New site for VanityTheMovie.com
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- CamiloVelasquez
Just launched a new site for the movie Vanity, check it out and send me your comments, I want professional opinions.
- ********0
I am not a big fan of the bouncing & resizing style of the content area, it's distracting, video plays a little choppy, other that looks nice for a microsite.
- +1 I do like the site but the bouncy box does not fit the smooth movement and motion in the rest of the site. Seems over animated if that makes any sense.mightyj
- CamiloVelasquez0
I'll put the bouncing/resizing box into consideration, video plays nice on my end...Thanks for the suggestion.
- No problem, thanks for sharing.********
- no bounce for meMidge
- No problem, thanks for sharing.
- airey0
maybe you could add an animated ease AS to the text scroller to make it more inline with the way that everything else animates in and out. + the scollbar doesn't turn the mouse cursor into cursor (stays as arrow) which may or may not be a moronic-usability point of contention.
the video is pretty big and is average quality as it's so big. any reason you couldn't present it smaller and open the audience viewability a bit? it 'should' run smoother for more people if it's a little smaller.
nice site though.
- Good point, it is moronic usability for hte cursor on the scrollbar, for the video I just sued this dimensions in response to user statsCamiloVelasquez
- CamiloVelasquez0
Airey, can you describe the way the video runs on your end? is it stopping or waht's the deal?
- it plays ok but the resolution make it seem obviously enlarged.airey
- CamiloVelasquez0
Check out the trailer video now, it should run smoother...i increased the compression level
- soynutz70
I have to say that the feel of the site doesn't reflect the intensity or sexiness of the description. The content area feels more like a tech site that a movie page. Sorry if it sounds harsh.
- CamiloVelasquez0
What about the backgournd images? don't they convey the sensuality of the storyline? come on....
- robotron3k0
somehow it doesn't feel like a movie site. I would have it land on the page with the trailer and reduce the trailer size and up the quality. that should be your home page. think about using the background images in a more effective way, maybe a sliding in and out of the background. work on some more effect messaging like some typography make it feel they have arrived at the right site... you know, stuff like that...
- Working on it, for sure the trailer must be the landing page. TksCamiloVelasquez
- tank020
i'm also not liking the colour correction you did.
its also doesn't have a cinematic feel to it.
in wich framerate did you shoot it?
the editing in the trailer is choppy & the soundrack brings it down.but these are al subjective comments eh;)
its all in the eye of the beholder..
i am interested in the storyline and await the final cut.- I agree, we'll fall down hard on the editor for this...CamiloVelasquez
- ********0
like the crotch shot alot... the rest is very flashy.
- More of that will be seen on the final cut... for sureCamiloVelasquez
- harlequino0
I tend to agree with tank on the look. It's a pity there were some shots in there where DV's downsides are pretty apparent, like whites and blacks getting washed out.
If the filmmaker made the film he/she wanted ot make, then rock on, but some other quibbles:
1. Don't start sound before the green "PREVIEW" screen is off. Not common practice and kills some drama.
2. The unchanging sound didn't really give that crescendo that I think was intended. It was constant and unchanging. It just plodded along honestly.
3. As an editor (which is one of my gigs), I tend to lean toward storytelling above all else. This felt like style of substance. I have no clue what this film is. I was left with abstract imagery, which didn't grab me. No dialogue, no story, nothing.
4. Look, I'm all for avant garde cinema and leaving your audience with unanswered questions, but the filmmaker isn't Godard or Kubrick. He/she hasn't "earned the right" as an auteur to be so shadowy with a trailer and expect an audience to react favorably.
5. A trailer is your marketing. Remember that. The whole point is to sell the show. Something to keep in mind.Don't mean to piss on it, and it may not be your project, but those are my thoughts as both a filmmaker and audience member.
- stye "over" substance, i meant. Can't frigging type...harlequino
- CamiloVelasquez0
Harlequino, I am very thankful for you taking the time to post your comments. To receive a honest constructive critique from a fellow filmmaker is the best for me, thank you.
I will consider your notes strongly for the upcoming stages of the project. The film is on the making, I will post any progress we make to get further input. Thanks again.
- CamiloVelasquez0
Any notes on the photo gallery component?