Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of realmedia products?
My website is very formal and does not really break any conventions. Like the websites that I looked at, I have only used one colour, with two or three variations to that colour.
I have made it appeal to all ages, by including a variety of photographs of the rabbits for younger children of around twelve, but at the same time not making it to childish by not adding to many photographs and also adding information useful for older people.
I did break the convention with font. I only used one font for the whole websites information. The font being Ariel.
The other area where I broke the convention was with the logo. The logos of the websites that I had looked at where straight forward and simple, whereas mine was more like a cartoon.


How does your media product represent particular social groups?
It is a website that provides information, guidance and appeals for help from interested parties on the raising of funds for the welfare of rabbits.


What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Any who already distribute animal welfare, like the RSPCA, webpages to try and tell people about the increasing numbers of animals being abused and/or abandoned.


Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience for my webpage would be anyone interested in or who keeps rabbits. These include general pet owners or people willing to help rabbits.
The logo also shows the type of audience. Unlike the logos of the websites that I had looked at, my logo is more like a cartoon character than a website used on the Hare Preservation Trust, which just had an outline of a hare jumping over the letters HPT. Then logo would be more appealing to younger people around the age of twelve to forty.


How did you attract/address your audience?
The logo attracts the viewer as it is not too over powering or too small and not all that interesting.
The photographs of the rabbits are not of any of them after being harmed and so does not repel the audience, but in fact makes them want to look at the images.
There is only one font and so does not change between two or more fonts which, while in a way could look attractive on a single page, does not really fit with one another.
When I addressed the audience I did not specify anyone in particular. The opening home page reads 'Hello and Welcome' and does not mention any gender.


What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The use of being able to colour images on the computer rather by hand is a lot quicker and gives the final image(s) a professional look. Also they are more eye-catching than images coloured by hand.
Also, while experimenting with colouring using Photoshop, I learnt new ways in which to use some of the tools. This proved useful for the image used on the 'Donate' page of my website.


Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Building a rough webpage on WebPlus 10 helped me to understand how the programme works and what you can and can not do when using it.
Also the use of colour, text and images help to attract an audience.


Problems?
There was one major problem that I faced when producing my website. This was that a few of the links would not work. However, with a little figuring out I managed to correct the problem and finish the site.


What went well?
The whole project went well, apart from the point where the links would not work.
I think that the website should be able to get its message across and hopefully be of interest to those interested in rabbits and their welfare.