Analysis of Music PostersJAMES ELLIS

Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal

Here you can see the bands text font on the top of the album poster. The white text contrasts to the black background, making it easily visible to its audience, as well as the large font and common spaced out text which is evident in all of the bands work.

Here you can see the ‘sempiternal’ logo which features in conjunction to the name of the album. This was a very unique idea and although not identifiable by most, it acts as an underlying theme to the band. The gold hint also works well with the black backgroundThe album title is positioned

on the bottom of the poster with the text the same as the band name, helping keep continuity and link to band image. This is also in the same gold tinge as the sempiternal logo

Finally, the poster overall creates a clear enigma with the little reveal the band are showing. Whilst still remaining constant in themes related to the bands work.

Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal

The album cover does differ from the actual movie poster that was pre-released. You can see that this album cover does not have the band name at all, not the name of the title. Although, it does include the bands traditional logo, which was in fact on the poster cover.

The album cover does also include the same colour combination that was included on the music poster, helping keep the continuity of the bands theme

The album cover also includes some encrypted patterns, which has no relation to the band but does link into continuity effect.

Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree

The bands name is positioned at the top of the poster in a theatre style theme. This was commonly used in the 200’s pop punk era with other bands such as ‘Panic! At The Disco’ also using theatre themes in their album cover. This is an effective measure and works well in conjunction to the audience shown also in the poster almost to draw an audience to the promotion of the album

A personal touch is also created in this album poster with the bands on-tour troubles with their tour-van. It was announced that the band had crashed their tour-van whilst on the road, and it appears evident that the same tour-van is pictured on the poster cover of the band.

The mixture of monotone and vibrant colour themes contrasts but also give the audience an insight to the type of music that the band produces ( a old-school rock theme).

The album title is also shown but very discretely in the centre of the poster, suggesting that this is not necessarily of high importance but instead highlighting the idea of a new album. This could potentially be more evident in the bands album cover.

Arctic Monkeys - AM

The bands iconic logo, also featuring the name of the band is positioned at the top of the album poster, highlighting the fact that this is the most important feature on the poster. It is in the traditional ‘Arctic Monkeys’ white-on-black font, which is specifically linked to the bands image

The bands poster logo is also positioned on the centre of the poster, which must signify it has potential links to the album directly. You can also make out the ‘AM’ title in the centre of the heat-beat like design.

At the bottom of the album poster you can see the title of the album, also positioned at the centre of the poster, as well as the release date, again in the conventional black and white theme.

The bands iconic logo, also featuring the name of the band is positioned at the top of the album poster, highlighting the fact that this is the most important feature on the poster. It is in the traditional ‘Arctic Monkeys’ white-on-black font, which is specifically linked to the bands image