Indie Websites

What Goes into an Indie Website

We researched into indie official websites to find which conventions were used and what common themes were in order to help us when is comes to making our own. 

Lana Del Rey:

Coldplay:

The Killers:

                         

In all of these screenshots of Indie websites we can see a common theme of promotion; both Lana Del Rey and The Killers have images of who they are in order to actually show the artist/band. Even though Coldplay don't have their faces we can see their band logo. Each band is surrounded by imagery that represents them and they believe suits them best for their style. Another thing we can see they all have is a way of searching into further information about them and what's on e.g. 'iTunes', 'News', 'Gift Shop'. Vibrant colours are used through out the websites perhaps in a way to draw attention but it's usually to highlight something that they want you to look into. Lana Del Rey has 'ENTER SITE' in red writing. Coldplay have tour dates in big bright boxes. The Killers have 'NEWS' and other things highlighted in bright blue. Overall, we can see that the central/main image is of the band/artist/logo as a way of recognition; we now know what they look like, what style they participate in and how they want to be represented.