Ancillary Task Website research

Mumford & Sons
 The homepage shows the bands name and logo, there is a welcome message and also the completed music video. This is very simple but highly effective. The only negative point is that the comments box should be on  contacts page not the home page.

The News page on the site shows a couple of stills from the video. There is also a scroll bar that shows dated posts of production and the events of the band. This looks very similar to a professional bands website. The black and white colour scheme links to the final video due to the stage setting with one spotlight. this making the whole stage black except for the one white spotlight where the artist sits.

The albums page shows a couple of different video stills and gives little information on the the album. there are a few spelling mistakes making the page look fairly unprofessional. The black and white is carried on through the whole website.

The store page shows a small range of merchandise that can be brought by fans. The products show the band logos and motifs. The layout does not look as professional as the other pages and certainly does not look like the official bands page.

The final page is a photos page showing many images of the artist rehearsing and also singing while the video was being shot. This is the most professional page of the website.

Overall the website is ok, however i would've used a better more unique font solely for the band rather than a conventional normal font. I would also have used a different colour rather than black and white, i would've used a parchment folk brown colour. This would relate to the genre more.



Bullet For My Valentine

The homepage shows the bands video as the centre piece. The Digi pack is also advertised. The bands logo is watermarked at the top of the page and there is a faded guitar and drum backdrop. The Sony records logo is in the bottom corner. Also there is a tour dates and small band bio in the bottom left corner.

The News page shows an image of the band posing with their instruments on the runway of the video shoot location. There is a small paragraph of information telling of a new tour coming up. There is also a second small paragraph making the reader aware of the new video and also the accompanying Digi pack. There is also a second image from the video of the initials BFMV spelt out in flames on the ground.

The Media page shows a music player where you can play the song that they made the video for. There is also another link to their video and also a second video link that does not work but shows coming soon. Implying, like an actual band they have another video in the pipeline.

The band photos page shows individual photos form filming the video and also the band posing for individual photos. These photos are similar to band wallpapers and can be viewed in a slideshow.


The final page is a merch/ merchandise page. there is three pieces of merchandise that can be brought by fans. A tshirt with the album cover on it, a tshirt with the bullet for my valentine logo on it and a set of guitar picks with the bullet for my valentine logo on it. I think that they could've added a couple more pieces of merchandise such as posters or hoodies etc.

Overall, the website is very professional and uses the correct fonts and images for the genre of the band and the song. their are no grammar or spelling mistakes. The one criticism would be the fact there are no links to facebook, twitter or other social media sites.





Viva Brother

 The homepage shows a main image of the band in front of a brick wall as the background. this image is one of the main images in the video. In the right hand corner of page, the actual video plays automatically and it is up to the viewer to stop it rather than the viewer having to start it and less people watching it. There is also a pop up box at the bottom of the page that shows quotes from news reviews of the album/video. The pop up box also shows the closest up coming tour date and venue and a news feature where the latest piece of band news shows at the bottom of the age.

The second page is titled Releases and shows a main image of the full album that the song in the video is from. There is information on the video telling of the hit singles that are on the album. Below this are four individual covers of the main singles on the above album.  Next to the covers are the release dates of the singles.

the third page called Video shows four video links. The first is to the Alevel video for still here. The other three links are youtube links to the official videos by the actual band for the other hits on the album including darling buds of may.

The fourth page is the store showing a variety of t-shirts, posters and mugs that can be brought by fans of the band. All the products show the bands name and motif.

Unlike the above websites, there is a tumblr page that directs the viewer to the bands tumblr account where they can see updates from studio recording across the world and also the poster for the upcoming release party.

 This website is most definitely the most professional looking of the three and could easily be mistaken for the actual bands website. The creator has thought of the right fonts, layout and colour scheme for the band, the song , the target audience and genre of the band. the black and gold colouring shows the indie genre and portrays the look of the band. At the bottom of each page on the website there is a copyright notice and also links to social media sites including Facebook and twitter. The one minor problem with the website is that the pages do not fully fit onto the screen of the internet browser. The viewer has to scroll down and to the sides to see the full website. This could be annoying for the viewer.