Website Comparisons

Alongside our trailer, we need to create a website that needs to be user friendly and attractive towards the audience so they may buy the film on DVD/watch it in the cinema. So here I have researched a few films that are similar to ours and compared the websites to each other to create an ideal website for our trailer.

Chernobyl Diaries

 In chernobyl diaries we see the image of the poster as the background. We see the nuclear symbol which was the symbol of the film and the trailer is placed next to this symbol. This is not the main website but the trailer plays automatically which means the audience does not need to find the trailer. Also the links to buy the DVD is right below the trailer which means that the audience can buy the DVD straight after watching the trailer if they're interested.

Here is the main website to the film where it has more images from the film with the menu of the links within the corner again linking to the nuclear scenario.

The Hills Have Eyes

Here we see the "Hills have eyes" website which first shows the trailer before going straight to the website. Again this is effective as it means the audience would automatically see the trailer without having to find it and is very user friendly. We go onto the main website which shows a different photo to the poster but still a significant picture from the film. Yet this website does not have social networking links as when the film was released (2006), social networks were not as popular as they are now.

Grave Encounters

This is the homepage to Grave Encounters. Unlike the other two websites, the trailer does not start automatically on either a start page or on the home page. Yet the link towards the trailer is found easily within the top right-hand side. The picture background used in the website is also used in the poster and so the film is more recognisable because the same image is used for both the website and the poster. The social networking links are at the top which makes it really easy to share the film within a click of a button. Also, if you click on "Available on VOD nationwide", you get a link to buy the film on DVD which again is easy for the audience as they can buy the DVD straight away. Yet this is not as user friendly as at first glance, the link does not look like a link.