Hey guys! Alongside with our short film, Nick and I also have to create a postcard and website for the film. I got sick yesterday and I wasn’t able to go to school today either so I decided to do some research on film websites.
An easy resource that I found to build a website is through wix.com.
Wix.com allows anyone to create a website for free and even provides some templates based on the purpose of the website. As seen above, these are just a few of the many templates they provide. However, before I even get into creating the website, what content is needed to promote the film through this site?
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| http://www.crazyrichasiansmovie.com/ |
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| https://www.backtothefuture.com/ |
The very first thing I noticed with both of these websites is that they have a pop-up page which immediately plays the movie’s trailer. This gets the viewer’s attention and shows them what the film is about. Within both the websites I found, they either have a slideshow of pictures or a short video highlighting some scenes from the film. These pictures/videos act as the entire background of the website on the home page. Typically, the title of the film is in large text either in the center of the page or somewhere highly noticeable. Also, the film rating (PG, PG13, R, etc) is normally shown on the home page in small text at the bottom left or right hand corner. Another element of the home page is that it typically has the production company’s logo included as well.
Both websites have various tabs. Within the Crazy Rich Asians website, a synopsis, gallery page, and “buy now” tab are provided (as shown above). There are also two more tabs, “original motion picture score” and “songs from the film”, which redirect the user to different websites in order to stream or download the music.
Within the Back to the Future website (as shown above), the tabs include: "the movies", "the cast", "bonus features", “collectibles” and more. When researching both of these websites, it is evident that as time as progressed, websites have become easier to navigate and more engaging to the viewer. The tabs are located on a separate page on the Back to the Future website on a plain black background, as opposed to the Crazy Rich Asians website where the viewer could see the tab options from the home page or pull them from the left side if their screen is minimized.
Overall, the Crazy Rich Asian website was more engaging, but it was helpful to see what elements are typically used on film websites. This definitely helped me gain a better understanding as to what to include on our website for our short film. Until next time…
~rtmedias
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