Poster analysis

For our media coursework we have to also design a poster promoting the new single therefore I have found a poster promoting Taylor Swift's single, Love Story. Although the poster isn't very clear I have identified a few important aspects that we will need to keep in mind for our poster. Firstly, at the bottom left side there is a logo saying Hal Leonard Corporation and this enables the audience to see who the music print publisher is. Furthermore, the photo of Taylor is the main focus of the poster as it takes up the most space and this suggests that Taylor is being sold on her image. She is presented as unique as she is wearing what looks like an old-fashioned renaissance dress and the way her hair is done up suggests that she is from another time. This different time period image is effective as it is unusual and her image differs from most artists in the charts who wear modern clothing. We would like to bear this in mind for our artist's image as we also want her to stand out and we want to portray Kate Nash's quirky personality. Overall, the whole imagery with the stone pillars behind her effectively creates a fairytale theme and magical feel and the title of the song, Love Story also suggests that it is a fairytale theme and perhaps Taylor is the princess. Additionally, the poster links to the music video of Love Story as in the video she is also wearing this dress and we will have to link our music video somehow to the poster. We have been brainstorming ideas lately and we plan to show the fifties twist in our poster and our CD cover therefore this could be our link to the music video. We also plan to include some cartoon elements to make a connection to Kate Nash's previous single covers which are cartoon like.