Poster ideas

This selection of posters include advertisement of films, album covers, and posters from the 1960-70s. The few we have selected to analyse have relevance to our film poster either because of colour schemes, typography or imagery.

The Beatles 'Beach Boy' album cover

The posters use bright vivid colours and bold typography to draw attention to them. For Example The Beatles have used the image of a face which is made up of bright colour to make it more interesting and more eye catching. Another poster which uses bright colours is 'Narkomani' and also the album cover by The Who- Magic Bus. The vibrant colours gives an impression that the film/music is jolly and upbeat due to the colours used in the posters giving that impression.

The Beegees Album Cover

A theme shown throughout the posters is facial features, for example focus on individual eyes or complete faces the faces are usually representing the protagonist of the film or album, because they are the main focus in the film/album they are used central and close up in the imagery to identify who it is.

Teenage Mother Film Poster

In the film posters (TeenAge Mother, Dr.NO, The Lost World and Breakfast at Tiffany's) the protagonist is in the foreground with supporting characters in the background. 

This is done to keep focus on the main character but also to include supporting characters. For example, the Bond Girls are set back from James Bond. This could also be linked to the actor/actress used as the main character, if the actor/actress is very famous and well known, then a large picture of them is often used to draw attention of people who like or dislike the actor/actress. An example of this is in the film poster for Breakfast at Tiffany's as Audrey Hepburn is the main character and is very well known therefore she is used as the main picture, this is also the same for the James Bond Dr NO poster.

James Bond 'Dr. NO' Film Poster

Unlike some of the other film posters, the James Bond poster uses a colourful background with contrasting writing (yellow against red.) The rest of the poster is then un editied in normal colours, such as James Bond and the Bond Girls. The characters do not need to be edited because they stand out against the bright yellow background.

'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Film Poster

In all of the film posters the credits are placed at the bottom showing this is a trend throughout posters of that time. It also shows that these are the least important pieces of information so are put at the bottom of the poster so that more important things; such as 'Audrey Hepburn,' 'Breakfast at Tiffanys' and the picture can be more centralised and shown clearer with the 'small print' at the bottom in thin writing.

'Boom' and 'Narkomani' Film Poster

The use of contrasting colours brings attention to the the central images and text of the posters because dark colours are used around the edges. Both of these posters include images of eyes showing that this is a theme throughout.

The Who 'Magic Bus' Album Cover

Both of the album covers for The Who- Magic Bus and The Beatles- Yellow Submarine use similar typography showing it was a popular font of the 1960-70s. The colouring of the texts matches the images included in the poster creating synchronisation across the poster. The font represents fun due to it being curvy and round, it also represents an enjoyable and laid back atmosphere, the opposite of serious which is what the albums represent

The Beatles 'Yellow Submarine' Album Cover

Both of the album titles include an automobile; (Submarine and Bus,) both of these are featured as images on the album cover, this creates synchronisation accross the cover as the images relative closely to the titles. The differance between the images is that the Bus is a photograph of a colourful bus whereas the submarine is a cartoon which matches the style of writing (being curved and round)