Monday, October 17, 2011

The Color Purple

You can't have a motion-picture without the picture. A website about movies that lack a rich and colorful interface would be a travesty. I'd like the site look to resemble that of an old-time movie theater. An abundance of rich reds and dark black. With my knowledge of RGB and CMYK, I believe I can make that happen.

Using the color formula learned in class, 0123456789ABCDEF, I will be able to make each page have a rich and lurid color scheme. Also. when the blog will show screenshots and pictures of upcoming film, especially spectacles in the vein of Avatar, rich and precise color is important. The idea of color will also remain significant in regards to user profiles.

I want users to be able to customize the look of the profile whichever way they want. By providing a rich color pallet, and the ability to alter brightness and saturation, profile customization can be achieved. Every profile can be a work of art. If ones favorite movie is Die Hard, and chooses to display the poster on the profile, the colors better pop. Movie is a visual medium, shouldn't cine-mate be as well. 

2 comments:

  1. Eric, I couldn't agree more that color is vital when trying to make a successful website about movies. I am able to visualize what you would want it to look like through your description, with the rich reds and dark black. As we learned in class, you can really make any color you would want which would really come in handy when creating each of your pages. I am fully intrigued by your idea. Keep up the good work!

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  2. I completely agree with you. A large part of whether a movie is good or not, is based around how it looks. Avatar showed this through its vivid, intense and rich colors. If a movie is dull and not very colorful, it is not going to be seen as a great movie (unless the color scheme is purposely done in a certain way, such as black and white). But overall, you are doing a great job!

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