Thursday, 1 December 2011

Posters!

We were given a selection of examplar posters. We talked about them amongst the class, discussing whether we think they work or not and the reasons for our decisions. We were also looking at them for possible inspiration and to get a good idea of what a real poster for an album looks like.


Personally I find this poster quite dull. The only information given is the name of the album and band, the fact it is out now and where it is available. There is nothing particularly captiviating about this image. The background of the poster is just the background from the album cover and the artwork on the albumis very unique. It's not very mainstream, and doesn't include an image of the artist anywhere, which is quite out of the ordinary.


Out of all the posters given to us, I think that this is the most appealing because it look more profesional than the others. It is also filled with information, from the name of the band to reviews from well known music magazines. We are also given a vital piece of information; just underneath the title of the band it says "20th anniversary" - which is the most eye catching part of the whole image. This information tells us that they are clearly a well established band and are very successful to have lasted 20 years. Although there aren't many bright colours and things that stand out, it is the most asthetically pleasing, and instead of putting an image of the album on the poster, there is a strip across the page with a section of the album artwork.


This is another poster that is a little less mainstream. This is a slightly more colourful than The Stone Roses poster, but not as eye catching. I think that if someone was to be attrackted by this poster, it would be more the out of the ordinary appearance of it than interest in the album or the artist. I don't think that the format of the name/album cover is done very cleverly. For instance, if someone is unnaware of this artist then they wouldn't know where the band name ends and the album title starts. Although the album has star ratings from well established magazines, so it must be credible album. It's just not my taste.


Here is another rather peculiar poster. The main problem, I think it has is that it is called "Black Swan", so lots of people would assume, at first glance that it had some connection with the film, by the same name, or the ballet - swan lake. Again, this poster isn't very appealing. If you saw it, surrounded by other posters it wouldn't be imediatly clear that this is a poster for an album, even when the album and band names have been seen, it's still unclead untill you see the details in the small print at the bottom. But I feel the image doesn't catch the attention it should do - therefore not many people would take the time out to read the details.

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