Evaluation

Question 2.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The types of people that my website would interest are those people aged between twelve and fourteen, who themselves wish to get fit of know of someone who wishes to get fit. My website covers all social groups in a fair way and isn’t discriminating in anyway be it race, gender or social economic. The issue that my website represents is health and fitness in the younger generation doing this through text, video and imagery. Throughout the website every image or visual shot have been captured in the highest resolution making them of the highest quality available. They relate to what FITT club do and stand for which is showing people how they can get fit and healthy instead of boring them with facts and statistics. I feel that these technical qualities means that the younger generation, who have been brought up with technology can relate to the site and believe that it is an entertaining and cool website that still brings its point to interest.

The wording and colour scheme relates to those of all generations. This means that anyone who is able to read can understand the website and what it stands for. The wording is informative however makes the viewer want to know more in a good way. This thirst to know more that is left with the viewer is exactly what is wanted from the website so that the viewer becomes more interested in the website and therefore health and fitness. The key points and the options shown address the viewer about the ways that you can get healthy and fit. The layout is another key element to the interactivity with the different social groups. I took my time in making sure each box was aligned or neat so that the website was smart and aesthetically pleasing and not messy and therefore not confusing to use meaning that the viewer would not loose interest in the website. My website will help people understand all there is to know about health and fitness. This is done on the website by the interactive links on each page which allows you to find your way around the entire website and each page with information about all the different things that FITT club do.

Chosing a white background  enables the information to stand out in the cream coloured boxes that I have placed them in this allows clear vision for those of all ages of the information. The sharper colours such as the green and the red bring another edge/tint to the page. The text font that I chose, “Impact” I believe is a font that can be accepted by all generations as a formal but yet informal font, meaning that it is a font that you can use in any type of situation. It is a clear font so the viewer will not have trouble making out what the words are.

Evaluation

Question 1.

In What Ways Does Your Media Product Use, Develop or Challenge Forms and Conventions of Real Media Products?

The website for FITT club that I have created; I feel is a website that uses all sorts of different conventions from different websites all put into one. My website, through bold and friendly colours, I believe is far more welcoming and interesting then the other health and fitness websites that I have researched. I have used the layouts of some of the websites that I have researched and that I feel have been aesthetically pleasing to the viewer’s eye and developed them to be less formal so the viewer feels more comfortable using it. From the front page you can straight away interact with the website in a simply and efficient way, whilst other similar websites are often confusing to use therefore the viewer looses interest

The home page, the main page of my website has all of the information required to use the site. Interactive elements such as the sports balls as links to other pages on the website as well as scrolling text and a help toolbar that I found was needed through research in questionnaires. This is different to the usual simple and boring drop-down toolbars found on similar websites. The use of an audio-visual piece is what I found that other similar health and fitness websites were missing. The colour scheme I chose throughout the website are those that I felt were bold, meaning that key points could be caught in the eye of the viewer but yet not too glary. I chose (as shown on the right) a white background which I believe enables the information to stand out in the cream coloured boxes that I have placed them in. The sharper colours such as the green and the red bring another edge/tint to the page. The text font that I chose, “Impact” I believe is a font that can be accepted by all generations as a formal but yet informal font, meaning that it is a font that you can use in any type of situation. It is a clear font so the viewer will not have trouble making out what the words are.

Final marking

Roberto

Please go through your blog with the checklist next to you and make sure that you are not throwing marks away. There are a few things missing from this - and the extra marks will be worthwhile.

You are not quite on target with your grade, so a little more effort would be good.

HM

My final website (a few chosen pages)

This is my main page of my website for FITT club. The reason that I believe that it is of a good quality is because of its aesthetic qualities. The accurate layout and the use of calm colours that manage to stand out to the reader better then bold, bright colours. The welcome video I also believe is of a very good standard. The links to other pages on the site have been placed in a various array of sporting equipment that have been photoshopped showing skill with other software. The software that have been shown as being used on this home page have been iweb, Photoshop and Final Cut Express.

The reason that I am happy with this page of my website is because of the smart layout. Having the corners of each box lined up makes the page aesthetically pleasing to the viewer. The well taken pictures on the left hand side of the page back up the chosen text information as well as the short un-edited video on the right. The helpful website links in the bottom right as well as the search toolbar in the top right have been designed to make the viewers experience of the website a whole lot easier.

The reason that I am happy with this page of my website is again because of the smart, similar layout to the previous page. I believe that having a constant theme throughout the website makes the site more smart and aesthtically pleasing. Having the corners of each box lined up makes the page aesthetically pleasing to the viewer. The well taken pictures on the left hand side of the page back up the chosen text information as well as the edited video to show off the rugby team on the right. The helpful website links in the bottom right as well as the search toolbar in the top right have been designed to make the viewers experience of the website a whole lot easier.

Work in progression

These print screens show my work in progression for my main website

Work in progression

These print screens show my work in progression for my main website

Diary of planning for my main website

This is a calender that shows each individual thing I have planned to do on each day for my main website. I intend to stick to this as much as I can because I believe that it is a good plan guide.