Research for Website ideas

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 This blog is here to help my group think about how our website is going to be designed. We have looked at various styles to try and come with a compromise about the different types of looks we have. 

Below are screens shots of gossip news channels and informal news channels websites. I wanted to see what their headings were and the type of things that I should involve in our website.



Vice is the only one which has a simplistic website: it has no headings, the homepage is simply its latest news and articles.
Clevver News on the other hand have headings like tv, news, movies, music, style.  Similarly E!News has headings like news, style, scoop (gossip).

There is a big difference between VICE vs. E!News and Clevver news. E!News and Clevver News look like gossip magazines such as chat now, now etc. On the other hand, VICE has a more professional feel to it, with its current heading being 'Highly questionable' and a picture of Donald Trump next to it. This immediately sparks thoughts and is actually something controversial, like my groups news channel. Like us, VICE discusses topics that are not regularly seen in magazines and is aimed to an audience who do not follow the common trend and think more outside the box.


I then decided to look at make-up bloggers and sites to see how their websites are presented. Although they are not exactly website but blogs they still have a gossip magazine feel to it. This is because of all the advertisement they do for various of make ups. But one thing our channel has in common with these blogs is the background. In our video we decided to pursue a white background as it was less distracting and more elegant.





After looking at all the different types of blogs/websites my group and I want to come up with something in between. We are currently looking at designing a scroll down website - elegant and with a stand out heading about fashion/makeup. 

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