Thursday, 28 January 2010

Research: Posters

To help me design a poster to accompany my music video and digi-pac I've researched and analysed existing poster promoting albums by successful bands.



This poster, advertising Kasabian's album called 'Empire' has a rather basic design. It features the same image that is on the album cover which is a King of Clubs from a pack of playing cards. However the image on the card isn't vertically symmetrical as playing cards usually are, this makes the design interesting and unique. The poster also features the release date in large text at the bottom of the poster so fans know when they can get the album.



This poster for Muse's album 'The Resistance' is similar to Kasabian's poster as it features the same image that is on the front of the album its advertising. However, unlike on the album, the poster has the bands logo in huge writing over the top of it, this makes the poster very noticeable and allows fans to identify the band easily as well as get the band's name out to people who haven't heard of them. The grey background of the poster contrasts greatly with the multicoloured image in the middle; this makes the poster more interesting to look at.


This poster advertising 'Only by the Night' by Kings of Leon is very different to the previous two posters. It's very dark, dramatic and moody compared to the others light colours. The main image features one of the band members playing guitar in the darkness whilst shrouded by smoke and mist, this gives the poster a very mysterious and atmospheric feel to it which will draw interest to the album and make the poster more memorable to fans.

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