This is personally my favourite short film website out of the 3 I've chosen to analyse, heavily because of its design. While it has all the requisites of a good website, such as easy navigation as evidenced by the tabs, or a clean, minimalistic design, or large font for the title, what draws me most to it is the picture in the centre, as most viewers will be.
The central positioning of the large almost-full-page image is one reason it is so eye-capturing and interesting, but that's definitely not all there is to it. Since the documentary is a short animation film, the same intriguing animation style is used for the image, showcasing its two main characters, with the elderly man on the left presumably being the eponymous 'grandfather'. The stark contrast of the dark, gloomy background with the unforgivingly bright landscaped foreground creates a disturbing, uneasy feeling in the viewer, perhaps establishing that the setting of the film is dangerous and creepy.
This makes me think it is an adventure film, with grandfather and grandson venturing through a journey through the dark woods, with the grandfather's soothing drum beats calming the grandson every time adrenaline kicks in. There is an 'about' tab, which gives more information on the film, a 'trailer' to provide a quick preview to whoever's interested, and a 'gallery' tab with pictures and clips from the movie. Most short film websites tend to have these particular tabs in particular in terms of conventions.
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