Website research.

PIRANHA 3D- WEBSITE

http://piranha-3d.com/site.html#/home

Piranha is a Horror about a Teen gathering every year at the same lake, and this time something happens that cracks the ground and piranhas break through, its a very Gorey film with lots of blood, boobs and booze. It may not necessarily be a Paranormal website, however its still a horror website and they all share similar Forms & Conventions. I also wanted to choose something a little different compared to what i have looked at.

When you first click on the website it comes up with a simple loader that is a strait line, which is plain red, which makes you think 'blood'.

You then enter the websites home page, and its best to go to the bottom right hand corner where you can change the sound and choose full screen, if you click full screen its easier to see everything. The website begins with beats and a scene from the actual movie where they are partying, and then the camera drops into water and you can see people's feel and piranha's swimming around. This gives you a good insight to what to movie is about and creates tension.

You can also see the facebook and twitter site, where you can see updates from the film, and the sound or

full screen button. There is also a game you play in the bottom right hand corner, which is where you shoot the piranha's before they eat you. The website looks fun and gets it message across at the same time. You can also see small < ^ signs on the faded square in the centre, when you click on this the background changes to either above water or another angle of the underwater, by giving you opportunities to explore and do things for yourself it makes you feel allot more involved in the whole process.

The menu in in the top right corner, and you just hover over home to see your drop down list. The dark red background emphasises horror because you assume blood, which is what the person who created this wants.

You can go through the website and look at everything it has to offer, so if you haven't seen it, you can get the motivation from the website to watch the film, when you click from page to page the loading parts are really good as you will find out fr yourself. The story is only brief on the website and doesn't go into major detail or minor, its like a taster for the reader, a little like a trailer, however its a script. It also tells you some of the actors/actresses and the director.

The next section is cast and crew, you get to find out more about a couple of cast members and the roles they play in the film, it also tells you what other things the actors do such as recent offers, acts they are asked to play, famous family members, again bringing you closer to the movie.

The next part is the gallery, its layout is really cool, it has four images that are really dramatic parts of the film, and they all look HQ which makes you think its really cool, you can only see four because there is no point in showing 20, if you did that you would give to much of the movie away.

Then there is the trailer for the movie, which is not really relevant to paranormal, but the website shares similar forms and conventions to other 'HORROR' websites.

You can also get exclusive downloads from the website, things like posters for iphone and music, which is all to advertise the film, which is a key part of the website, in order to attract you have to offer, the page looks really cool to!

And finally there is a game, this would be very difficult for us to achieve cos we are not experience in making games, however the concept is brilliant 'kill the piranas' i have screen shotted the part where i died :(.

I think the website itself is very consistent and easy to use which are great assets to have, if its more accessible more people will go on it, i really like the font used and the colour, its not in your face and doesn't distract from the scenery and doesn't get lost in the background, i think this website is excellent quality and offers its viewers fun and entertainment, ultimately promoting the film.