Annotating my website.

The front page of my website is very simplistic with a little biography of Rihanna's life, this is so that it will draw fans in and people who maybe don't know her as well will want to look in more detail at the website. The technological convention of the blue theme across the website will help attract an audience, all though Blue is seen as more of a masculine colour, I think using baby blue appeals to both a male and female audience, I also chose it as I felt it fitted the theme of her i-D magazine shoot, which I chose an image from to use as the header on the home page of the website. 

  As Rihanna's target audience is teenagers both male and female, I used a twitter widget to show audience can follow her on there and keep up to date with her, as they are always on       social media.

The gallery allows fans to look at recent images of Rihanna, whether it is at the latest event or of day to day life shopping or having something to eat. This reflects on of the paradoxes of Dyers Star Image, She is ordinary, as we can see from pictures of her wearing no make up and shopping in the supermarket, but also extraordinary as we see her at events such as the Met Gala and her Movie premiere wearing couture gowns. Rihanna presents herself as an 'Island Gal' so in the gallery, we can also see images of her in Barbados, where she is from, having fun which I also think is one of her ideologies, to not care too much and have fun- which is reflected in her pictures. This also supports Dyers Star Image that she has been presented as an ideology. These images are also symbolic conventions as she looks beautiful in every image, boys will find this attractive and girls may aspire to be like her and I also thinks it puts across the message 'always be the best you can be' or 'make the most of your self' which could be seen as other ideologies.  I laid the images out like this as it makes it much easier and clearer for the viewers to see.

The store is another way of attracting the fans to the site and it is also another way for the star/label to make money, this fits into Dyers Star Image as she has been constructed as a commodity, to make money for the label, we can also see that she has featured on the cover of Harpers Bazaar, which supports this theory. Again, I laid it out very simply to make it easier for the viewers to purchase.

The tour page shows a header of Rihanna with 'Diamonds World Tour' written on her arm, it then lists her American tour dates, so fans can check to see what date she will be in their city etc and then get buy tickets. This is an example of how she has been constructed as a commodity by her label, to make money.

The news section of the website shows articles that have been published recently about Rihanna, This helps keep the fans up to date with her and what she is doing. It also features images of Rihanna at recent events and talks about achievements she has achieved. In one of the articles it also talks about her being on the front of Harpers Bazaar, which reinforces Dyers Star image.