Sunday 10 October 2010

Typography









A brief look into different types of typography mainly to make images rather than a title.

The Departed Website

The Departed Website


  • This is the main page of the website for the film 'The Departed'
  • This image does not give the audience a lot of information about the film, but they are made aware of what the DVD cover looks like which will make it easier to find if people want to buy it.
  • There is also a teaser trailer located underneath the bold title.
  • The actors names are placed and the top of the page, the audience can then see that there are many famous actors in this film, which in a was can promote it.
  • The colours features are mainly black, white and red which are the main colours found relating to the horror genre.
  • The background looks black however there is a picture in the background but only parts of it are visible this means the audience have to look more intently to see what the image is and it does not immediately distract the attention from the images in the foreground.

  • This is the image from the bottom of the main page. On this part of the web page the audience is able to click on the writing in red and find out more information about aspects of the film.
  • Just underneath the film trailer the audience are visually told that this film is directed by Martin Scorsese, who won the award for best director for this specific film.
  • The typography also changes as someone moves the mouse on top of it, it changes colour from red to white and becomes unfocused the focused again, this adds an edge to the typography and makes it more interesting to look at.

  • When one of the links has been clicked in for example cast, the image in the background has come up and the colours have reversed compared to the main page. The main colour is now white.
  • The actors picture is also layered over the background, and the picture of the actor is a screen shot from the film.
  • More links are available from this page and the information is in quite a small font but legible, the picture is the main feature of the page.