Arctic Monkeys Home Page
This is the website homepage of the Arctic Monkeys.
When I first went onto the website, the first thing that grabbed my attention was the header for the band which read 'Arctic Monkeys'. This really grabbed my attention as the design for it was really interesting and it was big and bold so therefore it was made to stand out amongst the rest of the website.
The homepage also included a silhouette image of the band, which I thought was really original and lead to a mysterious feel about the band, even though people know who they are and what they look like.
Although I felt that the website homepage was very original, I didn't particularly like the links that were included in the website that would allow people to navigate around the site easily. To me, they didn't seem to stand out a lot so that people would be able to easily see that these were the links that they needed to use. I feel that maybe these links didn't stand out because of the colour scheme that has been used throughout the website that is black and white, and these colours didn't allow anything in particular to stand out on the homepage, except the header.
Kings of Leon Home Page
This is the website homepage of the Arctic Monkeys.
I then decided I would look at the Kings of Leon home page. When first clicking onto the homepage, again the header really stood out to me as it incorporated both the image of the band and the title into one, making it stand out even more than just text. I really liked this as it also included colour, which made the page look more interesting.
The homepage also included Tour Dates and Latest News, which I felt were good as people are most likely to be looking at the homepage particularly for this type of information.
When I saw the navigation bar, I felt as if it was slightly too simple as it was just text that once it was rolled over, a drop down would appear, however I felt that the links could have been made a slightly bit more interesting as they were of a simple font that could be found on Word.
The homepage also included Tour Dates and Latest News, which I felt were good as people are most likely to be looking at the homepage particularly for this type of information.
When I saw the navigation bar, I felt as if it was slightly too simple as it was just text that once it was rolled over, a drop down would appear, however I felt that the links could have been made a slightly bit more interesting as they were of a simple font that could be found on Word.
Kaiser Chiefs Home Page
This is the website homepage of the Arctic Monkeys.
I then decided I would look at the homepage for the Kaiser Chiefs.
I was really impressed with the way in which the homepage had been designed as it incorporated a live video of the band performing with links. This worked as the video was being played as a big screen, over 9 different little screens. As you scroll over one of these little boxes, the video turns to animation as if it was a TV screen with no single so it was therefore grey and fuzzy with speckles of black. This box then transformed to have a black background and a simple bit of text, which became a link. I thought this was really clever and really original, as I hadn’t seen anything like it throughout my research.
There was also a navigation bar at the bottom of these little boxes, which linked to each of the different pages too so that users didn’t have to use the fancy links if they didn’t want too.
The only thing I felt let the homepage down slightly is that the page didn’t include a header of the band, which is what I would have expected. This means that it is not entirely clear who the website is representing, however it is probably because if you are on the website initially, it is presumed that you would know what band the website is for.
I was really impressed with the way in which the homepage had been designed as it incorporated a live video of the band performing with links. This worked as the video was being played as a big screen, over 9 different little screens. As you scroll over one of these little boxes, the video turns to animation as if it was a TV screen with no single so it was therefore grey and fuzzy with speckles of black. This box then transformed to have a black background and a simple bit of text, which became a link. I thought this was really clever and really original, as I hadn’t seen anything like it throughout my research.
There was also a navigation bar at the bottom of these little boxes, which linked to each of the different pages too so that users didn’t have to use the fancy links if they didn’t want too.
The only thing I felt let the homepage down slightly is that the page didn’t include a header of the band, which is what I would have expected. This means that it is not entirely clear who the website is representing, however it is probably because if you are on the website initially, it is presumed that you would know what band the website is for.
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