Website Ideas

I understand that the website is a huge component of our final project, so  I decided to do some research to get some inspiration for our website.

Here are the films I researched and the takeaways:

1. Indefinite: Short Film    Genre: Romance

I saw this short film two years ago when it was screened at the 'film festival' we had at our school. I really enjoyed it and it fits into virtually the same genre and style that I was going for, so  I checked out the website. There wasn't anything too unique about the site, but I am definitely looking to steal the idea of adding a page to explain who the cast members are and their stories. Ideally, I would get the cast members to paint their faces or something and point out what these painted faces mean to them and tell their biographies in that way.

2. The Lobster: Feature Film     Genre: Sci-fi / Romance

This film is about a dystopian world where single people are forced to become animals of their choosing. It's quite whacky and bizarre and the website definitely sells that. When I first opened the page, I was greeted with a quiz that asked me a serious of personal questions to let me know which animal I should choose to turn into if I end up alone. 

This would be amazing to include into my website. A kind of interactive quiz that could tell you what kind of designs the user should paint on their face to symbolize their personalities. Or perhaps, something more crazy, like if the user could upload an image of themselves and we digitally 'paint' their faces. It is unfortunate that this is beyond my level of expertise. I am not a programmer and Wix will definitely not allow me this kind of freedom with my website design

3. The Florida Project: Feature Film       Genre: Coming-of-Age

This film's website stood out to me because it is incredibly simple and let the film speak for itself.

It includes just clips of the film being played behind the title with a small quote underneath it. The bottom corner says watch and the top left has a menu page. I really like this design because it isn't littered with so  much information and help draw the viewer into the film. I absolutely hate the font though. 

I am most likely going to replicate The Florida Project's homepage design and add details about the characters in an "about us" page.