While creating the website i had to use iweb and photoshop. Both which i have never used before. I started off with simple templates for iweb, it was quite difficult to understand how to insert images since there were already designated areas for it, so i didn't really have much freedom with where to put my pictures. Basically, it was just trial and error at first. I then understood how to create a page which was flexible in terms of template and the "inspector" tool really helped in removing unnecessary options such as the menu on each page (I wanted to create one). The tool was also helpful in creating hyperlinks as it was quite straight forward, using this program for the first time i coped well in creating an insightful website and also considering that i was quite inexperienced using imacs. The editing tool for colour adjustment was also useful because i could edit an image on the webpage, so i could see how it looks next to the other pictures and if they are similar in tone which i managed to acheive. The lighting in some of the picture were too light and dull because the camera i used to take the pictures was low in quality and so i increased the saturation of the colour to acheive a deeper coloured look and also increased some of the shadows too.
I am not a very experienced user of photoshop as i had only used it before for small adjustments. I caught on quite quickly on how to use it and to create the banners on there was not hard. I did not use it for complex image editing since the images i used did not need much manipulating.
Thursday 25 February 2010
Saturday 20 February 2010
Website
For the website i created banners similar to the idea of EastEnders. This is what would be at the top of each page. I followed the conventions of other soap websites and carried out a house theme. The pictures were taken from the setting and from screenshots of the trailer.
This is what would be at the bottom of each page:
The aim of this is to actually establish the soap with pictures of the setting which have connotations of a professional workplace. From research of Eastenders the banner shows the setting of the soap and familiarises the audience, and also for people who have never watched this soap it gives them ideas from the picture; that the soap is about a local area and its residents. The images i have used are edited on photo shop and i wanted to make the colours deep and i wanted to use alot of dark colours i.e. black and grey with warm colours like red. These colours make one another stand out and creates an edgy feel. The deep colours also emphasise on the grandness and quality. This is only to make a statement about the workplace: That it is powerful... Not necessarily the "grandness" of the people who work there.
I started out to make a skeleton of the website i created the pages and applied the banners on all pages to acheive the house look. I designed areas to where the main items would go on the website i.e. the trailer and the pictures for the gallery page. My group are to do each a webpage but i thought it was sensible to just do abit of framework so that we can acheive a good end product. I had an idea for a "Welcome" page which would just have the trailer and a skip button would be at the bottom to get to the home page to access the other areas. However, because our website is not established one and it is only new, i thought this would not be a good idea because we want to attract the audience to other aspects of the website like the blog and character profiles so they can become familiar with the soap, rather than watching the trailer and leaving the rest. We still have included the welcome page since the group thought it was a good idea. I can understand that it might have a better effect because trailers on "welcome-skip" pages are quite popular in cinema film websites. This idea might make the audience feel as though the soap is more exciting and exclusive.
This is what would be at the bottom of each page:
The aim of this is to actually establish the soap with pictures of the setting which have connotations of a professional workplace. From research of Eastenders the banner shows the setting of the soap and familiarises the audience, and also for people who have never watched this soap it gives them ideas from the picture; that the soap is about a local area and its residents. The images i have used are edited on photo shop and i wanted to make the colours deep and i wanted to use alot of dark colours i.e. black and grey with warm colours like red. These colours make one another stand out and creates an edgy feel. The deep colours also emphasise on the grandness and quality. This is only to make a statement about the workplace: That it is powerful... Not necessarily the "grandness" of the people who work there.
I started out to make a skeleton of the website i created the pages and applied the banners on all pages to acheive the house look. I designed areas to where the main items would go on the website i.e. the trailer and the pictures for the gallery page. My group are to do each a webpage but i thought it was sensible to just do abit of framework so that we can acheive a good end product. I had an idea for a "Welcome" page which would just have the trailer and a skip button would be at the bottom to get to the home page to access the other areas. However, because our website is not established one and it is only new, i thought this would not be a good idea because we want to attract the audience to other aspects of the website like the blog and character profiles so they can become familiar with the soap, rather than watching the trailer and leaving the rest. We still have included the welcome page since the group thought it was a good idea. I can understand that it might have a better effect because trailers on "welcome-skip" pages are quite popular in cinema film websites. This idea might make the audience feel as though the soap is more exciting and exclusive.
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