Wilderness downtown

This is an internet experience developed as an experiment by Chris Milk. I hadn't seen anything of its kind before, and it questioned my perception of the future of web advertising. It features a track by 'arcade fire,' and allows the viewer an intimate, exciting and innovative web experience looking into a past time. It is called The Wilderness Downtown

Trapcode

I found a really good blog today, after effects has been a growing passion of mine throughout this year, and seeing the variety of things you can do with it still amazes me! A friend was showing me a piece of software called "Trapcode" which works as a plugin through After Effects.
It allows the user to create different types of visualisations through different shapes, and I always wondered whether there was a programme that souley creates visualisers. Well this programme users after effects to help create it. The blog I found shows loads of examples of "Trapcodes" capability's, anything from film titles to small self initiated projects.

web design placement?

I have been in contact with a web design agency, whom have recently been interested in taking a few students on for a rolling placement over this year. I jumped at the chance to take any experience in the web design industry as it is one of the areas I am keen on going into. While I have done some research on what the jobs of a web design worker does, being able to see it first hand would help me a lot.

The un-named agency are quite a small company who specialise in web design and iphone applications. I know little to nothing about iphones or iphone apps for that matter so I am questioning whether I should research a bit into why I'm hearing more about them all the time. Will iphone apps still be a sustainable design industry in the next ten years or is it a bridge to a new technology?

I have included a recent iphone application that has caught my eye for Stephen Fry's autobiography, it is called 'myfry' and allows the viewer an innovative new way of reading books, but ill let the video describe how...

tippex experience

I can across this advertising campaign on youtube and thought it was a really clever way of

engaging the audience: http://bit.ly/cJmnlY

For all the answers to what you can write in the space check out this website: adflavour

drummingjim.co.uk

This is the second website of the holidays. I think this one was different from the first as I was given free reign on what the design would look like. The client was just about to graduate from the ACM in Guildford, and he wanted a site which would be easy to navigate and appeal to a wide range of potential students. Unlike most drum tuition websites on the web he wanted his to be light.

What I have tried to create is a simple way to navigate, easy to read website which creates effortless control for the viewer.

The colours I used were to reflect a light feel the white background contrasting to the dark text and, when rolled over light blue enables the viewer to feel they are in an environment they can control with ease.

I wanted to give this website a twist whereby music meets design, the font I used is welcoming to the eye and urges the viewer to click the buttons. The one main problem I had in this process was the use of safe and non-safe web fonts. I feel that as I get to grips with different web briefs I am learning as I go along. To visit the website and have a look click this link: drummingjim.co.uk

bhavnaodedra.co.uk

While it is the break from Uni I have decided I would like to keep on top of my freelance work. To start this I have created a portfolio website for Bhav. She is a textiles graduate from AUCB, and she had some basic designs for a website. My job was to code what she had designed so it was web ready. Below is a photo example of what the website looks like:

You can also visit the website through this link - Bhavna Odedra website

I think this was a pretty straightforward job, and allowed me the chance to get to grips with dreamweaver a little more. One of the more challenging parts of the task was using lightbox 2.0.

I'm here - Spike Jonze

I was recently shown this film and I really liked the clean and complex style of the animation. The short film was created by Spike Jonze on behalf of 'absolut vodka.' I have been involved with a few web briefs recently, and it was really interesting to see how this website used film clips to promote its film. I say this because I may be involved in creating a website like this where short animated film sequences are strung together.

What makes this piece of advertising stand out is the idea behind giving the viewer the option to watch the movie with other friends on facebook. I guess this is a continuation into how viral marketing is expanding, and 'absolut' have created something new for a viewer to be able to interact with. The film itself is well worth a watch!

Link to full movie - I'm here - Spike Jonze