Project Proposal/Site Specification

• Site Title: Big Show Pictures
  
  
• Developer: xxx
  
  
• Content Focus: Big Show Pictures will be a billboard website. Since Big Show Pictures is a very new company, one of the main purposes of this website will be to inform the public that this company exists. The website will offer information about the services that this company will provide, in the hopes of attracting clients and promoting the films that it is currently producing. At this point there will not be Web-based interaction, but rather contact information so that potential clients can get in touch with Big Show Pictures.
  
  
• Mission Statement: Big Show Pictures will produce films for general release, as well as providing videography services for companies and individuals. These services include scripting, shooting, and editing a wide variety of productions. Big Show Pictures offers its services to companies looking to shoot training videos, commericials, or any other corporate production. For individuals, Big Show Pictures offers an entirely new way to document a party or event. As a film production company, Big Show Pictures specializes in visual storytelling, a skill that will provide clients with services far superior to that of the average videography company.
  
  The goal of this Website is to inform people of the films that Big Show Pictures is currently producing, as well as the services that they offer. This Website will provide a way for writers, actors, musicians, or anyone who is interested in working on films Big Show Pictures is currently producing to get in touch with the company. In addition, this Website will inform potential customers, corporations and individuals, of all the services provided by Big Show Pictures.
  
  
• Main Elements Outline:
  
  • Welcome page
    This page will include a brief description and a mission statement of Big Show Pictures and links to the other pages on the Website.
    
  • Videography
    This page will inform potential clients about Big Show Pictures' approach to videography of personal events—Event Motion Picture Photography—the use of visual storytelling skills used in films applied to the documentation of personal events, such as weddings, anniversary parties, bar/bat mitzvahs, etc.
    
  • Commercial Productions
    This page will contain information about video services that Big Show Pictures can provide for companies, such as commercials and training films.
    
  • Film Production
    This page will include a description and picures of current Big Show Picture Productions. This will serve to advertise for these upcoming general release films, as well as to provide descriptions of jobs open for films currently in production.
    
  • Editing Services
    This page will let people know about the editing services that Big Show Pictures provides for an event that has already been shot. This service could consist of an editor to edit a production, or simply of access to editing eqipment, depending on the needs of the client.
    
    
• Target Audience: The target audience for this Website can be divided into two major categories. The first category will be people who are interested in hiring Big Show Pictures for their videography needs, whether they be private or commercial. The second category will be people who are interested in getting involved with Big Show Pictures' film productions. It is difficult to make any assumptions about these audiences. They could vary a great deal in age, race, and economic status. It is also difficult to make any generalizations about what types of computers or connections speeds they will have.
  
  
• Design Considerations: As a multimedia company offering visual services, Big Show Pictures' Website must be particulary visually pleasing, technologically impressive and able to stand apart from other Websites in order to convince potential customers to use Big Show Pictures for their production needs.
  
  In addition, Big Show Pictures offers a wide variety of services aimed at different groups of people. It is, therefore, essential that people are able to see on the first page the services that would interest them and find this information easily on the rest of the site, without having to deal with information about the services that would not be of interest to them.
  
  
• Limiting Factors: As mentioned before the target audience for this Website will vary greatly in their general characteristics. It is likely that individuals who are interested in Big Show Pictures commercial services will be using high-speed connections, while many individuals hiring Big Show pictures for private services may have much lower speed connections. It is necessary, therefore, to build this page for the lowest common denominator, to ensure that everyone will be able to view the pages correctly. At the same time, it is essential that this site be visually and interesting, and will need to contain a fair amount of graphics. This may be the biggest challenge in building this Website.