Many music artists use posters/billboards to advertise themselves, their albums and their singles. It's a really effective way of advertising to their audiences other than having their songs on the radio or having television adverts. I've noticed a large number of posters and billboards around London, this is because thousands of people will walk past them every day, maximizing the recognition. It wouldn't make sense to have a billboard of an artist in the middle of a rural area.
However it is noticeable that only the mainstream artists have billboards advertising their music, which I can assume is due to the price to have the billboard. The music posters most regularly appear to be in music magazines, and around entertainment retailing companies such as HMV.
The posters always have large fonts with stand out colours. The artists' name and the album/single is always the thing in the largest font, sometimes taking up the majority of the poster. Any sub-information is in a smaller font. A lot posters have an image of the artist(s)/band which also takes up a large space in order to get noticed, but it was noticeable that the image rarely in the centre of the design and if it was then the text was layered on-top of it as the text appears to be the most important thing. However some of the posters didn't have an image as the text is what they want to stand out. The colours on the page are all made to stand out from each other, for example a light coloured font against a darker shaded background.
The amount of text used on the posters/billboards was very limited and basic. This is so the text be as large as possible so that people passing can notice it better. Also if people are only passing it then they wont have time to stop and read paragraphs of text.
However it is noticeable that only the mainstream artists have billboards advertising their music, which I can assume is due to the price to have the billboard. The music posters most regularly appear to be in music magazines, and around entertainment retailing companies such as HMV.
The posters always have large fonts with stand out colours. The artists' name and the album/single is always the thing in the largest font, sometimes taking up the majority of the poster. Any sub-information is in a smaller font. A lot posters have an image of the artist(s)/band which also takes up a large space in order to get noticed, but it was noticeable that the image rarely in the centre of the design and if it was then the text was layered on-top of it as the text appears to be the most important thing. However some of the posters didn't have an image as the text is what they want to stand out. The colours on the page are all made to stand out from each other, for example a light coloured font against a darker shaded background.
The amount of text used on the posters/billboards was very limited and basic. This is so the text be as large as possible so that people passing can notice it better. Also if people are only passing it then they wont have time to stop and read paragraphs of text.
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