Sneaker Porn UK

My individual DW website. 

www.sneakerpornuk.com

Evaluation

Evaluation

Seeyouthereonline

The concept for this website was a user generated, simplistic/interactive travel blog. We have achieved this. We have taken inspiration from Tumblr pages and instagram feeds. The idea of their simplicity is admirable but they are extremely common. So we took the format and added the interactivity (videos, user feedback and user generated images). I believe this has brought the much-needed diversity to our site.

Image from Aditya Zulizar T (Instagram)

Instagram: ADITZT

My main role in this site was to produce the video and imagery. I edited several videos for the project using Adobe Premier, Adobe Audition and Adobe Photoshop. The process of editing was straightforward and all packages were self explanatory. The part of the editing that was time consuming was the cutting. I have taken much inspiration for my interviews from the current youtube and vine wave. On these mediums you see fast cuts making for humorous editing. This is fun to watch but it is time consuming. An example of this is “Diary of a badman” (follow link) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_k8i65VWdw

When choosing the sound files to use it was mainly based on how I felt when editing. For example with the interviews I edited the first 10-20 seconds to generate a clear mood in my head, then I selected the backing track that would go with it. When it came to the Ibiza experience video I had to pick the music first to make sure the videos fit to the drop of the beat.

Some of the main issues I experienced were when recording. We formatted our SD card by mistake and wiped all of our data once. The other issue with it was sound. Editing the sound levels was more difficult than anticipated. Partly due to the output only coming from one speaker. My other main issue was the quality of the video. The interview quality was poor and the lighting made it look unprofessional. In the future I would use lighting, a boom mic and a better camera. 

In reflection I believe the site has achieved its goals and could with the right enthusiasm and maintenance be a success. 

The finished article

http://seeyouthereonline.com/mywebsite/

Issues when editing

Editing my videos has been pretty straight forward however there were some minor issues. One of which was my sound. When playing my recordings back i noticed that the sound output was only playing out of one speaker. this was a problem that i did not manage to resolve. however i have managed to find a solution now for future reference. I also found that controlling the audio levels so they went distorted was something that required care and time.
Out of everything i enjoyed editing the party video the most. I had a vision of it in my head and it came out in a similar way. I managed to time the clips perfectly to drop with the beat and i really felt transported when watching it. My only issue was with the quality. It did give it a raw feel but i think in the future i would like to use for purpose HD camera.

3's a crowed

Like I said before the team consists of 3 different personalities and we set the site up to reflect that. Its useful because we felt we reflect the 3 main demographics of our age group in terms of holidays. This gives the site more in terms of volume and also allows us to target a much wider audience. It was also useful as we were all able to supply or source images to get us started.

The tumblr influence.

When we were discussing how wanted our site to look and feel we gravitated towards a tumblresque dimension. We appreciated the raw feel and simplicity of it and believed that the sustainability of a site like this would make it easier for us to maintain and develop.

Example of blogs we viewed are

http://tinywrld.com/

http://threeguysheadingwest.com/

http://theworldwelivein.tumblr.com/

I also took great direction from the way some 'Instagram' pages are presented now. Some Instagramers take every opportunity at home or abroad to capture the world most beautiful moment. That is something See You There is striving to reproduce.

Instagramers

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Image by Aditya Zulizar (aditzt)

McLuhan and his Global Village.

With the website being a travel website it would be imposable to create it without acknowledging McLuhan's Theory on our "Global village". Global Village is a term coined by Marshall Mcluhan. He explained how the world has been turned in to a village by digital technology and the freedom and pace of technology. See you there is part of this. We are bringing people together through their experiences and are proud of the fact. We aim to provide a digital environment that makes the user feel as though they are already at the destination they are researching.