The Killers Website Analysis

1. Louise Banham-Scott
MediaPrelim
ArtistHomepage Analysis
The Killers
http://www.thekillersmusic.com/
The firstthingyou see whenyougo
ontothe Killerswebsite isthe
backgroundof the homepage.Thisisan
image of theirlatestalbum coverwhich
iscalled‘Wonderful Wonderful’ thiswas
releasedon22nd
September2017. This
image coversthe whole of the
homepage and isa picture of a hand
holdingasea shell withasubtle but
brightblue backgroundandscenery
whichis not infocusin the bottomof
the image.The backgroundisnot infocus to make sure as soonas you go ontothat website youcan
straightaway see the seashell whichisinfocusandis the mainattentionof the backgroundof the
homepage. BrandonFlowers,the leadsingerinthe band,said“Keepyourearto the
shell.”Thiscouldmeanenjoythe musicasthiswastheirlatestalbumrelease since
2012 or it couldmeanlistentothe differenttype of musicwe have releasedasithas
opened anewterritoryof performance.The coloursof the seashell are a
white/nudecolourandthenavividpinkinside the shell.These coloursusedvery
positive asblue isreferredwiththe depthandloyalty.DepthrelatestoThe Killersas
a band as it can mirrorthe amountof thought and hard work that goes intocreating
theirmusic,Loyaltycan be associatedwiththe Killersfansastheywaited5years for
newmusicas theiralbumbefore called ‘BattleBorn’wasreleased in2012. Thenpinkhas
connotationsof beingyouthful,thisrelatestoBrandon Flowersashe was20/21 whenhe methis
curentwife.Pinkalsohasconnotationsof excitement,thisrelatestothe bandand the fansas they
have beentouringthroughout2017/18 and at these concertsthe bandhave givenelectric
performanceswithhighenergywhichshowstheirexcitementandenthusiasttowardsmusic. Inthe
top rightcorner there isa ‘Login’section.If youclickonthat you can signup to the Killersmailinglist
and youwouldgetemailsaboutthe Killersconcerts/if ticketsare onsale andabout merchandise or
justgeneral updatesaboutthem. If youlookunderneaththe Killerslogothere isawordthat reads
‘Photos’if youclickon thatyou are able tolookat the photosfromthe photoshootof the Wonderful
Wonderful album.Whenonthatpage if you clickon a picture onthe rightof it there isa button
whichsays‘Share’thiswill letyoushare thispicture onyoursocial mediaaccounts.

2. Louise Banham-Scott
MediaPrelim
ArtistHomepage Analysis
In the middle of the screenwhenyou clickonthe website youcan see inlarge white writing
‘Wonderful Wonderful outnow’.Underneaththattext,there isanotherbitof writingthatsays
‘Listen/Purchase’.Thesebitsof textwill show anyonethat
goeson theirwebsite thattheyhave releasedanew album
and that they can listentoiton thiswebsite andhopefully
helpencourage themtobuythe cd. If youclickon the text
that says‘Listen/Purchase’ittakesyouto a screenwitha list
of musicappssuch as Spotify,DeezerandApple musicwhere
youcan playthe musicif you haven’thearditbefore or
purchase the cd. In the top leftof the homepage there are the
mainsocial mediaicons,if youclickon themtheytake youto
the Killerssocial mediapage onthat individual site.This
makesiteasyfor fansto be able to follow the bandandget
notificationsaboutTourdatesandjustgeneral information
aboutthe band. The writingat the top andin the middle of
the homepage isthe killersname withthe well-knownfont,the writingmade upof lotsof middle
sizedwhite dots.A s soonas you see thatfontyou justknow
it’sthe Killersasthathas beenthe bandslogosince theyformedin2001.
If you scroll downthe homepage youwill come
across a screenwhichhas tourdateson, as I said
theyhave beentouringthroughout2017 and
into2018. The backgroundof thispart of the
home page issceneryjustlike the one inthe
homepage andthe albumcover.It hasthe same
destertfeel tothembutitis ingreyand white
and fitsinwiththe colourscheme of the tour
datessection.There isalsoa vertical worktha
reads‘Tour’ behindthe tourdatestoonce again
show whatthese datesare andwhat they
mean.There isalistof tour datesin chronological ordersoyouknow where theyare playingandin
whatorder.Nextto the tour datesisa linkwhochsays‘Tickets’,thisgivesyouanopportunitytobuy
the ticketsif theyre not soldout to the concertat the venue youhave chosen.Thiswasdone on
purpose because if youwere ontheirwebsiteandyousee a venue nearyoundticketsare still on
sale youare likelytobuyyourself aticket.Thisisa veryeffective wayof layingutthe websiteand
the mainway artistsgetmoneyisfrom playingconcerts. Underneaththe 6tour datesshownisa link
to all of the tour datesad itshowsall of the tour datesinchronological orderandfinishingwiththeir
lasttour dat thisyear whichisthe 29th
July2018. You
can alsoaccess thisby clickingthe ‘Showtime’word
underneaththe killerslogo.

3. Louise Banham-Scott
MediaPrelim
ArtistHomepage Analysis
If you scroll downfurtheryoucome to a sectionwhere youcan watchone of the Wonderful
Wonderul albumsongscalledRunforCover.Thissongwas written in2008 in preperationtobe
releasedinthe albumcalledDayandAge.However,BrandonFlowerswasn’table tofinishthe seond
verse andcomplete the songsoit wasleft,since then
Flowerswasable tofinishthe songandis now one of
the bestsongson thisalbum.Thissongwas releasedas
a promotional single fromWonderfulWonderful onthe
28th
July2018. Underneaththistext itstates‘View All
Videsos’.If youclickonthislinkthenitwill take youto
a page where all of the killers songsthathave music
videosfromall of theirpastalbumsand the newst
albumWonderful Wonderful.Youcanalsoacces this
page of all the videosif youlookunderneaththe Killers
logoat the topof the homepage there isaword
’Videos’if youclickit,itwill take youstraighttothat same page.
Continuingtoscroll downthe home page,you
nextcome to a page with the title asWonderful
Wonderful.Thispage isall aboutthe new ablum
and the songsin it.Thisis shownasthere isa list
of the songsinthe orderthat theywouldplayif
youboughtthe album. Onthe right of the listof
songsis againthe albumcoverphotowhichwas
alsothe hme page backgroundat the top of this
website. Nexttothe songsisa little iconandif you
hoveroverit,the writingreads‘Addto playliston
Sportify’.If youare on thiswebsite andyousee thatyoucan just clickitand it will create anew
playlistif thislbumontoyourspotifyoryoucouldgo ontospotifyyourself anddownloadthe album
or induvidialsongsthatyoulike. Above the titleisthe date 22ND
September2017 whichis whenthis
albumwasreleasedpublically.
The last little bitonthiswebiste atthe bottomisthe merchandise section. Inthissectionof the
website there isitemssuchasT-Shirts,Cdsand
Vinyls,there are picturesof these threeasthey
are the mostpopuar itemstobuyfrom the site or
fromconcerts.Underneaththe three of these
itemsthere isthe price andunderneaththatthere
is ‘BuyNow’sign.If youclick onthat it takesyou
to the nextstage of buyingthe product,youget
givenmore informationboutthe productand
reviewsof it.Inthe botttomrightcorner of the
part of the website there isanothersignsaying
‘ViewAll Merch’.If you proceedtoclickon that thenyougo to anotherpage and see the restof the
merchwhichincludesawide range of T-shirts,jumpersandabook.