This website is based on drugs use and those effects. It all revolves around an animated eye, which is why it takes up most of the room on the screen. This website uses various methods to convey a message in a way which is interesting and can keep someone entertained. It uses a clean, well thought out layout which uses well animated characters.
The website opens up in a grimy, dark room with the eye ball in the centre and the only focal point. At the bottom, there's commands such as "choose a drug," and "choose an effect." At the top, there's all the main links to access other pages. This website mostly depends on it's ability to entertain and be interactive, because these are it's strongest points. For instance, if you click on "choose a drug," it allows you to choose from a selection of various drugs and actually drag them on to the eye to see their effect - the eye will then demonstrate what happens when you take the substance, such as displaying actions of paranoia and sickness/ect. A voice over describes what's happening, this is so you can watch the full effects of the drug and understand what's happening and not miss anything by having to read text - however, there is a link which takes you to a page where it explains in more detail (and in text) what happens when you take certain drugs if you don't wish to watch the animation and listen to the voice over. In doing this, they allow the viewer to choose from two different ways to learn about drug use, which overall feels more comfortable.
The website is perfect for people looking to learn about drug use. Not only does it use a lot of methods to keep the viewer interested, it also allows the viewer to feel involved by having to click and drag things to activate the animation. The text is also informative and straight to the point and the animation of the eye demonstrating the effects of drugs - even though it is just an eye - is slightly disturbing and well done visually.
This site is, I feel, aimed at teenagers doing drugs - and I think it works well for that age group. It's fresh, it's young and it's shocking so it's bound to leave some kind of impact on the people watching it. Overall, I really like the website and love the way it's animated and its interactions - the only thing I felt it lacked was showing the effects of more drugs, since there's only three to pick from. - With my website I'd like to do something shocking and make some kind of impact, because I feel the end of world is something people take lightly these days.
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