research into indie band posters in preparation of creating my own.

1. Amy Flint
Indie Band
Posters
indie bands tend not to use posters
as advertisement because with
technologies today there is no need
and it doesn't correlate with their chill
vibe. however some bands have
released digital posters advertising
their new albums/singles and tours.

2. Kings of Leon
this poster shows the different members of
the band in a unique/creative way. the writing
and colours of the picture correspond and the
‘out now’ is in red making it bold and stand
out against the dull blacks and greens. The
poster isn't over complicated making it go
with the theme of the band. the image used
and style of font is the same as that of the
album cover making the two have a
contextual link making it recognisable to fans.
album
cover

3. Arctic Monkeys
Again very simple. This poster is the
same as the album cover and simply
advertises the new album. Arctic
Monkeys are known for not caring about
anything and being very laid back as well
as dark and mysterious so the use of
only black and white in this poster shows
this and keeps up the image.
Album
cover

4. Modest Mouse
This poster advertises the bands tour dates
in the U.S. the colours and style of the poster
is more animated than posters that advertise
albums. the link with nature and animals links
with the bands name ‘mouse’ (mouse and
hare). All of the bands album covers are also
cartoon like and do not feature the band. the
weird quirkiness of this album appears to
correlate with the style of thebans something
i need to think about with my poster.
Not much correlation apart
from style.

5. Of Montreal
This album also uses a cartoon style to it
however after looking at the bands
album covers i see this is the style they
tend to go for. Again the album links with
nature in animation and colours.
Their album covers tend to
be chaotic like doodles.

6. My Poster
From research I can go two ways with my
poster a fun vibrant cartoon style or a laid back
simple style. I feel due to the style my band
portrayed in their video and through other
factors such as digipak, clothing etc. that my
poster should be more laid back however i
have constantly challenged the conventions of
an Indie band throughout by using vibrant
colours in my music video and my digipak so i
feel i should also use this in my poster some
way.
My Digipak
I plan to create a poster similar to the
Kings of Leon poster I have analysed. I
also want to take inspiration from the
more animated posters I have studied
including the vibrant colour theme I have
used throughout my video and digipak.