WIX

The second domain website I have been looking at is WIX. I have to say so far I have prefered it to the Moon Fruit website that I have used the last few days. Similar to the MoonFruit it has a wide range of different pages you can use ranging from Once I had signed up it allowed me to have a pick of various different templates that i can start from as shown below

In the corner you can see there is a quick selection where you can find what you are looking for in terms of a template for your page.  I typed in video portfolio which helped me narrow down what I want to use below is what come up

I liked the look of the first page on the site so I have decided to use this to build up my second portfolio 

This is the home page for the site. So far I am liking it layout a bit better then moonfruit. Firstly it is a lot easier to to change things on the site and the HTML 5 means a lot of it is just dragging and dropping it will be intresting to see how it develops once I have started sorting out my work to see what it looks like. One thing I will say I'm not a fan of the background I think it is a bit dark and I have to admit I do prefer the more simple black and white writing which has been used my some of the practitioners I have looked at so far.

The menus at the side have a variety of links you can add to your site such a social media, videos and pictures and images and gives you the option of building up a better stronger site and making it your own.

Like MoonFruit it is free to build your site but you can upgrade this includes a free domain, ad free. I think having a domain is something that can be very important because it means you can have that brand recognition and means finding your site becoming a lot easier

Once I have made a prototype for this I will upload it on here.

What My Pages Could Look Like

HOMEPAGE

CONTACT

WORK 

ABOUT ME

SHOWREEL 

MoonFruit.com

Looking at where to develop my site will be key. There is various I have been looking at such as Wix.com.. But one wesbite I have come across is MoonFruit. It allows you to build up a website for free. Which for me is something that is quite interesting because this is a great chance for me to get my work out on a public domain for people to see.

 As you can see from the page before there is a range of different pages you can pick to start your website from. This can range from a gardening and travelling site. One page I have come across is one called something called minimalist. Because one thing I want to do is make sure that my website is something and a viewer can use it this is something I want to look into.

So once I've clicked on minimalist it then comes up with this page above.



One of the things I have noticed though even though it says it is free you are only allowed to make one website with it unless you upgrade it. So this might mean me looking at using wix as my main source for my portfolio. But for now I will give MoonFruit a go just to see what the quality is like.

Once on the page you get four pages come up. The first page is a home screen. It has an about section on it. Then there is a work page where you can add youtube links to your work with a description of what should be on the site. Then there is also a contact page where people have got enquirers.

I will update my blog once I have started a site doing a prototype of my site on here. But one more site I want to look at doing is wix which i feel could be a little easier to navigate.

Looking At A Practitioner

http://www.calthomson.com/


Cal Thomson is a freelance camera operator and editor from Manchester. In his about me section he has decided to use a third person description. I think the reason behind this is because he is selling himself more as a practitioner. For me personally I think at first I will be doing mine in first person because when people enter my site I want a more friendly approach and at this current time I don't feel I have enough clients to warrant a third person approach. I feel once I have built up a better amount of work that I could then ask clients for example to give me a reference on my work which I could put on my website. He has also a wrote about his background work and equipment. Once again this is selling himself as a freelancer for me at this moment I think my main aim is actually looking for work and freelancing could be something that is more of a side project.


His showreel which is in the link below is a great example of what I want to aspire to in a few years. He has got a good blend of independent work such as short films. Corporate work such as promotional videos. For me I want to get into a position like this is because I in terms of the future I would maybe look into getting into more freelance work which could help me bulk up not just my work and showreel but my experience but I think going into the work I think I could do more experience of bigger scale productions to help me







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdakQsiqOM

Just some quick layout ideas for my portfolio

the plan will be to hopefully start developing and testing the designs online. I have got a rough idea of how i want it too look but its just now putting it on paper

Potential New Client

Today I got in contact with Phil Nodding as i was worried by the none reply by Sean Macaskill from The Hive. However when i met him he offered my a client based project at Clifton. I will be receiving a brief from Phil tomorrow and this will then lead to a meeting with him and the two first year students from the Fda.

Hopefully this will allow me a good project and will allow me to move my current client project back to a later date where i feel i will have more time to sort out a plan and have a bit more free time to film and edit the video.

Researching For My Portfolio

The start of research into my portfolio meant I had to think about what line of work I want to go into. My experiences so far have had me been involved in a variety of roles such as camera operator, director of photography, runner just to name a few. Doing research into some practitioners has kind of opened my eyes a bit about where I currently am as a practitioner. I feel with the time I have left I want to get involved with a few more different projects


http://www.scotthouston.co.uk/- Scott Houston is a freelance camera operator and editor based in Glasgow his website is something that I enjoy watching his work. It is polished and has great colour grading. As you can see by his homepage he has got splash shots of some of his work he has done. Personally I don't think I will be doing this for my website because i don't feel currently I have enough work of a high quality. But obviously I'm hoping once I grow as a practitioner it will allow me to develop my show reel and work. So what I will do to for my site is having a show reel of some of my work and just had a few splash shots of videos I have done. But as a great reference this has given me a lot. The colour scheme is black and white so I think because he does video work it always makes me think of VHS videos are a source of inspiration.

below is a link to a showreel on his vimeo: -

https://vimeo.com/79488095