For this module, we have to each design a website using Wix that advertises our TV shows. I haven’t had any experience in making websites, so the first thing that I did was to do some research into similar TV show websites, such as This Morning and Rude Tube . These shows all have similar styles to our own, they are magazine style shows that have a continuous host and that feature segments on different topics.
Each website reflects the type of audience that the program is expected to get, such as the This Morning site is more focused on attracting a female audience, seeing as the majority of people who watch it are women, who would be more typically interested in what the programme features, such as cooking, soaps, real life problems etc. The colour scheme of the website reflects this, more feminine colours to attract a female audience to their site.
The things that are mainly featured on the site is what’s coming up in that days show, with the main topics being featured at the top of the site, so people can see them easily. There is also sections for Twitter and Facebook, so people can like the Facebook page for This Morning and get in touch through twitter easily. There are also features of what has been on previous shows, such as recipes and interviews, so people can catch up with something if they have missed it. The website seems to fit well with the target audience, but could also attract people who haven’t really watched the show and just want to see one specific piece of news that was featured on the show.
The website for Rude Tube is similarly set out to the This Morning one, but the colour scheme is more focused on a male audience, with darker colours, more black and blue. The site also has a section for Facebook and Twitter, as well as a section where people can comment on the actual website, and send in there own videos that they have found that they think might be good for the show. There is also a section where you can watch episodes on 4oD, as well as to go to Rude Tube’s YouTube page, and watch clips there.
Because the main focus of Rude Tube is internet clips, this website has more focus on areas of the internet than the This Morning one does, in that it has sections for Facebook, comments, catch up etc, that takes up pretty much the whole page. Rude Tube as a programme doesn’t offer things for the audience to look at later, like recipes etc, so the site focuses more on watching full episodes instead of just one section of the show.
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