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Website's key elements to include

Key elements Think about the: -Expectations of the genre -The audience -What is expected of a website for a music artist Checklist... -Same font from the title shown in the music video to be shown in the website somewhere, show a link. -Colour scheme similar to music video. -Genre being club music, allow vibrant and dark colours at the same time. -Copyright free images. -The audience is teenagers to young adults, allow a youthful feel to the website. -Professional layout because this is to demonstrate to the fans this music artist's career. -Rollover images, from research of other websites this is common and also keeps the user engaged. -Don't allow the website to be clustered of images and information, can become boring and unprofessional, through research of Calvin Harris' website. -Have colours of images to go well with the background of the website.

Map of how links and pages work together on a website

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Rita Ora's website -   map of how her website works

Research into artist/band websites from same genre - Rita Ora

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Rita Ora Typography - Mainly all the important information on the website is in capital letters, defining it boldly. Image - The peaceful front cover animation image of her sleeping but opening her eyes. Having the image open and shut her eyes engages the viewer, this is the purpose of the website. the peaceful image of her sleeping blends in well with the background colour of a gradient pink to lighter pink. The image's background colours and the websites background colours are the same. The light pink is a dreamy and soft feel. Fonts - The font in the menu bar is different to the main title font. However, they are both white and capitalised. The main heading title is bolded, showing the artists significance. Both the website's title and the title on the image which appears to be her newly released album cover are the same. Background - Colours are the same as album image, a gradient of different tones of light pink, representing the femininity to the artist. Logo -...

Research into artist/band websites from same genre - Calvin Harris

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Calvin Harris The front page image is Calvin Harris newly released single. When hoovered over the image changes colour from light grey to pink, the pink is similar to the website's background colour ad therefore blends in well. The logo is dominant in the left hand corner at the top of the website page. Capitalised, bold, underlined and white. The logo sits of an almost grey transparent border strip. Then below is the menu bar. The menu bar consists of a lot of sections in a black, horizontal box. The background colour is a faded pink, this represents the artist's confidence to break social norms that pink can only show femininity. The pink has a stain effect, giving it an edgy look. Scrolling down on the home page, it reveals a twitter access box to the right side of the page, showing Calvin Harris activity on social media immediately, therefore keeping fans updated. Progressively down the page the viewer of the website is shown the extent of the amount of arti...

Intertextual references first ideas

Baywatch movie 2017 - warning flags, sea Shelter poster - homeless person Duke Dumont past videos - homeless person

Music video first draft

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Final logo

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