Video Backgrounds a new trend in web design
Videos are one of the most popular types of multimedia, as you can get the message across with ease to your audience. They can be used for promotion, instructional purposes or just for getting a message across, this can be a key feature to success in business giving a more appealing and creative interactive media.
Video Backgrounds
Some businesses like to use this method for their promotion using the interactiveness of video as special effects for website background. These entertain the audience coming across as creative and fun.
When HTML5 was released background videos became more common on many sites advertising goods and services. Videos can send out a message which tells customers that the business is flexible and fun.
Web Design , techniques
As well as having standard video there are more technical names for it which can be `Self-Host’ where the file is added onto the back of the website which is normally done using a styles called `CSS and HTML5’ where you need to consider the sizes of both the height and width of the video and how much memory the file takes up on the system.
The amount of storage the file takes up links into how fast the website is as well, so you don’t want a huge file to upload because it wouldn't work or it would slow down load times and viewers may leave before even seeing your site. . You can also embed the videos where for example you can visit a video streaming site like Youtube and Vimeo.
By using background videos there are many benefits for the business such as:
• Engaging the customers
• Promoting your business e.g. mostly creative jobs and advertising like marketing agencies and photographers.
• Include lots of information visually in a few seconds.
• Just to look creative
