The article "Basic Design Principles" talks about how to make your website ten times better than it would be or better then it already is. It tells the readers about ways to improve the look of the website and how it appeals to its readers. The four basic principles of design are alignment, proximity, repitition, and contrast.
Alignment improves the way your page looks because it looks "neater." It looks more professional when alot of effort goes into the way pictures, text, or graphs are aligned in the web page. Proximity deals with the closeness of multiple objects. This can make or break a web site. If your site is really "loose" as in a bunch of random spaces in between your contents of the page, then everything just looks thrown together. Repition refers to using and repeating certain elements that tie even the two most random/different things on your page together. Contrast is the overall look of your page. Colors, Images, and the way the text appeals to the eye are all examples of how contrast can be used. Web designers use contrast to "draw in" their readers by making the page a good site to look at. Like amazing graphics and colors that attract the eye are examples of this.
Changes that i need to make on my home page include making it look more "flashy", changing up some elements of the text, orgainizing the text more, and just trying to make it look more professional.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Journal 4
Knier's essay was directed to an audience of his age group of peers. Most likely classmates? He uses language that would not be used when addressing someone such as a teacher or proffessor in my opinion. His use of words such as "looooved" shows that he isnt concerned with grammar and that it is most likely not a piece that is supposed to be read by elder persons.
The work that Trask wrote was targeting an audience much larger that Knier's. Her piece was addressing the tourism in Hawaii and how it was having a negative influence. Her tone is much more serious instead of Knier's laidback approach. The seriousness in her work can be seen through her words such as "cultural prostitution."
The audience targeted in the first movie trailer of "Bride and Prejudice" had a target audience of those who were interested in a less dramatic, semi-love story more based upon comedy. They portray the family to have "wacky" customs by wearing elaborate colorful dresses and doing obsurd dances. This movie is most deffinately attracting the humorous/upbeat crowd to come and enjoy this as a family movie.
On the other hand, the audience being targeted in the movie "Pride and Prejudice" is more of a "love story" audience who is into dramtic scenes and a drawn out romance story between two characters. The colors are more darker, possibly hinting at a more serious subject in the film. The costumes are more plain such as the dressed they wear.
The work that Trask wrote was targeting an audience much larger that Knier's. Her piece was addressing the tourism in Hawaii and how it was having a negative influence. Her tone is much more serious instead of Knier's laidback approach. The seriousness in her work can be seen through her words such as "cultural prostitution."
The audience targeted in the first movie trailer of "Bride and Prejudice" had a target audience of those who were interested in a less dramatic, semi-love story more based upon comedy. They portray the family to have "wacky" customs by wearing elaborate colorful dresses and doing obsurd dances. This movie is most deffinately attracting the humorous/upbeat crowd to come and enjoy this as a family movie.
On the other hand, the audience being targeted in the movie "Pride and Prejudice" is more of a "love story" audience who is into dramtic scenes and a drawn out romance story between two characters. The colors are more darker, possibly hinting at a more serious subject in the film. The costumes are more plain such as the dressed they wear.
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