Friday, 15 January 2016

Final Changes to Products



Here is a screen recording of the final version of our website, which demonstrates the main changes we have added after the focus group feedback. 

Firstly a big thing that we changed is some of the language that we used to title and label some of the components in the website. We researched other bands' websites, such as Catfish and the Bottlemen, to see what language they used. As a result, we changed the subtitle of the tour dates on the homepage to 'Tour Dates' and the 'band in action' caption was changed to 'Backstage photo'. The change in language seems to fit more in the conventions of indie/rock band style, as it has the the impression of being less formal and more relaxed, which is what indie/rock bands seem to expel in their attitude.

On the homepage, we deleted the Soundcloud audio and the Google Maps widgets as they seemed to have a random feel and irrelevant job being on the homepage. This gave the website a very unprofessional feel, and the focus group noticed this and said that we should get rid of it.


Additionally, we sorted out many small details in the website but are at the same time crucial in its' development. We added social network site links in the top right hand corner of the website, and also on the tour dates section, we added a link to 'Ticketmaster', which is a website focused on selling concert tickets to bands and artists at concerts. 
















Moreover, on our gallery section, we deleted a couple of photos which had too much colour on them as it clashed with our bands style. Our band is focused on being all black, however we had a few images which included blue and pink colour, which did not suit them at all. The focus group pointed this our further, as a result we got rid of them. 

One example of a photo we got rid of:



Additionally, we made a final version of the front cover of the digipak. We added a slightly faded and transparent golden lion which is the face of the website and digipak. This again is of direct response to the focus group, who said we should focus more on the golden lion and put it more on the digipak, so all three of our products linked together. We also changed the spelling of the album cover to remove the 'e'. 

Before:                                                                       After:


 
















Finally, we decided to get rid of the 'BIO' page on our website. This was because it was not necessary and again it did not really suit the band's style and tone of their track. It also makes our website a bit simpler, which again is a convention of indie/rock bands' website, as they have a 'don't care' attitude, so they prefer the simpler and more clean websites. 

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