Creating a Loading Screen

     This week Abbi spent our mac lab session working on the layout of the app once opened on a phone. She began with a loading screen that would appear before the login page opened. We decided that as the app is about television programmes no longer on air, we would use an image of television static to link with the retro theme of the app. 

 This is her first attempt  at creating a loading page. It is pretty simple, and is similar to old fashioned television screens whilst they were searching for signal. 

  
     For her second attempt, she decided to add the name of the app to the loading screen in order to make the name more memorable and associated with the retro theme and the app itself. Whilst we like the idea of including something to do with our app brand, we found that the writing is hard to read and makes this loading page quite painful to look at. 

     
     This is her final and most successful attempt at the loading screen. She used the purple colour of the app icon so that the colour will become associated with our app, as well as the logo from the icon for the same reason. This loading screen still adheres to the retro theme of the app by using the static and the image of the old fashioned television, but also is strongly linked to the app itself so that it becomes memorable and a part of users' everyday routines.