The brief that I have been given is for Clive Arnold with Domestic appliances. He is looking for a simple 3 or 4 page website. The brief tells me that he has had the business for 23 years, and that they supply and replair domestic appliances and white goods. This isn't a webpage for selling things online, but an infomation site that will hope bring people into the shop.
Tomorrow we are meeting with the client, so I am going to ask them questions, so that I can narrow down what it is that he wants.
1) Can we have a brief history of the place?
2) How many people do you employ?
3) In terms of target audience, what age do you mostely see in your shop?
4) What is your biggest seller? Both in terms of repairs and sales.
5) What are your guidline prices? Like, how much for a repair, and sale with certain items.
6) How would you want your website to show you as? For example, professional and business like, or professional and friendly.
7) Do you have a logo and slogan already?
8) Does the shop have any redeeming features? As in, if someone who new the shop and looked at something, would it remind them of the shop?
9) Do you have a primary colour scheme for your shop front?
10) What feature would you like more of on your website?
11) Will you be wanting an part of the website where customers can purchase items?
12) Are there any extras you would like ontop of everything else? Such as a products page to display prices, or a rates page to show how much repairs are?
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Friday, 9 March 2012
So many briefs, so little time..
I have just received three briefs from real life clients looking for websites. The first one I was was for a children's nursery called PACES. Seems they need a website for general information, prices, staff, and all that. I suppose it would have to be a pretty simple website, with soft colours and easy to read fonts, as it is for adults looking for a place for there children.
Another brief we have is for a group called Self made creative clothing. What THEY do is to help people of all ages learn new creative tasks, and how to be entrepreneurial. They do this by getting cheap materials for the students to create things out of, and sell them for a profit. "In the medium term, learners have the opportunity to further enhance a range of skills from presenting and project management through to fashion marketing and hand-made manufacturing."
The last one I read was for a business called Central Appliances. What THEY do, is supply, and repair appliances, mainly white goods. (Fridges, freezers, microwaves, radios) This was the shortest brief.
We are meeting the clients on Monday, so I will have to make sure I have ready a buck load of questions for them, so i can build up a small portfolio of what each of them want. Good plan.
Another brief we have is for a group called Self made creative clothing. What THEY do is to help people of all ages learn new creative tasks, and how to be entrepreneurial. They do this by getting cheap materials for the students to create things out of, and sell them for a profit. "In the medium term, learners have the opportunity to further enhance a range of skills from presenting and project management through to fashion marketing and hand-made manufacturing."
The last one I read was for a business called Central Appliances. What THEY do, is supply, and repair appliances, mainly white goods. (Fridges, freezers, microwaves, radios) This was the shortest brief.
We are meeting the clients on Monday, so I will have to make sure I have ready a buck load of questions for them, so i can build up a small portfolio of what each of them want. Good plan.
Friday, 2 March 2012
New Project... SOON!
We have JUST been told that our new project will be about web design. So, coding and all that. I'm looking forward to that! George has just also asked for some examples of good and bad websites. So lets start!
1) Google. (Good website)
Google is a great example of a really well made website. Simply because there is nothing there! All that you can really do on Google is search the web. I mean, they HAVE added a lot more, like maps, and docs, and mail and Google+, but other than that, it is such a simple design, and is REALLY simple to use. A website is successful if the user instantly knows how to use it, just by looking at it. I mean, navigation bars work to an extent, but you want to be able to get everywhere from one page, and Google is a perfect example of this. Mainly because you can get anywhere on the web FROM Google..!
2) Sixties press. (Bad website)
Wow. Just wow. I mean, this website LOOKS as though it was made in the 90's, but this was voted one of the worst websites of 2011. Where do i begin? For one, everything is placed down the left side, making the site feel trapped, and restricted. It makes you want to leave instantly, before you've even read anything. The subject matter is all about healing, and being spiritual and all that silliness, so you can see what they where trying to do when they made this site. They wanted it to be vibrant, and trippy, and psycadelic. But they failed. It just looks really dated. And not the good kind of dated, but the bad, "Wow that looks old and creaky" rather than "Wow! Thats retro so its cool!"
Using the navigation bar is pretty simple, like, you can get to all the main pages from every other page, so I suppose thats one point to Sixties press. But every time i go to a new page, the website darts about. This shows that it wasn't anchored properly, or even /div'ed properly. It looks as though someone made this site on notepad.. Which im sure they did.
1) Google. (Good website)
Google is a great example of a really well made website. Simply because there is nothing there! All that you can really do on Google is search the web. I mean, they HAVE added a lot more, like maps, and docs, and mail and Google+, but other than that, it is such a simple design, and is REALLY simple to use. A website is successful if the user instantly knows how to use it, just by looking at it. I mean, navigation bars work to an extent, but you want to be able to get everywhere from one page, and Google is a perfect example of this. Mainly because you can get anywhere on the web FROM Google..!
2) Sixties press. (Bad website)
Wow. Just wow. I mean, this website LOOKS as though it was made in the 90's, but this was voted one of the worst websites of 2011. Where do i begin? For one, everything is placed down the left side, making the site feel trapped, and restricted. It makes you want to leave instantly, before you've even read anything. The subject matter is all about healing, and being spiritual and all that silliness, so you can see what they where trying to do when they made this site. They wanted it to be vibrant, and trippy, and psycadelic. But they failed. It just looks really dated. And not the good kind of dated, but the bad, "Wow that looks old and creaky" rather than "Wow! Thats retro so its cool!"
Using the navigation bar is pretty simple, like, you can get to all the main pages from every other page, so I suppose thats one point to Sixties press. But every time i go to a new page, the website darts about. This shows that it wasn't anchored properly, or even /div'ed properly. It looks as though someone made this site on notepad.. Which im sure they did.
Last minuete Changes.
Last night, while at work. I spent my time tweaking my final project. Ive added a few more text elements to the piece, and well as tightened up some of the cuts, so that it really flows. Today is hand in day, and I THINK I have everything. I few more bits and bobs might need doing to the sketch book, but I'm pretty sure thats about it...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
What Ive Got.
Ive spent a long time collecting a lot of different shots. Ive even traveled all the way up the Cheltenham to collect these shots. Here is what i have so far. I have worked on the part of the speech, where he talks about how people live, and lack of things people have to survive. With this infomation, i used shots of towns, and train stations, and very english areas, as a contrast to what he is saying. The music i have used is "Dead Already" From the American Beauty soundtrack. I chose this track because of the monotinous nature of it. The idea of the same thing happening over and over, and slowly building up fits well with the themes of human development that Nelson Mandela is talking about.
Tomorow I am going to spend the day working on the text overlay that I have featured on the piece. I feel that i need much more of it, and need to think about where i have placed them
Tomorow I am going to spend the day working on the text overlay that I have featured on the piece. I feel that i need much more of it, and need to think about where i have placed them
Monday, 20 February 2012
DV Cam troubles.
I am currently having troubles with my DV Cam. For one, the only one i could get my hands on is an old NTSC mini DV camera. The picture quality is pretty good, but i am having difficulty capturing the video off the tape, and onto the computer. I may have just figured this out, but I have ran out of battery... I have ordered the cable I need, so HOPEFULLY i will be able to upload it all at home. This will also give me a some time to work on my blog and my Sketch book.. I have neglected them both, as I have been away for a week. But no more..!
Music Choice.
Ive decided to have a sort of.. Building up to my advert. So what I want is for it to start with not a lot on screen, and then build up to a lot on screen. Like, I can start with no one on screen, then end up with really busy shots, with lots of people. I got this, because i heard a piece of music i know and love. It is the music to American Beauty (1999, Sam Mendes). I think this would work perfectly because its a real slow build up. I can also mess around with it on Garage band, or even pro tools, to make it build up to a climax within a minuet.
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