Analysis of Film Website - Maleficent

Source: Disney's Maleficent Official Website

The colour scheme of the website uses very dark colours such as black, dark green and dark blue which matches with the main character since she wears dark colours for her costume and her personality can also be demonstrated through the colours used. The layout is divided up into boxes which link to either the trailer, images or to where they can get tickets to see the movie. At the top of the website, they have a tab-bar which has links to the other pages within the website and it's all related to the movie, Maleficent.

By using the 'Disney' logo at the top of the website, above the movie name which states that it is an official movie from Disney productions. Stating the actress of the main character also is a way of advertising the movie since the actress (Angelina Jolie) is well-known in the film industry. The mise-en-scene of the main actress can demonstrate the genre since she has horns which can signify that it is fiction and it can be seen from another characters point of view in the children story of 'Sleeping Beauty'. The trailer on the loop can also state that the genre is fiction since it shows creatures that have the exterior of trees and they can move as well as talk. It also shows fairies flying which is another suggestion to the audience that it's fiction because in reality, fairies don't exist.

It offers information about the movie, characters, gallery, videos, downloads, music and games. This is all used to entice the audience so that they're persuaded to go and watch the movie in the cinema since they have access to the information of the movie and they can also view snippets such as images and clips of the movie so that they can have a taster of what the movie contains and to see whether they'd like it or not. By giving more background information of the characters, they might find something that they can relate to and think that the character may be fictional but they're relate-able with some facts.

The website has links to social networks such as twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. By clicking on one of the social networking symbols on the website, the user will get redirected to the movie's official twitter and Facebook page and tumblr page. This is meant to help to entice the audience by keeping them updated with