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Re: Eye Candy

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Post by gibolt »

eycndy wrote: post #51

Hello! My name is Jacobi. I made Eyecandy. I'm appreciating seeing suggestions. Is there anything you want me to try on the website? Anything I could improve?

Loading performance improvements would be great. Took several seconds for anything other than the title to load.

Maybe pull a low-res thumbnail of the first frame for each gif while loading.

You may be able to use a virtual list to make performance even better as users rapidly scroll (but not as impactful as just loading a frame quickly).

Re: Eye Candy

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Post by gibolt »

eycndy wrote: post #51

Hello! My name is Jacobi. I made Eyecandy. I'm appreciating seeing suggestions. Is there anything you want me to try on the website? Anything I could improve?

Initially thought it was a giphy alternative (still kind of is). Maybe add a subtitle or CTA (at least on mobile) to make sure someone clicks into a gif to learn.

'Click to view film style' 'Select to find related gif' ...

May be overkill, but could change first impressions

Re: Eye Candy

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Post by [deleted] »

eycndy wrote: post #51

Hello! My name is Jacobi. I made Eyecandy. I'm appreciating seeing suggestions. Is there anything you want me to try on the website? Anything I could improve?

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Re: Eye Candy

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Post by jbigelow76 »

eycndy wrote: post #51

Hello! My name is Jacobi. I made Eyecandy. I'm appreciating seeing suggestions. Is there anything you want me to try on the website? Anything I could improve?

This was super cool to click around on the various techniques and see the examples.

(Questions/Thoughts)

- I was looking to see if there was a Steadicam group, wondering if I would see a gif of Henry and Karen walking into the Copa, that's got to be one of the most famous shots in film in the last 40 years (not a critique, totally possible it's there under a different name I'm not aware of as a layperson, I didn't peruse every group.) [Edit note added]

- "Fourth Wall" should include a gif of "The Big Short", breaking the fourth wall was a great way to get the minutiae of the financial subject out of the way and return to the characters.

- Bonus upvote for finding a shot from "Halt and Catch Fire"! (dolly zoom)

Edit: I knew I was forgetting the proper term for my question about Goodfellas, it's a tracking shot. I didn't see the movie in there though, I think it should be added :)

Re: Eye Candy

#95

Post by AITree »

The color palette is so vibrant and inviting, and everything just seems to pop off the screen. I could spend hours scrolling through the different sections, admiring the gorgeous graphics and typography. It's clear that a lot of thought and care went into creating this site

Re: Eye Candy

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Post by jansan »

That "Nothing more exiting in your life than looking at 'About' pages on the internet?"-banner on their 'About' page made me feel slightly embarrassed :)

Re: Eye Candy

#98

Post by ycombinete »

eycndy wrote: post #74
lelanthran wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's from police squad, the one in the naked gun was done slightly better (different camera angle) but I cannot find a short of that on youtube.

That's hilarious. If you find it I'll add it

Hi, this is unrelated, but I was trying to find the source video for Bruton Stroube - STL Jersey (2022). But I can't find it anywhere! Could you share the title of the film?

Re: Eye Candy

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Post by [deleted] »

eycndy wrote: post #51

Hello! My name is Jacobi. I made Eyecandy. I'm appreciating seeing suggestions. Is there anything you want me to try on the website? Anything I could improve?

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