Video and Photography evaluation

The photos I took for my website were meant to be exciting and informative at the same time. I took the photos with my phone camera and now realise that I should have used a higher quality camera to really capture the action and draw in the audience more. I also had this problem with my videos so I replaced them with higher quality videos so that the audience get a feel for the excitement and can also see in better detail how the moves are done.

My biggest problem were my promotional videos as the quality and sound quality were atrocious as the sound was tinny and because I had to stretch them the quality was even worse than before. So I had to re-film my videos and use a different program to edit it and add sound. This time around the video and sound quality were much better and do the website some justice.

Website design

this was my original design for my website but after showing it to people and looking over their feedback i found out that my website didn't flow and was difficult to navigate around and looked messy and clumped up. so i then went back and re-designed my website to make it look neater and easier to navigate around. and this is what i came up with :

as you can see the navigation bar is at the top like in most websites and there are more pictures and videos on the home page to attract the audience quicker. By spacing stuff out I found that it made it look neater and less cramped.

Questionnaire findings

From my questionnaire I have found out that of the people I quizzed barley anyone had heard of Parkour or Free Running. So my first task is to explain to the people who go on my website what exactly Parkour and Free Running are. Also form my questionnaire results I found out that most the people who were interested in the sport were aged between 16-25 years old and male. So another goal for my website it to get a broader audience and show that Parkour and Free Running can be done by anyone from any background no matter how rich or poor you are or what gender you may be.
I found out that most people were interested in keeping fit and wanted to be healthy but either lived too far away from a gym or couldn’t afford to pay to go to the gym, so again a goal for my website is to show that Parkour can be done anywhere and with no cost to anyone!

Website Research

Storyboard/script/sound research

I didnt need a script in my films as the focus was not on speech more on what was happening in the video. I researched some vidoes of Parkour on the internet and found that most the videos used energetic music to kind of get the veiwer more hyped up about the video so I decided to use a very fast and loud song in my promotion video's. I didnt really have a storyboard either as in the videos I just did what the description said (e.g kong vault) except in the promotion video where I strung together various clips to create a long video showing of some of the aspects that Parkour has to offer

Feedback

After I showed my website to the class I found out that I needed a navgation bar at the top to follow the conventions of nearly all websites, so I added one to every page. I also found that they didnt like the amount of colours on the page so I limited it to a couple (2-3 per page) Another thing that the class disliked about the page was the fact that it felt broken and fractured, so I tried to re-arrange my front page and a couple of others so that they had more of a flow to them by removing the side bars and taking out the spacing boxes on the home page. I also made the pictures on my site better by using a better camera

Target Audience

My target audience will be people betwee the ages of 13-25 who are interested in keeping fit and healthy but want to find a new and exciting sport that will push them both physically and mentally. I am also aiming for people who don't want to spend loads of money on the latest kit just to keep up with the fashion as Parkour isn't about what you look like its just about getting better and helping others do the same. I am aiming towards people who arn't compettitive and who just want to go out and have fun by themselves or with friends. That it what is so amazing about Parkour is that it can be social when you want it to be but (unlike football, rugby) you don't NEED others to be able to do everything you could if they were there, so basically what I'm saying I am aiming towards self-motivated people but also people who will encourage others