Rough Cut 2

Doubt Rough Cut 2: from Jack Osman on Vimeo.

Website Elements

The website is made up of a few different elements that go further than just using the pre-set add ons in Dreamweaver.
The most noticeable one is the use of animation that I made in Adobe Flash. I made the title, menu system and banner in there which gives the website a more exciting feel as it is not static. Interactive features like this keep the user more involved in the website and are less likely to move from it. A music artist's website must do this to keep the user on it long enough to convince them to buy their music or watch videos.

Another element i have put on our website is an input area for users. This is for a username and password. This is where users would log in who had signed up to the band's website gaining them access further information, a less dedicated user could not reach otherwise.

Website Elements Inspiration

Original Images

Influential Shots

The Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up

Smack my bitch up from dwayne koh on Vimeo.

The Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up is clearly a huge influence on us for our video. This is due to the narrative and hidden themes within the video. This is achieved by being highly controversial and causing the video to be banned from TV. It has a high drug abuse, violence, nudity and sex content, and when revealed that the point of view is of a women, it truly shocks people.

The success of the video is from the tight camera work. Its continuity editing also leads the audience to believe it is a lads night out which works well considering it has been achieved in under 4 minutes. The point of view shot keeps the character hidden with us seeing hands and feet it is still unnoticeable that the character is female. We are aiming to use some shots like this but will not use a point of view angle.

Watching this video it is clear to see it will take us a lot of skill to pull off the effect that this video carries and I am unsure we shall be able to do that. However, by establishing what we are good at we can get around the issues and produce a video as equally as effective as Smack My Bitch Up.

Production Schedule Revised