The three sites I chose are:
http://www.flyingtigerproductions.co.uk/
https://www.deadbeatfilms.co.uk/
https://www.storyboxfilms.co.uk/
All three of the sites are interactive in their own way, for example Flying Tiger has connectable pages/links from one page to another. Deadbeats is similar but on the front page you can’t see the links until you hover over the name, it makes it more enticing, there is also a big collage on the front page which you can click on leading you to music videos. The Storybox website has links to, wedding stories and photos, it gives you a wide variety of weeding opportunities to look at depending on what you want to see.
My favourite of the three websites would have to be the Storyboxfilms, One of the main reasons this is my favourite is because of the artistic beauty, it is beautiful, there are different variants on photos, videos and links to stories, the different links make it more pleasing, the stories make you smile and the videos/photos are professional and you can tell how happy everyone is in the photos. The layout is very easy to understand and get around, the links are clear and its easy to find what you’re looking for without getting caught up in lengths of things you don’t want to see. There is also the ability to contact them if you are local, its also great because they keep everything up to date so all the information you need if you want to get in touch is relevent.
In conclusion this website is very successful for many reasons but they keep their photos up so clients can see what they are getting into, they also make sure their customers get a good service for their money.
I think my least favourite would be the flyingtiger website because it is rather bland, all the black and white makes it less interesting. The words at the side indicating the other pages are blurry therefore hard to read which makes me not want to read them, I shouldn’t have to work to read something on a website. The news page isn’t up to date like the storybox one, it hasn’t had any new news since, 2015, there also isn’t a lot to see, however they do have external links to clips on Youtube. The website has some good qualities such as the use of media- photos/videos, it shows a bit more about the company. Again on the negative side the contact page doesn’t have much creativity it just includes, three phone numbers and email. I think something they could do to make it better would be add links or the names of their accounts on social media other whys people don’t know what to look for.
This website isn’t exactly unsuccessful but there are many ways it could be improved to make it easier to understand, or enjoy.
Genre Conventions
There are many different types of genre conventions in many different portfolios. However some of the most common are the context in the portfolios, it has to be relevant to whatever you’re trying to show off as well as your viewers. Making sure the layout of your portfolio isn’t squished and includes everything important in small sections, leave your audience wanting more and then add pages including more about that topic so they can read more but again it isn’t to crowded. Another big one used is multimedia, such as photos, videos of even links to social media, including multimedia makes your website more impressive and enticing, it makes people want to look and the whole website gets more pleasing to look at.
In my website, some of the things I would like to include is more links to some of my other work to show of more of my abilities. I’d also like to add some more photos or maybe even videos I’ve made to show some of the things I can do. I think its important to make a key as well showing where they can find everything or what certain things match with.
A thing that all the portfolios have in common is the fact they all have their logo or brand name on their front page, making it easy to tell you’ve actually clicked on the right link. Another thing they all share is the multimedia elements, using these made their website more aesthetically pleasing. The main image used on the homepage of each website makes it easier to recognise the brand. Social media links are also very important because it gives people an easy way to look at your other work and a quick way of building a following. An easy navigation around a site is also very important, it means people will want to stay on your portfolio because they can understand it and find what they want easily.
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