Website- latest news!

One of the main reasons the target audience are likely to want to visit the website is to check the latest news and updates on the boys to find out what they have been up to and find out information on upcoming plans they may have. This is why I have added the 'Latest News' section of my website. This will provide the audience with information on upcoming tours, events the boys have visited, live appearances etc. Below are the news updates I created.

The first news update I decided to create was the USA tour. If the boys are travelling away from the UK, the fans are likely to want to know about it. This is also likely to keep the audience interested in viewing the site regularly to be updated with the activities that boys are participating in whilst on tour. I also included another message from the boys in this news update to make it seem more realistic and to show the direct link between the editors and the band.

The next update I created involved the Klaxons. I talked about a surprise visit from this band at one of You Me At Six's gigs. I decided to focus on the Klaxons for this post as when carrying out my audience research on indie scensters and the types of individuals interested in the band and this genre of music I identified that the Klaxons are one of their favourite indie bands. By using them in my news updates this is likely to draw in the attention of my target audience as they will be interested in reading about them. I also stated that the audience can view pictures o both bands together which is something that they are really likely to want to see. As the brief for this ancillary task only requires me to create the home page of my website I will not be creating the gallery, however if I was creating the whole website these photographs would be found on this page. The Klaxons are a band that will highly influence the audience, as well as You Me At Six so having them both together in this news story is likely to be very effective.

The next news update focuses on Kerrang. Kerrang is a radio station that can be viewed on TV as well as a magazine. Again during my research on my target audience I identified that indie scensters and You Me At Six's fans all together, enjoy Kerrang. I feel this is therefore a good way to attract their attention more. I have also mentioned the track used for my music promo to promote that further. I have said that if the viewers tune into this channel they can watch a clip from the promo.