Webpage Development

Here is the website that has been developed for Jenny & Johnny. The background image has had effects added onto a normal image of beer cans/bottles and clothes thrown around on the floor. This shows the messy lifestyle that Jenny & Johnny are perceived to have in our music video. The links to Twitter and Facebook are visible but not huge as this detracts from the webpage if they huge as they seem to take over the page. The title Jenny & Johnny has been created to use the 'J' of both names as one as it joins the band together more.

Cd Cover (Inside)

Today, Bronwyn and Beth have been working on the inside of our CD cover while Mart was working on the web page. Using some photographs of Polaroid pictures that Bronwyn took last night we used photoshop to cut the images out and put them onto the inside of our CD cover and used effects to make it fit with our theme. We will then insert images of our band onto the Polaroid outline. We also used one of Bronwyn's images for the background.

2nd Filming Date

This Sunday we will be shooting the second part of our music video. We had to rearrange the shoot because last week we forgot to book out our equipment. We have now decided to book out the equipment today so we won't have the same problem again! :)

Two not similar artists websites

As the previous posts have said, the website we are wanting for Jenny & Johnny is of a retro style with a funky (is that the word I mean?!?!) vibe to it that takes their strange aspect and makes them what they are.

The following bands websites I looked at were, The Fratellis and The Futureheads:

The Futureheads

Jenny & Johnny on their real website have their logo which is similar to that of The Futureheads behind the text and content of their website. Their logo features colours such as blue, red and white. This is similar to the logo of The Futureheads. The layout of The Futureheads' website has a large embedded video which shows their lastest music videos, a section to the side of the video that shows details of their lastest tour then news articles and a Twitter feed below it. This is similar to the website that I designed earlier in the year during the planning stages of production. The font that is used for the title is of a retro feel.

The Fratellis

The Fratellis' website is completely different to that of The Futureheads or the website that I designed for Jenny & Johnny during the planning stages. However the layout of the page that I designed could be altered as I really like the photo reel of lastest images of the band practising for different things. I think that this insight into their life is very important for the fans of the band and it means that they will keep on logging onto the website to look at the new pictures when they are uploaded by the band. Last week I started to design the webpage with Beth, she liked a template on iWeb that had a 'torn page' effect. On the top of The Fratellis' website they have a similar effect that makes the page selection bar easy to see and read as well as moulding it into the dark background of the rest of the webpage.

Two similar artists webpages.

Here are two similar artists that have previosuly been mentioned in this blog. Wye Oak and Florence And The Machine:

Florence and The Machine

Florence and The Machine's websites shows the main artist in a pose with it reflected onto a black background. I think that the reflection effect works extremly well as it contrasts against the background and makes the image stand out even more than if it was just a single image. The informal scibble text font is also a nice font as it shows that even though the website may look formal, the actual artist isn't.


Wye Oak

Wye Oak's website is of a very basic design, they have a large picture of themselves on the right hand side of the screen that shows them off as a band and also due to the strange poses, shows that they aren't the usual band and that have a fun (and probably weird) vibe to them. The links to the website is just in basic formatting down the left hand side. This shows that they aren't too bothered about being showy and that they are just a basic band that like to be stripped back to basics.

Webpage inspiration

Today I will be designing the webpage for our band Jenny & Johnny. Currently I am researching bands that are similar in style to Jenny & Johnny so one would expect their website to carry a similar theme as Jenny & Johnny. I will also look at those who aren't but those where they have a website that could give useful ideas into how our website could look.

The theme I will be looking for in the websites are those with a retro feel. The colour schemes of the website will not match that of Jenny & Johnny so there is not much point in fretting over different colours. I am more interested in getting the right layout and text font for the website. This is because Jenny & Johnny have their own colour scheme, which is red and blue. So I should use their colour scheme as it represents them as artists and is what their fans have come to expect from them.

I will repost when I have gathered information on different websites.