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What if the Oscars were given to the sites?

Many of us use the global network to purchase tickets or search for information about films. Sites, selling tickets and entertaining visitors, help to collect tickets and form public opinion. However, site developers do not receive any recognition. Is this not a bit unfair in the Internet era - not getting a bit of glory for online movie presentations?

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Most modern movie websites are made in Flash, even if it is not at all justified. When creating websites, standards and requirements for accessing splash pages and accessing content are often not followed. Developers allow themselves the luxury of neglecting general principles and usability standards, since the main task is to draw attention to the film and help unleash it. Suppose, however, that these developers got their Oscars, Bears and Palm Branches. Will this not be a powerful incentive to create bright and convenient sites?
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Nomination "Graphics"

In this article, we will present that the Oscars were awarded to movie sites. This, of course, is not a new award from Smashing Magazine, and certainly not an attempt to take over the rights and responsibilities of the Film Academy. This is just a convenient way to observe the latest trends in film and design, it is a demonstration of the best blockbusters of 2009, new and not yet released films.

This is perhaps the most prestigious nomination in our ceremony. The design uses photographs, illustrations and other graphic elements to create a pleasant and memorable visual range.

Nominees:

Law abiding Citizen
... for the use of bold and expressive photos.
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Transformers (Transformers)
... for models of transformers, of course.
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Ice Age 3: The Age of Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs) - the official British website
... for chilling illustrations.
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Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
... for the wonderful manipulations with photos and illustrations.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)
... for appetizing illustrations and delicious little things in design.
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How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon)
... for fiery graphics.
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Panic in the Village (A Town Called Panic)
... for plasticine illustrations.
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And the Winner is ...
The attention to detail on the Alice in Wonderland website is impressive. Smooth combinations of digital illustrations and photographs, as well as many small wonderful graphic elements make this design a nice looking one.

Nomination "Interactivity"


Many movie sites, especially those representing cartoons or blockbusters, are designed for interactive elements to entertain visitors. The following sites about popular films of 2009 show full interactivity and deserve nomination.

Nominees:

Open Hugs (Broken Embraces)
... for beautiful torn photos that serve as a navigation menu.
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Halloween 2 (Halloween 2)
... for stunning (and terrifying) 3D elements.
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District No. 9 (District 9)
... for interactive panoramic views of the area number 9
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)
... for customizable rain from food and live characters.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
... for a magical image gallery.
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And the Winner is ...
Kinosayt " Cloudy, Chance of Meatballs " are pleasant to explore, mainly because of its interactive details.

Nomination "Dynamic Effects"


Movie sites invariably contain a trailer on a homepage or splash page. Trailer usually starts automatically. But the trend is to use the trailer as a bootloader in the background. At the same time movie sites usually use flash animation and graphics to maximize the desired graphic effect. The following sites are characterized by dynamic effects of different types.

Nominees:

Halloween 2 (Halloween 2)
... for frightening flickering clips.
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Where the Wild Things Are
... for the great organically embedded video.
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Transformers (Transformers)
... for animated transformers (although it would be better to show the real transformation).
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Keepers (Watchmen)
... for incredible dynamic effects.
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Terminator: May the Savior Come (Terminator Salvation)
... for a great stylized video stream.
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Lovely Bones
... for the smooth combination of video and images.
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Star Trek
... for fantastic transition effects.
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And the Winner is ...
Navigation on the official Star Trek site imitates walks around the ship. This effect is beautifully recreated, and the visitor is immersed in the atmosphere of the film.

Nomination "Harmony with the film"


Kinosayty, of course, completely devoted to the films that they promote. But screenshots, trailers and photos are often not enough to convey the atmosphere of the film. Much can be achieved by interweaving a story or an idea with graphic elements. The developers of the sites shown below did a great job of re-creating the spirit of the films.

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
... for insane design details
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Star Trek
... for the great use of material on the comic theme that everyone loves.
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Drag Me to Hell (Drag Me to Hell)
... for the shivering animation of the fly.
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Surrogates (Surrogates)
... for the futuristic design of the robots of the future.
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I would be in heaven (Up in the Air)
... for the excellent elements of "aero" -style and icons.
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District No. 9 (District 9)
... for the excellent use of materials about aliens.
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And the Winner is ...
Our virtual "Oscar" is sent to the movie site " District number 9 ". The dark atmosphere of the film is transmitted from all pages of the site. "District number 9" offers six different sites, in addition to the official, which include panoramic images, stylized graphics and video clips, as well as different pages for people and aliens (true to the spirit of the film).

Nomination "Best Exclusive Content"


Thousands of online resources and databases are available to search for information about past, current and new films, to view trailers and to buy tickets. Thus, exclusive content is a trump card for official movie sites. Without it, sites are practically useless. Nevertheless, many studios continue to pay little attention to such content for free download as trailers, frames, descriptions and posters. Unlike everyone, candidates in the nomination "Best Exclusive Content" offer a variety of different materials for the most fastidious fans.

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
... for funny facts about the movie.
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Nine (Nine)
... for the script, available in PDF format.
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An Education
... for abundant information about the film.
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I would be in heaven (Up in the Air)
... for accurate information on “departures” and “landings”.
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Keepers (Watchmen)
... for unbelievable character files.
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The Wolfman
... for an exciting acquaintance with the legends and secrets of werewolves.
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And the Winner is ...
In addition to a comprehensive review of the film and a huge number of videos and photos, the Wolfman Movie site offers a large amount of information in the section “Features of the mysterious events depicted in the film and the terrible legacy of Universal Studios”. The content and its presentation turned out great.

Nomination "Typography"


Typography has a strong influence on visitors. Everyone loves quality typography, and we could not leave this element outside our categories. In most cases, the attention of movie sites to typography is limited to the choice of headset. However, on some sites you can see truly wonderful works, not devoid of style and tact.

Nominees:

Halloween 2: (Halloween 2)
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Keepers (Watchmen)
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Nine (Nine)
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How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon)
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Inglorious Bastards (Inqlourious Basterds)
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Open Hugs (Broken Embraces)
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And the Winner is ...
Kinosayt " Inglorious Bastards " is practically the only one presented here, which reveals the artistic part of the film through typography. Typing and headset selection complement the spirit of the film and make the site easy and enjoyable to watch.

Nomination "Fun Games"


Games, kits for fans and other “services” of this kind can be found on movie websites of various genres, from family comedy to horror. These entertainments attract visitors, in turn, spinning the film. Truly unique and attractive games have fallen into this category.

Nominees:

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs)
... for five different games with food, one of which is in 3D!
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Peerless Mr. Fox (Fantastic Mr. Fox)
... for the game interface design made with love.
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Transformers (Transformers)
... for collections and galleries of fans.
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Sherlock Holmes
... for the smart test of deduction.
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Surrogates (Surrogates)
... for the virtual constructor of surrogates.
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District No. 9 (District 9)
... for the support of "not people."
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How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon)
... for a wide selection of "fishing" games.
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Avatar
... for the opportunity to create your own avatar (not as beautiful as in the film, of course).
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And the Winner is ...
The site of the movie " How to Train Your Dragon " offers seven online games and fifteen objects for printouts and games. Great fun for the whole family.

Nomination "Cross-platform interaction"


Film site developers can not ignore the growing popularity of mobile Internet and social networks. Presentations of many films are held on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks or bookmarking services. On many movie websites there are panels and widgets for social. networks that give users the opportunity to update and distribute information about films on their own sites or pages of social. networks.

Applications for iPhon'a and iPad'a have become a common tool for advertising. Some films have their own community sites where people come together and discuss various topics related to cinema. The deepest and most universal social integration of the media can be shown on the example of the following sites.

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
... for excellent programs for mobile devices.
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Star Trek
... for a complete collection of links to social networks.
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Pandorum (Pandorum)
... for deep social integration (widgets, social networks, games for the iPhone, etc.)
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Avatar
... for the many ways to spread cinema information.
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Twilight Saga: New Moon (The Twilight Saga: New Moon)
... for taking care of all the fans of the saga (take, for example, the TwilightMOMs community!)
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And the Winer is ...
With five official groups in the largest social networks, more than 15 communities and four programs in the AppStore, the Twilight Saga: New Moon wins in this category

Nomination "Best HTML site"


Many movie sites use Flash, although HTML, CSS and some effects on JavaScript allow you to do the same. The four sites listed below violate this tradition and prove that a good movie site design does not have to include Flash elements.

Nominees:

The Cove
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Music by Prudence
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Food Corporation
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When You're Strange (When You're Strange)
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And the Winner is ...
The Music Prudence website fully deserves this award. The site was created by the New York designer duet “ Bartlett de Boer ”, which explain the idea of ​​this design in the following way: “Together with our clients we decided to make a flash-like site based on WordPress CMS. We combined expressive typography, large background images and elegant dynamic effects on jQuery, showing all the information on translucent blocks. It was one of the most exciting projects we have been working on. ” Without a doubt, the Prudence Music website is also a merit of the brainchild of Matt Mulleneweg - WordPress.

Nomination "Best Flash Site"


Movie sites usually contain a huge amount of media content, so Flash is the most popular platform for creating them. Although many sites suffer from an oversupply of animation and effects or do not justify the choice of platform, some flash movie sites are very attractive, interesting and informative. Below are six movie websites that deserve our imaginary Oscar in the Best Flash Site nomination.

Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
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How to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon)
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Inglorious Bastards (Inqlourious Basterds)
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Lovely Bones
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Surrogates (Surrogates)
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I would be in heaven (Up in the Air)
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And the Winner is ...
“ Inglourious Bastards !” Attention to detail on all pages of the site, excellent unobtrusive effects and a large amount of information distinguish this Flash site from others.

Stars on the Red Carpet


Some movie sites did not take our imaginary Oscar, but still deserve to appear here. Most of them, although not all, are made in a minimalist style, which contains only basic information and a minimum of effects. They are fairly easy to navigate and their appearance is quite pleasant. Despite the lack of nominations, they can make a lot of noise in Hollywood.

City Island (City Island)
The perfect combination of photos and sketches makes this site special.
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Festive Lunch Hot Summer (Mid-August Lunch)
This site is more like an interactive poster. The page contains almost no information about the film. However, we could not miss such an interesting site.
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Unbowed (Invictus)
Like the films of maestro Clint Eastwood, the “Unconquered” site tries to show modernity through the prism of eternal values. How else can you explain the use of Flash on this elegant and modern website, when everything could be done in plain HTML + jQuery?
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The Hurt Locker
Grunge fonts, sand colors and good photos make this site a worthy movie counterpart.
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Don't Take Alive (Green Zone)
Some really interesting stylizations in the navigation menu.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Funny cartoons and texture of notebook sheets reveal the theme of the movie.
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Square (The Square)
The content here is contained in a stylized grid, without prejudice to readability and perception. Dark colors and bold, frayed textures create a believable noir style.
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Kick-Ass
A lot of games smoothly flow into the content, which resulted in a “fake” website!
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Shutter Island
The site of this amazing movie is the “black pearl” of our collection. The main emphasis is placed on the dark landscape of the island, complete with fine details.
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Brooklyn Police (Brooklyn's Finest)
This is one of several sites with a good splash page. Moreover, the Brooklyn Police website contains great photos and incredible Flash effects.
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The Road
The site of this impressive film, based on the novel Pulitzer Prize laureate Cormac McCarthy, as modest as possible. Minimalist design consists mainly of film frames. Quotes from the novel that pop up when the page is loaded (this detail can also be seen on the Inglorious Bastards website) contribute to the content of the pages.
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Jacuzzi Time Machine (Hot Tub Time Machine)
The faces of the heroes that pop up when you hover over the menu items will make you smile. The site "Time Machine in Jacuzzi" certainly will not leave you indifferent.
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Moon 2112 (Moon)
This site is distinguished by its atmosphere, thanks to the pseudo-3D background images created using translucent frames that mimic the space.
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Lbs. (The official translation of the name of the film yet, you can translate as "Pounds" - approx. Lane.)
This site could be called "camouflage": it looks made in pure HTML, although completely made in Flash. But don't let that bother you. The site is very easy to use and loads pretty quickly. In addition, the panoramic view on the main page looks charming.
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The Secret in Their Eyes
When something or someone hides secrets, dark concise design will help.
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Treasure (Precious)
The site of the Oscar-winning film "Treasure" shows the great use of video to engage the visitor in the story.
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Please Give
Despite the fact that this is just a page “Soon on your screens”, where the trailer is placed, press releases and links to Facebook, beautiful typography allowed this site to be included in the list.
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From translator


In short, the winning sites in their nominations:

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/91132/


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