Media coursework

1. WEBSITE RESEARCH

2. LANA DEL
REY

3. Lana Del Rey’s home
page is very direct in
the sense that as
soon as you get onto
the website, her
newest music video
starts playing. This
is a very sneaky
feature but clever
because it draws in
the attention as
soon as the viewer
goes onto the
website.
It includes links
to various social
media sites, this
is something we
developed on
our websie
We like the simple layout, the home page only has the background which is large and
vibrant and we like the small but bold and central text in the centre as it draws in the
attention to the main focus of the artist- her recent song/album and how people can
get the song. We will use this layout so it is not too over the top and complex.

4. We like this
grid layout
because it
looks very
modern,
like an
Instagram
page or
Tumblr. I
like how
visual the
page is, it’s
great for
younger
fans or
viewers.
We like the amount of images, there are not too many. We like the
illustartion side of things rather than lots of text as it makes it less
attractive having lots of boxes/paragraphs to read. The images and colour
shows straight away the theme and genre.

5. Here you
can see all
of her
album
covers. All
her texts
are used
more than
once or
are very
similar
which
keeps to
the theme
of the
Something we like about this page is the colour. The colours fit her genre
and there are just enough images on the page, there isn’t too many so it is
not over the top, this gave us the idea of having less images rather than lots
on one page.

6. Again, we love the colours which can also help when looking into effects and
filters for the video and the images as we need inspiration from other artists to
see what filters would suit ours. We love the centre text used and the dark but
indie pop touch colour to the images. The purple and black look great together
but are not too gothic.

7. Firstly, we like how
the video is shown
full screen, we
could do this or
present it smaller
so we can see the
background. We will
need to think
whether to have the
video play straight
away or have a
button like this one
before it is played.

8. We like the image
focused pages and
again this is used. We
love the ideas into the
merchandise, the
page layout looks
neat and something
similar to our ideas.
We think the
merchandise images
don’t look as good in
terms of relating to
the theme which has
given us ideas to
make sure they match
our genre and theme.

9. We like the
large image and
the white blank
background
with details on
top. We like the
separate page
for music
purchase as it is
not with the
other
merchandise
products.
When we have
completed the
digipak, we
could use the
design to sell
the
music/album.

10. When giving links to
social media, we again
like the simplicity of this
idea from this site. This
layout will be very
similar to ours, a similar
coloured background
with similar small links
at the top so it is easy
and quick to navigate to
our social media
accounts.
We like the round buttons
rather than various other
shapes such as squares as
it looks neat.

11. ELLIE
GOULDING

12. Ellie Goulding’s background again is simple and has links to the recent music. We prefer the text in
the centre of the page compared to this idea with it being at the left.
We like the image however of the artist as the background as the images we have taken are similar
in terms of the pose she is in. We like the links at the top right and how they match the main text.

13. Ellie Goulding’s website has also included many images of albums which has also given us ideas
for our gallery. This page is very similar to Lana Del Rey in terms of layout which we like.

14. We love the
image in the
background of
this page, the
colours work
well together
and show the
text clearly. We
would show less
dates as this
shows quite a
lot but it still
looks good.

15. We like how she has
different sized
images but we prefer
them being the same
size. This way
however we could
show the most
recent images and
could fit more on
which is good as the
viewers would then
be more interested
in the page.

16. We like this and it is
very similar to Lana
Del Rey and other
examples we have
looked at. We like
how it is full screen
and easy access to
viewers. We also
like the background
with this one
because it uses
other images on the
page too which
looks good and
colourful.

17. We love the
colour scheme
for this page
and the
simplicity. We
would have a
similar layout
but with the
text more In
the centre.
This page will also help look at prices for the album.