Dog Is Dead - Webiste Home Page
The Home Page for my chosen band Dog Is Dead consists of the same image that I choose for the main cover of the digi-pack. I thought that it was necessary to include this image on the homepage as it is representative mainly of their new video. I also thought it was important not to have a picture of the band and instead a photograph that I had taken in order to represent their style of music of being slightly alternative/ indie pop. I chose to have this image as a banner at the top of each page on the site as it acts as an anchor to the website. The image chosen represents the differences of character/characters through the way in which two meals have been laid out differently. One side/character is neat conveying the character as tidy, could have connotations of being a females set up breakfast or connotations of perfection. The theme of perfection is made evident through the symbolism of a Barbie doll in our music video and therefore the neat side has these connotations. The other plate is messy, with ketchup splattered and crumbs. This could represent the characters state of mind as confused or muddled and the characters personality. Both sides of the image individually represent the character and when the plates are placed next to each other there is a clear difference between the two. However similar to our music video, I have created an image that is open to interpretations. Furthermore I chose to use a continuous colour theme for the whole web page in order to make it look authentic. I decided that the contrast between the white and the black would be an ideal colour scheme as it is simple yet effective. Regarding font type I chose a fairly simple large font type and used this font type throughout the website for continuity of my product. Additionally I chose to have the bands name centralised at the top of the page. I also made the decision of what links I wanted to include on the webpage. These include, The Bands homepage, an about the band page, Gallery, the band's music, Tour and a contact page.
On the homepage I thought it was necessary to include links to the band's social networking sites. These website links on the main homepage helps to showcase the artist’s music and promote their music. I choose to include a live feed from the band's twitter so that even when they are visiting the website they are up to date with the band's activities and if they want to carry on keeping up to date with the band they can then follow them on twitter. There is also a link to sound cloud whereby the viewer can listen to listen to samples of the band's songs they are only teasers making the audience want to hear more and therefore purchase their songs.
The Main Home Page also contains
a blog/ news feed of the band's upcoming events
and his involvement in the music industry, competitions, new videos and news
about the band. This helps to further updates fans about the band's latest
updates, keeping them involved in his music. As a recent blog post on the page,
I have include a link to the new video that we have created for the band with
the post captioned 'watch our video for our new single 'Two Devils.' Another
post I included on the news feed is a link to the bands facebook page, if the
fans would like to see how the video was made they are able to look at the
bands facebook. For each most/ where it is necessary I have included a 'read
more' button so that if the post is of interest to the fan they are able to
read more.
About The Band Page 
I designed the 'about the band page for the band.' I chose to contiue the colour theme and the same design layout on all the pages of the webpage. On this page I have included a small snippet of some band information which includes 'Dog is dead is an indie pop band signed to Atlantic records. Within the band there is Robert Milton (vocals, bass guitar) Rob White (vocls and guitar) Joss Van Wiler (vocals, keyboards, guitar) Laurence cole (vocals, bass guitar) and Daniel Harvey (drums) ' and also a facebook like button to further promote the band through social networking sites.
The Band's Music Page
The Band's Music page consists of two columns. The first column is the band's top music video and the other colour entitled 'music' is links to their music on soundcloud. This page enables fans to access and sample their music therefore helping to promote their music. As one the top music video I linked the video that I created to help showcases all of the band's products on the website. The links from soundcloud also enable fans to click on the link and visit their whole soundcloud page similar to the videos whereby if they enjoy the videos they can visist the band's youtube channel from just clicking on the video. Contact Page
Lastly I chose to design a contact page for the band, where fans are able to email the band along with socia; networking links to enable fans to keep in contact and up to date with the band's news. On this page I chose to include an email template on whereby writting the email is made simple for the fans. All they need to do is write what they want to say and click send without naviagting to another page. I thought this would be a personal touch to the website enabling fans to speak to the band memebers. I dedicded to also include the band's email address next to the email layout. I chose to include the same colour scheme also on this page for continuity of the product. 
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