Website Updates

What?

The website has undergone some changes. Conceptually we've figure out a better idea of what we wanted, did some research over the weekend and we also started to sketch out what the final product is going to look like. We got some inspiration from a specific website, but we have some different ideas of how we want the site to animation and function. The objective of the website it to make it fun, with lots of different animations that spring from buttons. We want the site to be highly visual, functional, and fun. Because the site is geared towards teenages, we want there to be bright colors, funky sound effects, and a style that would keep teenages attention.

So what?

I think its important to make this website give information, but make sure its not too much like reading. The text has to be divided up into small chunks at a time, the idea of the site is to get the information in a funner way than reading a magazine article. I think animations such as mouseovers and actionscripting will be vital to the feel and flow of the website. We have some talented designers working on the site, so I think we'll be fine, but we need to start getting content, so we can put this site together! The due date is coming real fast, so we just need to get working on the flash, get a url purchased, and splash page up. I'm working on that, but i'm pretty rusty when it comes to design, and the splash page is going to set the tone for the rest of the page, so I think we need to get some input from Carmania and Berg. We can meet up today and collaborate a little more during class, we should be fine, no worries here.

Now what?

The next step is to get the information thats going on the site, so I can start throwing the individual stories into the flash movies. Once we get that going, we can figure out how long each article is going to be, and what needs to be paired with the stories visually, what images we can to use, how was want to decorate/organize them. Like I said, we'll be fine. I'm actually pretty eager to get working on this thing, I can do the stories, but I think Sean Berg needs to have all the final decisions and artwork on the website, the style of art he does is exactly what this website needs to have that extra touch. John's already started on the cityscape thats going into the background of the site, the rest is deciding/brainstorming what we can to have in the animations of the scene, and where each link is going to be placed.