My critique is on the terms of the project as presented here. I didn't choose a random link. I clicked on one that was presented.
The page aggregates visuals. Its design amplifies the visual effects of low budget.
Even straight to video movies get boxcover art.
But your comment prompted me to look at my Youtube app. There's a lot of effort in the home page river to create visual coherence to solve the same problem.
Some of it appears to be color grading. Some appears to be sequencing similar palettes adjacent. Some is breaking up palette transitions with ads using colors that help.
A big part of it is using a title screen with text over the image...after looking at the desktop browser page.
An avant garde art project can seek to create a new form of visual literacy. That's not what this is. There are visual conventions paving the happy paths.
People might watch a drama with purple lighting without caring. But if you ask them if they want to watch a drama with purple lighting, they will think it a strange question.
The page aggregates visuals. Its design amplifies the visual effects of low budget.
Even straight to video movies get boxcover art.
But your comment prompted me to look at my Youtube app. There's a lot of effort in the home page river to create visual coherence to solve the same problem.
Some of it appears to be color grading. Some appears to be sequencing similar palettes adjacent. Some is breaking up palette transitions with ads using colors that help.
A big part of it is using a title screen with text over the image...after looking at the desktop browser page.
An avant garde art project can seek to create a new form of visual literacy. That's not what this is. There are visual conventions paving the happy paths.
People might watch a drama with purple lighting without caring. But if you ask them if they want to watch a drama with purple lighting, they will think it a strange question.