This is how I built my website for my Media Studies A Level Coursework

1. WEBSITE BUILDING

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. TOUR
This 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.

7. 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.

8. CONTACT
With 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.