Poster research

Music magazine advertisement research

This poster is a poster to advertise All Time Low's
new album 'Put Up or Shut Up'.
With this poster the first thing that caught my eye was the striking green background because it is quite a vibrant green. By the advertisers doing this to the poster, it will automatically make the viewers look at what else is on the poster it's self. The name of the band is All Time Low and this is quite clear to the viewers because it is both at the top of the page in a bold black font with a glowing white edge, which makes it stand out even more, the name is also on the image in the middle of the page. Under the heading of the poster is the name of the album in which they are advertising, by them putting this under the name of the band, the viewers will instantly know that the album is related to the band. The main image of the hand and the type of packaging with in, is in a type of cartoon style, this is because in some of All Time Lows music video's they use cartoon animation to create images within the video, so by doing this it relates to the songs and videos that are on the album. One bad fault to this poster is that it doesn't look as if it is targeted at the right audience because 'All Time Low's' fan base is most commonly known as young teenage girls, where as this look's as if it's aimed more at teenage men because of the colour's used and also the imagery.

This poster is advertising one of Fall Out Boy's CD's, which has all their greatest hits on. The title of the poster is in a bold white text, I think they have done this because the background image is quite dark, so by having the white text on top it makes the poster stand out more because white is quite a bright clean colour. The image in the background doesn't really suit the genre of music that 'Fall Out Boy' play, because with this image you would think that the music would be dark and maybe to the genre style of 'metal' or 'hard rock', whereas 'Fall Out Boy' are more of a 'Pop punk' band. However there are objects in the image in which relate to the genre of music such as the tip of guitar which allows the viewers to know that they are a band that play instrument's. Unlike the other advertisement posters I am analysing, I think this one is the best one for advertising the CD because at the bottom of the poster there is some of the song titles in which are on the CD it's self which will persuade the consumers to buy the CD more if they know exactly what songs they will be getting on the CD.

This poster is advertising 'Biffy Clyro's' new CD 'Mountains'.

In this poster, I found a few different analogical representations. The first representation that I came across was the two lions fighting in the centre. There is a lyric in the song that is 'you tear us apart', which could be represented by the lions fighting. Also, the song appears to be about a faltering relationship, which again, is shown by the lions, and this could also mean that the two people have fiery and aggressive personalities.

Secondly, I noticed the mountain in the background. in the lyric 'I am a mountain', represents to me that the male singing the song believes that perhaps, in his personality, he has very sharp and rocky traits, meaning that again he can be aggressive and frontal. This could also mean that, metaphorically, he has a very large personality, and that it could be seen as overpowering.

Lastly, there is the sea as the main background. This could be representing how deep the relationship is. Moreover, this analogy could be meaning that, like the sea, the deeper you get into this relationship, the darker and colder it gets. 

In conclusion, this poster is very effective. This is because that the most popular song in the commercial market is advertised on the cover, and therefore more people will be more inclined to purchase the album. I also feel that this poster is efficient, as at the bottom it lets any viewer know that the album is available in various forms, such as CD and download, which makes the album easy to obtain.