Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Super Deluxe!

www.superdeluxe.com

Intended Audience:

Super Deluxe is a basically a web "channel" devoted to showcasing short form comedy series, usually 3-4 minutes in length
per episode. (Though some are a bit longer!) As such, fans of animated shorts, stand up comedy, and sketch comedy would find a lot to like here. There are also a few single camera comedy series. As of yet, no one has perfected the 3 minute sitcom, but it could happen!

Usefulness of Content: This is a site you go to to be entertained, and on that front it definitely delivers. A wide selection of videos is presented, and they are written and produced by some big names from the comedy world. (Bob Odenkirk, of Mr. Show, directs one of the shows, just as an example)

Consistency of Design: The site is very consistent, with a solid black background and white text throughout, with a nav bar at the top of the screen that never moves anywhere else. The front page, however, is extremely cluttered when compared to the pages of videos organized by series and artists. It's almost like they tried to cram as much as possible on the home page, when some of the features could have been placed a bit deeper in the site.

Ease of Navigation: If you know what you're looking for, it's relatively easy to find a specific show and start watching. If you've never visited the site, however, it can be more overwhelming. Distributing some of the home page elsewhere (putting a blog link on the nav bar, or some of the features artist content on the 'artist' page) could help alleviate this problem.

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