conventions of an artist's website
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Research into conventions of an artist's website for my A-Level Media Studies course.TRANSCRIPT
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CONVENTIONS OF AN ARTIST’S WEBSITE
SHANNON NEWTON
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COMMON
FEATURES
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ENTER PAGEThe entry page is used in order to show you the artists
latest work and give you links so you can go and buy them
COMMON FEATURES
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HOME PAGEThe home page is typically used to promote the artist’s latest single/album or share any news about the artist
COMMON FEATURES
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LINKSThe navigation links are usually located across the top of the website, and always include things like ‘news’ and ‘gallery’
COMMON FEATURES
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MERCHANDISEAs they are used to promote an artist, merchandise links are
usually included to make you buy things to physically promote an artist more
COMMON FEATURES
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SOCIAL MEDIAArtists tend to include links to all social media they have as it is an easy way for fans to keep updated and follow them, for
example on ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’
COMMON FEATURES
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FAN ACCOUNTMost artists include a ‘fan sign-in’ section on their website
that allows fans to keep more updated and involved
COMMON FEATURES
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TYPES OF
WEBSITE
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‘SIMPLE’ WEBSITE
TYPES OF WEBSITE
• Black and white colours• Central Alignment• Usually contains a video to promote/introduce artist
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‘STRUCTURED’ WEBSITE• Colour scheme containing few colours
• Obvious navigational links with clear font• Images/news arranged in an order e.g. squares
TYPES OF WEBSITE
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‘LOUD’ WEBSITE• Bright colours • Multiple images across all screens• Often more confusing than simple/structured websites
TYPES OF WEBSITE