Motion Hut

Initially, I suggested to Mohtar to use the services of a logo design company. Nowadays, this can be done very cheaply. Mohtar wasn’t against this idea but knowing that I am able to use Photoshop, he urges me to try and design Motion Hut’s logo ourselves. This got me thinking for a while as I search for ideas to design a logo.

After a while, I decided to go with a simple text-based design. Basically a nice font, that says Motion Hut (of course) and some colours to go with it. I was a little lost as to what colour scheme I should use. I tried using red, black and white. I then realise that something wasn’t right about this colour scheme and the site name.

That’s the problem. It is the same colour scheme as the one used by Pizza Hut. Now, since we have the word Hut in the site name, I don’t want it to look like they are somewhat related. After discussing it with Mohtar, he suggested that I use a metallic colour. That’s it! Why didn’t I think of that?

I want the logo to look good on either a dark or light background. Mohtar further contributed to the logo by suggesting a border around the text. I kind of slant it a little to give the logo a bit of character and this is what I came up with. We can’t wait to use it on our namecards, official T-shirts, in the video and etc. Tell us what you think.

I manage to convince Mohtar to use a blogging platform for our site. This is because we want the site to engage with our visitors, whether they are potential or current clients. At the same time, we want to keep our site fresh with new contents from time to time so that it does not go stale (a common problem with a static site).

Of course, the blogging platform of choice here is WordPress. I chose WordPress not only because it is free but also because it is flexible, easy to use and maintain. I am also hoping that Mohtar (who has no previous experience in blogging) will use WordPress and contribute to more posts in his own voice.

After a few brainstorming sessions, we had decided on the WordPress theme to use, the structure of our site and etc. One exciting feature of our site will be to showcase full videos (yes, the whole thing) of our clients’ weddings and vacations. We wanted to show the full quality of our work to our visitors and not just short clips.

Mohtar and me decided to register the domain name motionhut.com from a list that we have brainstormed together. We knew it had to be done since any delay will cause us to take things lightly and slow the progress of our site. With the domain registered and web hosting account opened, it more or less pushed us to get things going.

Prior to this, we had brainstormed for a few other domain names. It is either already taken or unsuitable to reflect the kind of service we offer and the image we want for our site. Some seem hilarious actually and others look too serious. Well, don’t blame two guys who wants to inject more fun and humor to our services as a way to connect with our clients. Look at the list below.

• weddingmotion.com
• pixelatedmotion.com
• sketchmotion.com
• veecut.com
• canwerkz.com
• sceneselection.com
• motionvillage.com
• weddinginmotion.com
• artinmotion.com

You’ll notice that most of the domains has the word motion in it. Mohtar emphasized that we need a word that is synonymous with video but not use the word video at all. We refrain from using the word video as we were afraid that it might make the site sounds like it is a video rental service of some sort.

Anyway, work is underway as we started constructing the site bit by bit and hoping to have it launched on the 5th of April this year (which happens to be Mohtar’s birthday). We are also hoping to at least have one video showcasing the most recent wedding that has been shot and edited by Mohtar. Stay tuned…