Our movie-making team in Baltimore, Maryland, USA has been in a friendly competition with Philadelphia this past year. I'd like some feedback on the site that I've put together for it. Copy, typography, colors, usability— lemme have it.
Feedback on our movies would be appreciated too.
Thanks,
Ian
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Baltimore, eh? Tres cool.
as far as the colours are concerned; black and grey seems very melancholic and I have a sick feeling. This 'colour' scheme was rampant in the mid 90's; even with design portfolios. To be honest, when I see sites with all black background my mousy goes to the close button; it seems to arouse negative mood. Colour is vital in setting the mood.
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All of the movies are great. I sat and watched every single one.
As far as the site goes, I am glad it's not some big "Flash"y website with shit shooting all over and annoying the viewer like so many "art" sites can be now these days.
I can understand Kratu's hatred of the black, because it is a rather boring color. It could possibly be made more appealing if you use a very dark warm or cold grey. However, the use of black is somewhat good because it is completely neutral so it doesn't affect the way someone views the films. So then you have to decide, what is more important, the films, or the site?
Also, I put an entry about your films on my site. You can see it at the link located below these very words.
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Yeah! Black as a colour, if effectively used, can be turned to our advantage, it gives solidity and with proper compostition pushes the foreground element further. (Especially, in print medium.) But on web, where the overall layout and size can't exactly be pinned down, it's problematic.
Here, the dark grey text with less contrast, and dark backround suggests something different.
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to much text, get rid of some it looks 2 cluttered
At first I thought there was too much text as well. But now I love it. All the info you need to know is right there on the front page. It could possibly be abridged some, but I personally read every word since it is the only thing on the page, it is obviously important. Now if there were images on the page, then I would think there is too much text, because when there are images, no one would pay attention to the text. Plus, the kind of people that read all the text, are going to be the kind of people that actually sit and watch all your films.
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Some variation on font sizes would work well. I would also simplify the border on the images.
Great project!
As for the black, I've used it primarily because I want the movies' colors to 'pop.' "Movie theatres are dark..." was my thought.
The low contrast text was an attempt to throw back to the days of old when black and white was all the rage. The textual elements are all supplimentary information anyhow, they should not detract from watching the film. The pinkish-maroon color is a branding element from the parent site. You may have already noticed this.
I can understand there being too much text on the front page, but it serves a need - to give a description of the project, instructions on navigation and optional information about the participants. Beyond the front page, there are only short decriptions about the movies and the requirements.
I hope to hear more.