Online Interactivity

http://www.bigwok.co.uk

The first website I look was of a local business Called Big Wok. They are a company that runs a few Oriental Buffets. The purpose of their website is to promote the business. The logo for the company is the name over the top of a pan that looks like a wok so the content that is on the website is relevant to the company. On the website there is flash animation that in some places is excessive for example the opening of the site, I think there should be option whether you can skip the animation. There is music on the site that cannot be switch off so if you was on the website for some time you would have to turn the volume down on you computer I found the interactivity to be at its minimum. I feel the website does its purpose but I think the design of the website is poor and maybe it would need to b redeveloped.



This is the website for the new Tower of Terror attraction is Disneyland Paris. The website promotes a made up hotel that the user can take around when they visit the website. The website as a number of language options which gives access to people with from different. I think the reason they have done this because Disney its self is a world wide corporation and can be recognised solely by the logo of either the magical castle or the silhouette of the Mickey Mouse the Mascot of the company. The website as vast interactivity options, there is lot of animation and use of 3D graphics, option s to skip if the user wants to. Also there is music which can be switched off but the text for this is small and in the corner so this implies that the developer does not want the user to turn the sound down, maybe because the there is a person that is from the advert dressed as a hotel attendant that speaks to you and there is a lot of sound affects that add to the experience of visiting the website. It is more of a marketing tool to get people to visit the park. I feel the website is successful in doing what it is set out to do.


http://www.spiderwickchronicles.com/

This is the official website for the film of Spiderwick Chronicles. The website as vast interactivity. It is a vast website incorporating games, film clips and added bonuses in the form of free downloads such as screen savers and wallpapers. The user gets to look in the Book of Spiderwick and gets to use the Seeing stone to find hidden features in the game. I feel the website would benefit people more if they have seen the film than those who have not. The site is very user friendly making it easy for children to use because this is a family film I think the website is quite universal allowing adults and children alike to enjoy. I feel the developers have produced a good marketing tool to sell the film as it is advertised to be on sale in June.