Sunday 5 July 2009

British Film Websites

Slumdog Millionaire
http://www.slumdogmillionairemovie.co.uk
The Slumdog Millionaire website has an intro page, full of praising quotes and the iconic slumdog millionaire theme tune blaring out. The music is upbeat and the colours are bright and happy, giving feel good impression of the film. You can click on buttons to take you to the trailer along with clips, cast and crew info and a gallery. Pictures of the beautiful Freida Pinto are often the backgroud of a lot of the sites pages, it gives a good impression because she in undeniably pretty, therefore making the site a nice site to be on and making you want to watch the film.

Harry Potter
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/site/index.html
The Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince website has an intense atmosphere created by moving graphics and the iconic Harry Potter music. On the intro page you can watch the trailer and click to entre the site. On entring site you are thrown into a midst of graphic pathetic fallacy, showing a storm and sounds as the site sets up. The menu is incredibly small, so attention is not taken away from the large picture of the three main characters, Harry, Ron and Hermione.

This is England
http://www.thisisenglandmovie.co.uk
The website for This is England, sticks with the British themes, by using a the colours of the British flag- blue, red and white. The background of the home page is a british council estate, depicting the run down area that the film is set in. The menu gives you general options of galleries and downloads but also background information on 'The skinheads of the 80s'.

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