Research

In today's session with Charlotte, we have been asked to do some research on 3 creative media websites to help us understand and give us a bit of help for when we go to creating our own website.
We had to consider -

• Texture
• Colour
• Shape
• Technique
• Oppositional themes
• Layout
• Font
• Images

Here are three of the websites that I researched -

http://www.creativemediani.com/about-us/

This was my first one I researched, I like this page as I like how it is set out, you can sweep it from side to side to see different pages of the websites. It just looks like a portfolio of other peoples work up onto a website for everybody to see. What I don't like about this website is they don't make it clear about what is on the website and what it is all about, also who took the images and who created the website itself. On this page, all the images obviously stand out more than the writing as there isn't much writing on the page,





http://jupitercreativemedia.co.uk/

This was the second website that I researched, this was the front screen of it when I first came onto the page. I liked this as I knew what it was going to be about, when going onto the website, it has it clearly stated on what is the website and gives you options on what you are looking for. I didn't like how there wasn't much information on the website. On this, there is quite a lot of writing therefore that stands out more, I think there could be some more photos and colour on there to make it more appealing.



http://www.stormcreative.co.uk/

This was the final one that I researched, I liked the fact that they give you different options on what you wanted to look at. Once you click on which one you like to learn more about, it gives you loads of options on what sort of genre you would like to read about, I like how it's easy to use and clearly shows what is where, I don't like how there wasn't much information on the website. I found this pointless. On this website, it was really colourful which I liked.





Once we have done this, Charlotte asked us to sign up a 'Wix' account, Wix is the website that we will be creating our own website on, this has different sorts of Designs that you can pick from to start setting up your website. We got asked to have a look at the different designs and explain how we eel about them, what we like about them and what we don't like about them, this way it will lead us to find one that we are happy with and can take forward.
Here are a few screen shots of the designs that I found and that I liked the look of so took forward to see which one to choose.

Here is the first one -

I really liked this one, I liked the colour of it and the way everything is set out, I really like the first page and how it goes from there on. I like how it is all in blocks and you pick on there to bring more up about the project instead of having loads of writing all on one page, there isn't anything I don't like on this page, I really like how the images are set out and how they stand out. I like how all the fonts are really simple and easy to read so it makes it look more formal.








This is the second one that I had chosen -

 I really liked this one aswell, the colour is the main thing that I like, it stands out and catches your eye. The only thing I don't like about this, is how boring the technique is, there isn't anything special about it. I like the fonts on there but I don't like how they have chosen loads of different sorts of fonts I like it being one font. What I really like about this design it how it explains everything clearly on one page, they have made it easy to read but still made it eye catching. I don't like how there is no explanations on the photos I would like to know a little bit more about them. I like how the background moves a little bit, giving it a little bit more effect.






This is the third one that I have picked -

I don't really like this one, I find it really plain and the colours are really boring, they don't stand out and aren't eye catching. I find it boring also because the pictures you can see is all that there is, there's nothing on there. It would be good for somebody that likes it all being plain and normal but I like a bit of colour and unique. The fonts are okay. but again, it's a bit boring. I like the fact that the other pages are put in with the pictures and they stand out but that's all that does stand out,




The one that I have chosen to take forward to use is -

I have chosen this one because I really like the design of it, it was the first one that catch my eye and that I really enjoyed watching. I like how the first page is set and then how you get onto the next pages. I really like how the photos are set out as they are really easy to see and  really easy to understand. I like the font as it's nice a simple and easy to read.