You instantly get the feel that this Is a very simple website, following ‘the rule of 3’. The idea of the ‘rule of 3’ is how a webpage is laid out, and this is the most common layout you will find. This has some positive aspects as well as some bad, as for the good points, most of you will have used a website similar to this one, and so it’s very easy and simple to use. A problem with this is that it looks very common and boring as its just plain scipt, that in which you would find on alot of social sites. Behind the bands name is an image which streches along the top of the page containing every one of the band members in a medium shot, which shows them all as equal. The way they are positioned (on the top of the page) gives the effect of them looking down on the page, giving them more importance. They are wearing dark, torn clothes and have tatoos which is iconic of the idea of rock/metal. To add to this, on a lower section of the homepage is a small box which reads "
The colours used are reds, yellows and blacks. These colours could be assossiated with danger (the colour red - naturally a danger colour) and black being the colour of darkness. The yellow and red features are backed upon a black background which makes them stand out and appear sharper. These colours are also used within their album which is framed, centre of the page. The fonts used are identical to that of which is used on the ‘old western wanted posters’ – this would give across the impression of ‘law breakers’ which is stereotyped into the whole metal genre.
On the left hand side of the webpage is a well presented midi player, preset to play 6 of their new songs from their latest album, illustrated above the player. Its in a simple format, so that anyone can use it (using the standard, play (triangle etc..)). Beneath the midi player there are several hyperlinked options in a yellow underlined colour, which give you the opportunity to purchase the CD above. So this midi-player is used as a taster of their music to attract people to purchase their CD.
This webpage then breaches off into a news section which trails all the way down to the bottom of the page. The news section gives information on, gig dates, merchandise, funny videos and competitions. This is pretty standard of most band websites, the whole news section on the homepage which is generally very long. If this is the expectation of a music website then it would be a good idea to implement it into our site as it gives us some solid guidelines in which we can change to suit our needs.
At the very bottom of the page ‘the footer’ are the sponsors of 5FDP these include, Gibson, Ibanez, Godin and Zoom which are very well known sponsors and show how successful the band is. This also adds professionalism to the webpage which is good as it allows people to trust the site.
