WEBSITE RESEARCH

I decided to research into the website for the band ‘Say Lou Lou’, as one of their songs was recommended after watching the music video for the song I was studying.

Here is a link to their website; http://www.sayloulou.com/

From what I can tell, the font they have used is ‘Times New Roman’ for each of their advertisements for their new single and album. They have written very little, in order to make what they have written stand out. The use of the contrasting tones of black and white makes the white writing stand out. The fact that the image of their album is also very dark goes will with the back background.

Oddly enough, they have not included their name, logo or any other pages, however, they have included links to their social medias in the top right corner. These are also presented in white in order to make them stand out.

Overall, they have a very simple website as it does not include many different features, themes or colours.  I lie the contrasting colours used on this website.

I have also decided to look into the website of musician ‘Gus Dapperton’, as I had seen it before and was impressed by it. 

http://gusdapperton.com/

When you first open the link, you are greeted with playing videos relating to his genre and style. The videos are very short and have no sound, but they give an idea for what to expect from him as an artist.

On the left side of the page, it has his name is lower case, white, bold and italics, with a font I expect is ‘Arial’. Below his name are the headers ‘news’, ‘tour’ and ‘merch’, all in capitals and black. They have a listing effect, going down the page. His social medias are also black and going vertically down the page on the left side. It then gives the option to ‘keep up with Gus’ in white, bold and italics, with a subscription button and place to enter your email address. The home page is navigated by clicking on his name.

Gus Dapperton doesn’t have a logo at the moment, therefore, likewise to my previous study, it is not listed on their website.

When each of the links to another site page are clicked, the videos in the background are still playing. The news articles have squared pictures and white italicised writing underneath them. 

When the user clicks on one of these links, they are taken to another webpage. This time, the background changes to a light grey background. This background makes the images and text stand out; the images most of all due to how colourful they are.

When both the 'tour' and 'merch' links are opened, they have no real information on them. The tour aspect of it is unfinished, and the artist does not have any merchandise created yet. The backgrounds in each of these are the same to the news and home pages.

 Overall, I like the theme of using videos as a background as it makes it much more interesting. I also like how he uses italics and bolds to enhance the viewing experience.





Another website I have decided to research into is musician, King Krule’s. http://kingkrule.co.uk/

The background for his website is a video of multiple images of his most recent album laid out in a grid, being zoomed in on. At first, the zoom is fast, but as the single image of his album gets larger, it slows down.

The text here is in white and capitals in the top left corner, bottom left corner and bottom right corner of the screen. The text in the top left links to a store where the user can buy his albums and merchandise, the bottom left has a link to another part of his website, however I do not feel influenced by this creative decision as users may find it confusing. In the bottom left of the screen are the logos he is affiliated with.

When the user opens the ‘continue to site’ link, they are greeted with a recent music video of his already playing. The rest of the background is black, in order to make the music video and other web page links stand out.

When the user clicks on the ‘set adrift’ link, they are taken to a page where he sells his own brand of clothing. When they click on the ‘shop’ link, they are taken to where he sells his merchandise. This includes a live vinyl and his most recent album in CD, download and vinyl form. There is also a jacker, beret and cap listed. In the top left corner is his own logo. Next to that is a ‘home’ and ‘help’ button, watch in white in order to stand out against the black background.