communication in art and design

final banner/ evaluation

This is my final banner that starts out as a a standard space invader in the corner of the and as soon as the users arrow hovers over it, it transformers in to a QR code. With the QR code the user users their smart phone to scan the code and it them to the interactive media and game arts website. i have developed this idea from previous banner work in this unit. I feel that this banner fits its purpose quite well because it advertises the collage in a unique way and is does not disturb the user from there previous tasks. if i had to do this task again i would plan my work better and practice on flash more.

From communication in art and design

banner comp

gumtree: looking for love banner. This is a looped banner of around 4 seconds that has flashing text with a question "looking for love" the banner is a direct link to the website match.com in the corner of the banner it advertises for free registration. in my opinion this is a good banner it gets its point over in four second and its proves that banners dont need to be in your face or take over your screen.

eBay: virgin credit car. this banner has no flashing nothing is looped there is hardly anything that catches the eye. but that isnt why this banners isnt as good i dont find it good because theres to much text for a banner. in my opinion a banner should only give out a little bit of information so that the view should want to vistit the website.

good points match.com

not too in your face
good use of colour
animated
looks officail

bad points match.com

doesn't catch your eye

good points virgin

good use of colour
looks professional
good amount of information

bad points virgin

seems like too much text

Banner Ideas Generation

I would like my banner to have some interaction with the user for example every time the user clicks on the banner it grows twice the size or it has a game in it with relevance to the course. My first idea is to make a banner 336x280 that has a game of space invaders on the side of the PCA building in spray paint and when the game finishes the view zooms out of the wall and show the viewer the PCA building. the controls for the game will be in the bottom right corner. The button controls will be very simple left, right and shoot. I would like the banner to grab the viewer attention so I thing the use of colours is relevant, i was thinking to make the space invaders green and purple to stand out. I would like to make the invaders look like they have been sprayed on the wall to give it an artistic effect and to look a bit different.

For my second idea i am still going to keep the space invader and the size of banner but instead of a game i am going to make the space invader transform in to a qr code that takes the viewer to the interactive media game arts website. For the QR code to transform the user is going to have to click or hover over the invader. i can also get the QR code to leave the viewer a message.

button to web (banner)

/* Click to Go to Web Page
Clicking on the specified symbol instance loads the URL in a new browser window.

Instructions:
1. Replace http://www.adobe.com with the desired URL address.
Keep the quotation marks ("").
*/

button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToGoToWebPage);

function fl_ClickToGoToWebPage(event:MouseEvent):void
{
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.gumtree.co.uk"), "_blank");

banner concepts

From visual recording

This was my first idea i wanted to make a wall that people could doodle on and just mess around on. and then when the user was finished the banner would take them to the interactive media and game arts website.