which is horror. The main photo that is used is clear that the light switch is significant within the film and is made to look effective to go along with the title because the title is lights out and the light switch is damaged. The use of the colours that are being used that are dark are effective because of the title and it is working with the genre of darkness and things being mysterious. The typography that is used on the film website is effective for the genre and is commonly seen within horror film websites, this means the website is effective because it is helping portray the genre to the viewer easily. There is also links to social media pages such as facebook, twitter and Instagram this is effective as it is commonly useful to have on a website so it is user friendly. However on the film website for lights out the website doesn't include any critics about the film or ratings.

The second film website that I looked at was Annabelle 2; http://www.annabellemovie.net/
Releasing in 2017

The Annabelle 2 website is very suitable for the genre. It clearly shows from the colour choices that are used on the website as it uses 3 colours which are common amongst horror films which are red, white and black. This is useful for the website to have because it helps convey the genre and also have an effect upon the film, as these colours would be seen repeatedly throughout the film and within other promotional packages that go along with the film. The typography that is used is very common amongst horror films which is sans serif and it is used to convey the genre of a horror film.  Another effective part of the website is that it includes the trailer so it makes it accessible for the viewer of the website to see the teaser trailer of the film. This is good to have on a website as it makes it user friendly. The use of the title being at the top of the page in red makes it stand out on the black background and this means the viewer is drawn to all parts of the website. There is also links that are included that are for the trailer or the story of the film which also make it user friendly along with links to social media sites like facebook, Instagram and twitter.

The third film website that I looked at was Insidious Chapter 3; http://www.insidiouschapter3.com/#landing

The Insidious Chapter 3 website is useful for genre and has conventions of a horror film website because it uses the typical horror film colours which are red, white and black. The website is also effective because it has a black background and then someone's face which has a red scar which is bleeding therefore suggesting that this will have some relevance and relationship to the actual film. There is also a teaser trailer that starts playing straight away when the website is opened which is user friendly and it also contains links to other social media sites. It also has a good catchphrase on their which says "The darkest chapter" this is good to include as it gives the viewers of the websites hints and things to draw them in.