Cinemagraphs as part of web design - Jenner Museum

[Hamish Gill]

A long time ago now we started rebuilding the Jenner museum website, in fact, we rebranded them entirely It been a fairly successful project.
One of the big things we wanted to do was bring a little bit of something special to the website design.
We didnt want to distract from the content, but we did want something to catch the eye, and maybe the imagination.

This photo (actually about 20 photos) was taken in Jenner's office. Much of the paraphernalia is genuinely Jenner's and what isnt it period.
Suffice to say messing around with a lit candle did make us all a bit nervy!

Anyway, the outcome, we hope, does indeed capture the imagination

You can see it in action here Dr Jenner

This is my other favorite off the learning pages

The others function, but arent quite as good as these to my mind ...

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Magic, Hamish! It has a spooky feel too.

 

[Hamish Gill]

We wanted it to feel as if Jenner had not long left ... the idea is supposed to represent how the things he achieved are a massive part of daily life now ... bit abstract, but there you go

 

[Pete Askew]

Very effective Hamish and I like the site as a whole. It has just the right amount of period feel to it I think. I also liked the feather / quill. The globe is a bit 'clunky' though. Hard to get smooth though I can imagine without vast numbers of 'frames'.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Yeah, impossible whilst retaining some idea of reasonable load times ...
i like to do the three of them again to be honest, maye find sown thing else to animate ... One day, if the budget allows ...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Brilliantly spooky Hamish - that pestle and mortar freaks me out (in a good way)

Great idea for a website, and definitely an attention grabber

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Apart from the interesting tricks, these are really nice photos - beautiful tones. Who was Jenner?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Edward Jenner - invented, or at least discovered the concept of vaccination.
It's all there on the website

And cheers

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Oops...missed that link. The website looks wonderful, really excellent. Congratulations to your team.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Cheers Buddy ...
I always forget we use my photos in websites when it comes to this place .... I have a few more to show off

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Cheers Buddy ...
I always forget we use my photos in websites when it comes to this place .... I have a few more to show off

 

[Paul Lange]

Really excellent Hamish and the general feel of the website suits the subject. I really like the image with the feather. Very subtle, took me a while to see what was moving.

 

[Brian Moore]

The candle one is very effective indeed, Hamish.