Design Reference
I have chosen the Stonefest website to redesign. I chose this website because I believe my creativity would be shown best within this category of music festival. I am also a fan of Stonefest which made me even more keen to redesign a website for a festival im really interested in.
I have used the following sites to represent the seven common characteristics within the site I have chosen.
- big day out 09
- falls festival
- future music festival
- parklife 08
- scene music festival
Seven Common Characteristics
1. Illustration techniques
These websites all contain an element of illustration which flows with the sites genre and style and also represents the type of music festival the website is designed for. Illustration is something I would use as illustration can appear very effective when trying to attract people to view your website.
2. Layout
The information on each website is positioned in a central area of the website as to attract the viewers attention immediately. The middle of the page is a prime location for important information or headlines about the festival as this would be the first place you would look at.
3. Illustrations drawing the eye
These websites contain illustrative headings or design work in the back ground that is used to draw the viewers eye into the main heading. This is an interesting use of illustration and design because when someone views a site you immediately want them to zone in on what festival the site is about and then follow on to the essential information eg. time and date of the event.
4. Line up location
These sites all have the lineup of the festival situated on the homepage. This is information that people who would be planning to attend the festival would want to know and placing it in large type and taking up a lot of space of the page would direct viewers attention straight towards this information.
5. Navigation
These sites all have creative yet easy to use navigation systems. Some of these sites incorporate flash to their navigations as to make it seem more entertaining or even game like when trying to find your way around the site.
6. Flash
By using motion within the graphics of these websites, they are creating a more interesting and appealing website. By incorporating flash objects the website can appear modern and fresh, up to date with modern technology. Flash can also make it more fun to surf through a websites content.
7. Incorporating video clips
Some of these sites incorporate video clips on their main pages. This could be a useful attribute to your site as you could play footage of last years festival or samples of bands who were going to play at the festival so people who may be thinking of attending could get a taste of what the festival may be like and whether or not they liked the style of music the festival was based around. Video footage could play a major role in attracting more people to their festival.
Links to websites:
www.stonefest.com.au
