Ottavia Derossi: Task 1 Conventions of our website

Our home page

The Saturdays home page

On our home page http://genevievecorich.wix.com/repotage1 we have a wide shot of our band members. This conforms to the conventions of an artist website as it presents the artist to their fans. This is similar to the Saturdays' home page http://www.thesaturdays.co.uk as it has a wide shot of its band members all looking good. However the photo is in black and white. This subverts the form of pop band shots, as they tend to be very colourful to draw the audience’s attention in. We chose to this so as to create a unique feel for our band.

We also have individual close-up shots of our artists to make the audience relate to them and make them feel closer to the band members.

Our twitter feeds

Little Mix Twitter feeds

We also have live twitter feeds on our home page to keep their fans informed of their every move and thus intensify the connection between the artists and the audience. This is a very common thing on the on line age where social websites are used to create a connection between the artist and his audience. For example Little Mix http://www.little-mix.com/gb/home/ have live twitter feeds on the home page of their website. By doing this we are in a way allowing our audience know more about the artist, promoting them as people rater than untouchable stars.

We have a banner on the top of our home page which links to different areas of the website. This conforms to the conventions of music websites as it is essential to make the website easy to navigate so that every one can access it.

Our banner

The Saturdays' banner

Little Mix's banner

All three of these banners are located on the top of their respective websites.

The Saturdays' photo page

Our band's photo page

All band websites have photos of their band members in a photo page. This is particularly true for pop girl bands as they want to sell their artists as being very sexy. This expands their target audience. Females will look at them and use them as role models as they will aspire to look like them. A male audience would look at these photos and possibly listen to their music as they will be attracted to them. We have a photo page on our website with attractive photos of our band members as well as performance and behind the scenes shots to create a feel of authenticity. This conforms to the conventions of pop music websites.

The Saturday's photo page http://www.thesaturdays.co.uk/photos/
Our photo page http://genevievecorich.wix.com/repotage1#!photos/c60z

Little Mix music video

Our music video

It is conventional to have embedded the band's latest music video on the home page of the band's website. This is done to allow the audience to access it in the easiest possible way. Music videos are an essential tool used to make the audience feel closer to the band according to Pete Fraser. We also have embedded our music video in our home page thus conforming to the conventions of pop band's websites.

Little Mix News

The Saturdays News

Our band's News

There is always the latest news about the band on the home page of pop artists. By doing this they allow their fans to keep up to date with their latest releases, tours, music videos etc. This allows the audience to have the feeling that they are the first to know what is happening with their favourite artist. We also chose to do this as we want our band's fans to feel like they are close to the band members and thus appreciate them more. Putting the latest news on the home page also allows fans who do not have a lot of time to be able to quickly know about the most recent developments of the band. For fans who have more time there is also always a news page where they can read up on even more news about the band. All these conventions of artist websites can be seen in our website, The Saturdays' website and Little Mix's website.