As a group we felt the presentation went really well and received some positive feedback and only one minor negative point.
Starting with the positives, our group dynamic of systematically working through each stage of development showed really well throughout the presentation so I'm guessing we showed this side of the process effectively.
The use of stop-motion for the map opening worked well to draw in the viewer apparently and was a good starting point and centre for the website.
These comments were really encouraging and alongside the negative will work as great evaluation points.
The negative comment on the other hand was just about how the background (a montage of photos of the market in washout and faded effect) didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the website and the sketchy hand drawn style we were going for.
On the plus side, at least it was noticed that the sketchy theme is consistent throughout each page and so being evident in all areas of the website must successfully link each piece together.
But also with regards to the background perhaps if we'd had more time we could of fixed up a better layout. We tried the wood effect so it looked like the whole website was on a desk like the map, but this didn't work so perhaps if we worked on this again we could redesign a background.
Also I've noticed that the titles are a bit too sketch like and seem quite scruffy as the camera with which we took the photos was not very high quality.
A final note for improvement is that most of the websites we saw had themed transitions from one area to the next which made us wonder whether if we'd had time could we have done something better than the standard "your on one page, click, your on the next" effect.
Looking at Tom Summer's groups website, the use of stop-motion to show the character running was very effective and in connection with the map animation may have worked well as an evaluation point. It also carried their story along very well so perhaps if we'd had more time we could of built up more of a personal guided tour feel where a man guides you around the market to each page.
For example, when on the home page map, click on stall and then it cuts to an stop-motion animation of someone walking to that store then the actual page fades in perhaps? It's a bit late to be thinking about this all now as we've finished the website but still for future projects more attention should be paid to the transitions an flow of the website from one area to the next.
Alongside getting feedback for our own website, it also gave us a great chance to look at what everyone else had made.
I particularly like the websites by Simon Will's and Joe Stutter's group where a "Google maps" style 360 camera effect was used to great success. How this would even be possible I can't quite understand at the moment but perhaps in the future I will learn this technique as it looks very professional when it was put up on their websites.
Overall, the presentation went well and I'm pleased with our own presentation and the website we have produced.
That's all for tonight/this morning, I've also included a link to Amy's Flickr page where you can some of the photos we used in the website.
I've also finished my evaluation and sent it off for Andy to have a look over so check back tomorrow night where I shall talk through the whole experience, my evaluation and bring this blog on MEDI 116 to a conclusion.
That's all for now, take care,
Joe.
The link to Amy's flickr for some of the photos we used in our website:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fish_eye_fish_pie/sets/72157623723495717/
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