Conventional features
Can download videos from iTunes
Exclusive performance by the band
Photo gallery
New album advertised
Can join their official fan club
Ringtones
Official tour merchandise – T-shirts, bags, keychains, stickers, cards, wristbands, CD cover sticker, 2 piece necklace, button pack
Latest news
Upcoming tour dates
Advertising ‘Nightmare Revisited’ – theme links to their image
Layout design
Dominated at the top by the key image – links to the band’s image
All other options given about equal spacing
Semiotic analysis of key iconography
Black background
Yellow and green misty, use of light, other worldly, supernatural
Image – church-like building, very grand, chandelier, illuminating butterflies
Images used are all of the lead female singer – used to sell the band
Typeface
‘Evanescence’ is in white
Imagery of the moon tied into the font – connotations of something supernatural, witchcraft
Interactivity
New single plays as soon as you enter the site
Nightmare Revisited –can watch the trailer for and the making of ‘Nightmare before Christmas’
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/evanescence
Conventional features
Image of band
Pop out player – can play their tracks
Can contact them
General information about the band
Upcoming shows
Blog entries Discography – link to all their albums on Amazon
Biography
Nightmare Revisited –can watch the trailer for and the making of ‘Nightmare before Christmas’
Link to:
- Exclusive performance for Live Sets
- Evanescence threads
- Youtube channel
- Fanclub
- E-news
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Watch/download their videos or buy their album
Ringtones
Merchandise
Record label
Layout design
Dominated by animated image of the band at the top
New album not advertised at the top, nearer the bottom
More focus on the band/upcoming tours etc
Semiotic analysis of key iconography
Animated image of the band – distinctive, makes them stand apart
Female lead singer at the forefront, more sexualised, used to sell the band and their music
Female lead singer wearing a black dress made to look unrefined, raw
All dressed in black, serious/moody expressions – band image
Grey misty background, tree branches
Typeface
‘Evanescence’ is in white
Imagery of the moon tied into the font – connotations of something supernatural, witchcraft
Other font is yellow, red and white
Straight, simple
Interactivity
Pop out player – can play their tracks
Nightmare Revisited –can watch the trailer for and the making of ‘Nightmare before Christmas’
Can watch their videos
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