This is a band advertisment of The Maccabees tour poster. The band are featured in the poster to the left of the composition and are wearing bright clothing to make them stand out, they have been made to look like figurines to give an artistic feel to the poster, having the band is a conventional feature to a band poster and is reguarly on them. Above the image of the band is the title of the band The Maccabees and has been put in bold black font so it contrasts against the white background to stand out more. Down the right hand side is all the tour dates which tell you what day they'll be playing and what club in what city, so the audience get as much information as possible. At the bottom of the poster is information about how to buy tickets for the tour with extra information about the website and how to get in touch. All these features are conventions to the advertisment tour poster and are reguarly featured on most posters, its up to the band to make it stand out and be different.
This is a poster for folk/indie band Mumford&Sons for their UK tour. It done in th style of an old folk carving with the illustration in the middle of the poster which has the icongraphic image of trees and a field with people on the floor underneath a sign which reads 'love your ground'. The title of the band is done in a folk folk that represents the genre and also stands out from the rest of the poster. The conventional dates,times and location are underneath the image to give information for the gigs and for extra information their is links to the bands websites that lead to more information about gigs and the band in general.
This is the tour poster for folk artist Ben Howard. It features the conventions of the tour dates with information of the dates, time and place and also tells you which gigs have been sold out. The title is split up in to three columns the first is the name of the artist 'Ben Howard' which is in bold black to stand out. The next is the album and name of the tour 'Every Kingdom' which is done is a thinner black font so it doesnt take the attention away from the artists name. The third is 'UK tour dates' which is in red possibly to connote love and also allow the audience to know he's going on tour. To the right of the poster is an illustration of Ben Howard that makes the poster more artistic and also breaks the boundries as posters usually feature a digital picture of the artist instead of an illustration but this poster keeps it simple. Underneath the illustration are quotes from relevant papers and magazines that give their opinion on the tour and CD "Uniquely Brilliant" this shows the audience that it's good as it has good reviews. At the bottom of the page is details towards the website and the website will give information towards purchasing tickets and downloading songs and buying merchandice, so the tour date helps the artist more popular throughout.
Conventions of an artist advertisment
- Dates, times, and location
- Image of artist/band
- Title of band.artist
- Tour title
- Website
- Quotes
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