Magazine Poster Research

Noah & The Whale
The cartoon visuals are used throughout as a theme of their debut album, using the same colour scheme. This poster includes all the key information such as; the band's hit singles that are feature on the album, reviews, websites and their record company logo - as well as the band's album title and their name. Noah's poster is eye catching and also suits the season when the album was originally released, summer/autumn.
Wild Beasts
This poster includes the cover of the band's album as the main focus, however it follows the same particular colour scheme as the album itself. This poster follow the key conventions for a music poster, as it includes all the information needed such as websites and company logos. However, this poster includes a more detailed review of people's opinions about the album. All the reviews are on the left hand side, which is the first place the eye goes to when viewing something.


Ladyhawke
Similarly to Wild Beasts, Ladyhawke's artwork for the poster is the same as her debut album cover. This will automatically help to boost her marketing scheme, as people who will see this poster, would definitely recognise the album if they were to see it within a store. Again, the record company logo is included, as well as websites. However, unlike any of he other poster I've researched, Ladyhawke includes tour information, as well as a promotional offer that is relative to the magazine this poster is featured in.
Pete Doherty
Similarly also to Ladyhawke's poster, Pete Doherty's also includes the artwork from his album cover. Again boosting the marketing scheme. This poster also includes logos and dates, however unlike the previous three, this poster could be seen as simple, due to the standard type text and due to the colour of the poster. By not using other bright or striking colours on the poster, other than those from the artwork, the poster stands out and looks less confusing to it's audience, getting it's message and advertisement across simply but yet still very effectively.


Band of Skulls
Firstly, this poster stood out to me due to the use of various colours (which seem quite autumn like, with the vast use of reds and yellows) a similar colour scheme i originally thought would be good to use because of the theme of our music video. Simply by changing the information on this poster to suit our band and album release, it would work as a poster that suited our genre. However, whilst the positive point of the poster was that it grabbed an audiences attention, due to the colours, i felt that the layout was a little bit dull and less adventurous - two things that i felt didn't really suit our band or our music video. I wanted to create something that was striking to look at, but something that was perhaps less confusing to read and that was more interesting to read and look at. However, I'd would like to produce something that was a memorable as this advertising poster.
Jonsi
The use of colour was the first thing that attracted me to this type of poster design. This poster also uses the popular convention of including the album's artwork, however the design was my favourite out of all the magazine poster I'd looked at. The simple use of colour over one area of the poster was striking, a theme I'd really like to include, whilst the text was simple and to the point, whilst still remaining stylish and not confusing to it's audience. This will be the main source of inspiration when i come to designing my magazine poster, as all the conventions work well together.


Florence & The Machine
Again, following the convention of including the album cover. Florence's album however, keeps the text to a minimum, including only the vital information such as the album release date, title and the platforms it will be released onto.
Manic Street Preachers
Including the album artwork again, this poster is very similar to a lot of the poster I've researched, however similarly to Jonsi, this posters conventions and designs is one i would consider following greatly. The plain white background makes the album's artwork stand out, making it very eye catching. It includes all the information needed to inform the audience about the album's release and various following information. However, similar to my previous post on the blog about my CD cover research, i want the theme of the album to be art, linking to the album's title; Street Art. So the key part of this poster design (as well as the band's album cover) is the piece of artwork that they have chosen to use. This would be a great thing to include on Acoustic Plenty's cover, as it would relate to the title whilst suiting the Indie genre as well.