Insight needed: Phil Television dot com.

Hey there, fellow Powfolk.

The site: www.philtelevision.com

The job: A group of hard working actors/writers that, in their spare time, put together an "internet sitcom". Internet, meaning its only available on the Internet. Sitcom, meaning it is supposed to be funny and is of sitcom-length (approx 23 mins). We try to shoot and "air" a new episode every two weeks (our day jobs don't always let this happen). We always shoot without a script and our scenes are written in real-time.

The concept: The show is a guerrilla-style, behind-the-scenes look at a failing television station. No one, including the owner Phil, wants to work there, yet they all show up, because a paycheck is a paycheck. Even if its an imaginary, monopoly-money kind of paycheck.

The issues: I designed the site for several separate functions. To give us a place to "air" the episodes. To give us a place to rant every once in a while. There's a BBS for us to talk to fans and a private forum for us to share episode concepts and plots. I have several pages that are placards for future things... Like e-commerce, more detailed history and archives, cast member bios, etc.

The problem: Does this site leave too much to be desired or does it get it's point across? I may not express as much as I'd like, on the "front" pages of the site, that I simply do not have the time to update everyday (let alone every week.) But, if you watch the show, you'll get the feeling that the "television station" is as dark as the site. I think that's the kind of feel we're looking for. But, does it work?

Most of our loyal fans love the site and wouldn't change a thing. Personally, as I'm sure some of you share the pain, I wish I'd done it all using CSS, but I didn't. If I did, I could make subtle changes globally and no one would notice. But, I didn't damnit!

What is this site in excess of (if anything) and what does it lack?

I come to you...fresh eyes!

The powfolk are good at ripping a site apart at the seams, for the good of the site, of course.

Please, your insight is requested.

Thanks in advance,
Phil
www.philtelevision.com

[YvetteKuhns]

Being the mental case I am, I first moused over "I do not have a sense of humor" and enjoyed your humor for the mouseover alt text and the link. I clicked to enter and see more humorous comments upon mousing over links. There probably should be a warning about the adult language on your home page.

There should be copyright info at the bottom of each page. The text is difficult to read. If you want to keep those colors, try bolder text and a sans-serif font such as Arial. Paragraphs of text should align to the left.

The heads simply link to email addresses instead of a web page with info about those people. The color bar image with the faces is neat. The forum is of a similar color scheme, but much easier to read as the text is dark and the background is light.

This website reminds me of some of my friends as teenagers back in the 80s. Ha ha. Scott worked at Dorney Amusement Park to save for a video camera. The guys created amusing "action" videos. I will have to send the url to them. Hope you guys have fun with it.