The Duran Duran website has a welcome page, which is quite a formal and posh thing I think. The welcome page shows the band members for advertising and to assert the purpose of the site. The photo is in greyscale which is very artistic and fashionable. To match this, the band are dressed in very classy and stylish clothing. The single bar allows you to enter the site or go to a member exclusive site. This enhances the classiness, treating the website as a gentlemen's club type thing. Though I like this, it would not be good for a new band such as mine who don't have many members. There are also links to social media. The main headings and logo are in gold, which connotes prestige and style. The fonts used for the heading is in capitals and bold. This, to me, connotes music as it reminds me of adverts for live performances etc. I would like to use elements of this site in my website as I like the classy prestige of the band - though this image may not fit with the song choice psychokiller which isn't really what you would think of as a desirable or perfect song.
Unfortunately, I do not like the rest of this website. In my opinion there is too much text which isn't visually appealing and is very off-putting. Perhaps this is because they are targeting a specific, sophisticated audience. However, this goes against most other sites I have looked at which all try to be visually appealing. The best bit of this site are the pictures at the top which remain on every page, this gives a sense of continuity which I like. The pictures are of individual band members in studios. This portrays them as professional and adds to their star image. The colour theme is a continuation of the welcome page. Another interesting point of the website is the Ask Katy section, which is a Q and A for the band. It might be interesting to do something similar though the personalisation of Katy is not, in my opinion, formal enough for new wave.
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