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s is one of our main draft posters for the album "I Don't Know What I'm Doing" by Brad Sucks. We went with the plain black fading to white background because of the simplicity of the two colours, and also because it is quite an effective fade from one end of the spectrum to the other. There is a very high contrast between them, and ebcause of this emphasis of colours it makes the poster stand out, in particular the box figures standing on the boxes and the white writing across the black banner at the top. Because there is very little detail on the poster itself, this makes the title immediately grab your attention so you know who is being advertised, along with part of the cover art at the base of the poster. This use of media synergy and convergence allows easy identification of the album being advertidsed, making it easier for our target audience to find the album.
This is our alternative first draft of the poster advertising the debut Brad Sucks album, although this time we opted for a colour change of the background. This is in the form of a less dull colour but still offered significant contrast with the writing, so we avoided colours like yellow, grey etc. The light blue we have used still makes the writing stand out, however i feel it reflects the gentle mood and general feel of the song we are producing the video for. This is helpful to our target audience as, again, they will be able to recognise the artist if they heard the song and saw this poster. A great example of using colour to identify genre would be most popular metal bands, such as Machine Head or Slipknot who use a lot of dull colours which offer less contrast, such as black and a dull red. This represents that they are a heavier band, compared to a pop artist such as Britney Spears who uses colours such as pink and blue to represent pop music. Also, unlike the black poster, we have included some artificial 'star-ratings' to see if this has any effect on the layout of the cover art and the title, as well as a caption underneath the title banner. We felt that after looking at a variety of album posters we should include these details to make it look more realistic.
s is one of our main draft posters for the album "I Don't Know What I'm Doing" by Brad Sucks. We went with the plain black fading to white background because of the simplicity of the two colours, and also because it is quite an effective fade from one end of the spectrum to the other. There is a very high contrast between them, and ebcause of this emphasis of colours it makes the poster stand out, in particular the box figures standing on the boxes and the white writing across the black banner at the top. Because there is very little detail on the poster itself, this makes the title immediately grab your attention so you know who is being advertised, along with part of the cover art at the base of the poster. This use of media synergy and convergence allows easy identification of the album being advertidsed, making it easier for our target audience to find the album.
This is our alternative first draft of the poster advertising the debut Brad Sucks album, although this time we opted for a colour change of the background. This is in the form of a less dull colour but still offered significant contrast with the writing, so we avoided colours like yellow, grey etc. The light blue we have used still makes the writing stand out, however i feel it reflects the gentle mood and general feel of the song we are producing the video for. This is helpful to our target audience as, again, they will be able to recognise the artist if they heard the song and saw this poster. A great example of using colour to identify genre would be most popular metal bands, such as Machine Head or Slipknot who use a lot of dull colours which offer less contrast, such as black and a dull red. This represents that they are a heavier band, compared to a pop artist such as Britney Spears who uses colours such as pink and blue to represent pop music. Also, unlike the black poster, we have included some artificial 'star-ratings' to see if this has any effect on the layout of the cover art and the title, as well as a caption underneath the title banner. We felt that after looking at a variety of album posters we should include these details to make it look more realistic.
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