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| Partial screenshot of the 'group1' 2015 Latymer homepage. Its impressive work by any standard, not just from students |
In my previous post, looking at a UK Indie band's website, I started by listing the many advantages of working with a local, Indie act. The following examples of student coursework websites, all from students at Latymer School in London, eschewed major acts, and their websites have a real wow factor. You can find links for their blogs (with videos and digipaks too) here, though I've also copied these in below.
They all used Wix to create their websites, and I'll blog on this separately.
NB: my thanks to chief examiner Pete Fraser for suggesting these as good student examples - you can find Pete blogging on media matters here, and updating his Twitter account here!
What makes these student websites good examples? Well...
- Most important of all, its not immediately obvious that this is student work, and thats the level you should always aim for! If you have me as a teacher you'll find its a point I'll frequently raise!
- The website ties together the wider package, in a way that a video/digipak/ad campaign doesn't do quite so naturally.
Official and bonus video on the video page. - The shot variety involved is also likely to be greater than through digipak/ad packages, and you can judge for yourself to what extent separate photography has been commissioned rather than simply rely upon (lowered resolution) screenshots from the cinematography.
Gallery: not reliant on screenshots; extra photography employed - The imagery is carefully constructed with mode of address and audience in mind.
- Likewise the language used - albeit many Indie acts will use 'strong language' as part of their discourse which these students obviously don't.
From the Roza website's 'Roza' page [about me equivalent] takes a creative approach - The use and intregration of social media is simply superb, making full use of the widgets and apps available to Wix website builders to provide hyperlinked icons, invites to join/follow, and live feeds.
Its not just a case of dropping in hyperlinked icons, look at how deeply the social media are embedded into the fabric of the site, with icons and #hashtags to the fore, and a colour scheme helping denote various social media. You can also see direct links to wider media, such as XFM and NME, reflecting and targeting a primary and wider audience.
