Trailer Youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vETR5_y0dxU&safe=active

http://farahdanibethsummer.wix.com/akeldama-film

Existing film website research

• 'Buried'
  http://www.experienceburied.com/
  
  
  ·       Trailer constantly plays on home page
  ·       Links to other parts of the site are listed at the side
  ·       Option to book tickets with the theatre finder
  ·       Whilst loading comes up with a main part of the film ’90.00 minutes’.
  ·       Called ‘experience buried’ to relate to the film making you feel like you are in the situation.
  ·       Good genre links to the film – we can tell from the website this is going to be a horror/thriller.
  ·       Reviews at the bottom of the screen.
  
  
  'Bourne Ultimatum'
  http://www.universalpictures.com/awards/bourneultimatum
  
  
  ·       Uses the same look as ‘official government websites’ used in the film
  ·       Shows trailer
  ·       Links to other areas about specific characters without having to scroll
  ·       Easy to navigate – none of the pages require you to scroll
  ·       ‘intel’ link shows other areas of the website – quite hard to find without specifically looking 
  
  
  
  
  
  

website - adding the trailer

Before I could add the trailer to the website, we had to upload the final version to a YouTube account (Summer already had a channel on Youtube set up for this). Then I selected 'Add' and 'Media' to add a film to the site. This meant that a direct link to the trailer could be made on the site and so the trailer could play automatically on our site. I copied the URL of the trailer from where it is on Youtube and pasted it in the URL bar of the added media and this created the link for the trailer to be on our site. 

Then I had to decide if I wanted the trailer to play automatically, if the control bar would be visible at all times and where the box would be in terms of all the other parts of the web page. I decided that the trailer should play automatically as the best websites we looked at had the trailer as the first thing you saw. Putting the trailer box on the left hand side of the screen meant that the photographs which make up the background could still be seen properly. The trailer is only shown when you load the homepage because it might be irritating for the user and therefore not user friendly if the trailer kept playing on every page they loaded. 

Conventions of a film website

• ·      Must be easy to navigate – people want the information in-front of them.
• ·       Must directly relate to aspects of the film – loading icon, menu etc in style of typography.
• ·       Title clearly shown
• ·       Release date clearly shown / ‘coming soon’
• ·       An opportunity to book tickets of find a local cinema
• ·       Some form of being interactive
• ·       Trailer must be easy to find or load automatically.
• ·       Critics reviews
• ·       Names of other films associated with the producer or writer in the same genre.
• ·       Production company name and logo shown.
• ·       Playlist relating to the film or sound effects.
• ·       Downloads or extra clips for the audience.
• ·       Make it relevant for target audience – social networking links or downloads.
• ·       Links to social networking sites.
• ·       Gallery of film shots taken from film.
• ·       Genre should be easily apparent.
• ·       Merchandise
• ·       Typography and images have to be the same as on trailer and poster– connections between all three
• ·       Clips between pages.
• ·       Moving transitions and animation
• ·       Twitter feeds
• ·       Games, apps and blogs – interactive for user

Website - background

To make the website look professional and follow the more interactive look used by Chernobyl Diaries and Death race I have made the back ground into a slide show so that the characters individual photos can all be seen on the homepage. 
This also creates a more professional look as existing movie websites have a moving background which makes it look more interactive and better linked with the actual trailer.

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These are the images on the website. They change based on a slide show system and are timed to change after 7 seconds on each image and then repeat the show. This is also shown on each page of the website. 

Website - Death Race 2

Death race 2 have a good website as it is easy to navigate, the trailer shows automatically and the background moves and is somewhat interactive. Games that appeal to the target audience (young adult males) are shown clearly on the homepage alongside the trailer so that they catch the users attention and reflect the feel of the film – a action film with girls in it.

There is all the information you need easily accessible on the homepage – social links, information about how to see the film or own it on DVD.

When loading each page, the loading icon comes up and is in the same style as the menu and so the whole website feels designed as a whole thing rather than in separate parts.

The social links are clear on the page and are actually repeated on the homepage and then on all other pages so that they are easily accessible and keep the website a social and interactive at all times.

As this is the website for the film which is now out on DVD, there are many different trailers and clips you can watch and these are easy to find and load on the homepage. 

http://deathrace2.craveonline.com