POSTER ANALYSIS

Another part of our ancillary tasks is to create a magazine advert or poster advertising the release of the CD. I have gathered a few existing posters to analyse and draw inspiration from. Each poster is by an artist to similar to the one we will be creating.

Britney Spears - Circus (2008)

This is a poster advertising the release of Britney Spears' 2008 album 'Circus'. As you can see they've used a completely different image to the one on the cover. It shares similarities in terms of the pose and composition but the image on the poster seems to be much more bold and eye catching. The overall theme of the artwork is kept the same in terms of fonts and graphic elements this creates some cohesion to make the whole package seem as a whole project.

Michael Jackson - Thriller 25 Special Edition (2008)

This is a poster for Michael Jackson's Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition. What's interesting with this poster is that the photo of the artist is a live one from on stage, almost like documentary image. This tells us that it's not really relying on anything but the artist to sell the album. This is emphasised by the list of achievements on the side of the poster, they describe the album being 8x Grammy Award Winner and The Biggest Selling Album of All Time. It's different to the Britney poster as it doesn't rely on image and style and design to sell the album, rather than the artist itself and the list of achievements that this album has accomplished.

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009)

This poster advertisement by Lady Gaga is very simple. It's in black and white and features two images that are on the actual album itself. It's very clear and straight to the point. Introducing the artist and the album title and gives a brief description of the album and the singles that are featured on it. It then states in big bold writing where it's available from before giving information on her website and her record label. The plain sans font does come across as quite effective with the style of artwork.

Eminem - Relapse (2008)

What I like most of all is the creativity with this album poster. The album is called Relapse and tells the story about Eminem's struggle with addiction, which is why I think it's extremely effective to have his face painted out with hundreds of pills and the album title written out like a Doctor's prescription. I think it really works when the artwork for the album has a real meaning to actual meaning behind the album, therefore I aim to be very creative with our album cover and our poster.