Research 21: Posters

This first poster that I have chosen is different from most. It has no actual people in it, but is a cartoon. The abstractness of this poster caught my eye, with the contrasting colours (brown on white and blue). This is a play on the name of the band the 'Arctic Monkeys' where we see a monkey quite randomly eating an ice cream where we presume is the Arctic. This shows that a poster does not always need to show the artist themselves, but can be constructed in this abstract, cartoon way.

One of the most famous bands in the world, advertising one of their most famous songs for an up coming concert. To stand out, the designer has used black and white so that the text is then linked to the bad pictured in the middle (presumably Coldplay). I like the way the text almost creates a border around the picture in the centre, and makes it stand out. The picture itself has also been thought through, with all of the bright/shiny things really standing out on the black. There has been no depth of field put in here so that the (what seems to be a) city scape in the background can be seen clearly.

This is the only poster that I have chosen to talk about which does not have a picture, be that a cartoon character or normal photograph. This is an abstract poster, made with bright, light colours on a white background. The idea is to show that the concert (or tour) is a fun thing to go to. This is backed up by the random objects in the background, a smiling sun, trees, squiggles and other cartoony shapes all in basic colours (no more than 3).

One of Maroon 5's latest posters, this includes their new advertising campaign logo, with the signature text, with the red in the M. The poster includes a picture of each of the members of the band edited in softly into the background which is the main subject of the poster. Other information about the concert has been filled in below, with the date highlighted horizontally across the whole poster, which is a good way of making people remember when the concert is. Another key thing, to make it even more specific to the band, all the 'v's in the poster have been printed in red, to go with Maroon 5's new identity.

The last poster I am going to talk about is one of Pink Floyd's old posters. It is basically an artist's impression of the lead singer of Pink Floyd. WE can guess that it is an American concert, where pink Floyd are headlining, and so all the information has been written in a funky style down the side, following the outline of the cartoon figure. This is an idea I may wan't to incorporate into my own poster, but I would prefer to take an actual photograph and start from there.