WEBSITE BUILDING

WHAT SECTIONS TO HAVE?

I decided on these six sections of the website. The research into other music acts websites proved these sections to be popular and widely used

in the industry. This means that they are popular with fans as they obviously work well on all the current music acts websites out there.

These six allows the user to explore the website content freely, the titles are at the top of all the pages to allow navigation of the site to be easy

and clear.

I wanted to make sure the user had enough options to explore but not be over loaded with information as this would not aid the interactive feeling

I was after.

As the home page is always the most viewed page of any on a website, I wanted it to be eye

catching and exciting.

The theme that I chose definitely exhibits these qualities that I was after for the website and once

I discovered I could use video instead of a still image for the background, this made the look

and feel of the home page very innovative.

The home page consists of the initial large close up shot of the artist holding the microphone as featured in the video. Then the user can scroll

down and see information about the single and view the full music video. Further down, there is a

still that continues the theme from the music video and has a positive quote from the artist.

Below this is information about where to buy the album.

HOME

ABOUT

Continuing the moving background, I chose the close up shot of the artists hand on the microphone for the ‘about’ page. This is due to do the intimate feeling about this shot which relates to the information

about the artist lower down on this page.

MUSIC

The background for this page felt natural to use a shot of a musical instrument from the video shoot. This show in particular has a raw look and feeling to it due to the

unsteady movement of the camera towards the drum kit.

This is a good introduction to this music page as just by having this visual portrays the type of music she makes, which is a raw, live feeling sort of music from the R&B

genre.

TOURThis shot for the background seemed a

perfect fit to the ‘tour’ page. The pure black background makes the action seem like it could be anywhere, allowing the fan to perhaps imagine it

to be at a gig they will attend.

Also, this is a action that drummers do to kick start a show therefore giving the impression to the user that they should buy tickets to experience the rest of the

show that they have been briefly introduced to in their mind.

PHOTOS

Due to the framing of this shot, the vision of it is very photogenic compared to the rest of the shots used in the video, as it is the least conventional and most

experimental.

Therefore it introduces this photo gallery page with natural ease, whilst still conveying the message of music by the artist to the user.

CONTACTWith this background, it doesn't exactly relate to the page contents of ‘contact’ information, however I simply wanted to carry on the message of the music and continue with the theme of shots

from the music video.

For this page, I added contact information about the recording

company, a section for fans to keep up to date with the artist by subscribing and a section to get in touch for any

queries. This was all based on research I conducted previously.