Website Final

Below you can see screen shots from my website. Click the link below to be re-directed to it. 

http://emariesteele.wix.com/-mysite

Home Page

Music

Photos 

Video

Lyrics 

Tour Dates 

About Me 

Contact Me

This is my final website. I have used typical conventions of a website to make it look professional. 

Audience Feedback

After showing my rough cut to various students I realise there are some aspects of my video that work well and some elements that need improving. I took pictures of these students as evidence and for my evaluation question. 

The comments made were: 

• The lyrics work well with the videos
• I don't think some of the videos flow 
• I think more bits should be speeded up 
• I think you should include more footage as a child 
• I like how original the idea is.

After receiving this feedback I will be re-editing sections to make some improvements. 

Rough Cut Video

This is my rough cut video. Although it is not complete I will be asking students and my teacher feedback to see if there is any improvements I can make.  

My Own Website

Toying with Two -
I am fully aware that there are various sites in which you can create a website. I was already familiar with Weebly and therefore decided to use this create my own site.

Weebly - (www.weebly.com) did not cater for all my needs due to its basic functions. For example it did not let me create additional pages for free. Also I was need keen on the layout as I felt it was too basic and not the image of most band pages.

Wix(www.wix.com)  was my second and final website choice. To me it has a lot more choice than Weebly and allows me to have additional pages free of charge. Furthermore it gave me a choice of a style of website i.e music, bussiness,fashion and therefore catered for my specific 'music style'.

Website Research

Keeping in with my artists genre I have researched a number of Websites - The reason for doing this is because I want to make my website as authentic as possible. 

Ben Howard -

On Ben Howard's Website he includes his music video for 'I Forget Where We Were'. This is on his homepage and straight away grabs your attention. I like how he has used this and I will possibly be using this for my own website.  

Ed Sheeran -

Ed Sheeran includes advertising on his website. For example his album, his lastest tweet and instagram posts. He also includes his logo 'X'. A logo is something I will be considering when I create my website and digipak.

James Morrison -

I particularly enjoyed looking through James Morrisons website. I liked the simplicity of it and how the layout was not a typical format, as it enabled you to scroll down instead of clicking on a tab and taking you to the next page. This is something I am very keen to use in  my own piece. Additionally I like how he had his tour dates on the site and the dates, times and availability.

More Filming

After researching more into my chosen genre I felt it would improve my piece if I included typical conventions,

For example:
I sing in my piece
I have video of myself with a Guitar
I have taken shots in a natural setting (forest) 

Digipak Design

This is my first attempt at creating a digipak -

I have researched other digipaks in my genre to see the layout. For my own digipak I will be including a front cover, a lyric page, back cover (track list), two images and a CD holder. 

I will be using a collage type front cover as this combines all my experiences together. The colours will primarily be browns, blacks, greens and I will use white writing to contrast with this, similarly to the other digipaks I have researched. 

The two images I will be including I have not yet chosen at this present moment however I may include a guitar images to reinforce the genre. Subsequently I will add these when I have finished filming.