Poster research

In order to create a professional looking poster as part of our digi-pak we needed to do some brief research firstly on the overall conventions of music posters in the industry. After this we will then put some more extensive research into our target genre conventions concerning promotional posters. As we can see from the following images there is a huge variety of ways to present a promotional poster:


This is a fairly simplistic poster which would most probably be seen as an advert in a magazine or on a billboard. It is a clean fresh looking poster which is eye catching and the text is not over-whelming. The information is informative and on a need to know basis. it also shows a copy of the album as well as a photograph of the artist.
This poster promoting Oasis's album is a whole new way of presenting a promotional poster and features no picture at all of the band. It is simply based on the artwork of the album which is used to enable the viewer to identify the artwork, making it recognizable. Again the poster is simple and to the point with little text.
This is an example of one of the new JLS album promotion posters. The poster is very simple with minimal text with just the band name and album title. However this poster is used to promote the album after it's release therefore does not need as much text. This poster consists of just one of the band member which is slightly unconventional, however it works as the band is so famous and identifiable
This Girls Aloud poster although fairly old has been very useful as to me this is a traditional promotional poster. This is the same artwork used on the album cover which is being used to promote both the band and the new album.