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2. FALSE ALARM POSTER ANALYSIS
In this poster there are may conventions to help
to be represented by the genre. The poster is
from the song False Alarm from the starboy
album. The artist is a rnb/hip hop singer who
often portrayed many messages in his music
videos which are mirrored in the lyrics. The
music video for this song shows a first person ‘
bank heist’ which is conventional of the rap
genre as it follows a high security robbery which
often found in many elements of rap music
videos .
The house style of the poster follows the typical
theme of a darker background editing on the
background image with use of a monochromatic
colour palette which attracts attention to the
images which are shown and gives it a feel as if
it was a memory as the colours appear faded
and some of the images appear distorted.
The colour of the text is typical of the genre as
the bold red colour is used often on many media
applications, It is effective as it contrasts well
with the background due to the colour being
very bright against the background which makes
it more visually appealing
There is slight editing on the text
gives a sense as if it has been faded
which reinforces the idea of the
image as being a memory.
3. FALSE ALARM POSTER ANALYSIS
This poster features a variety of images to represent the artist’s
overall message in the song “false alarm”, The use of the skull masks
could be representative of a deviant lifestyle and link to the idea of
the artist remaining anonymous during criminal activity which is
portrayed in the music video and is seen as being a part of the rap
culture. The skulls could convey evil as they have a connotations of
fear and as they are used to hide identities of the criminals it could
reinforce the idea that they are used to fear the victims of the bank
robbery in the music video, as criminal activity such as robbery are
shown often in contrapuntal rap videos it helps it conform to
stereotypes of the genre.
This poster features the actors
from the video holding guns, this
emphasises the fact that this
genre often glorifies gang culture
and criminal activity which is
often represented thought the
genre as being the ‘norm’ which is
why criminality is heavily glorified
in many ways which makes it
seems acceptable in the culture
which leads to followers of the
artists and the artists themselves
forming a subculture against law
enforcement and the use of the
guns could be seen as a threat to
the law enforcement.
The use of the girl from
the music video could be
used to represent the
idea of female oppression
as due to the placement
of the images on the
poster could suggest that
she is almost trapped
inside the images. Also
the use of the her with
blood on her face could
represent the male
hegemony as it shows
that she has been a
victim on the masked
criminals in the poster.
4. FALSE ALARM POSTER ANALYSIS
In addition the artist does not feature on the
poster this shows that the poster does not
conform to Andrew Goodwin's theory of ‘star
image’, this suggests that the poster concerns
itself more with the music and context behind
the sign as well as the culture that the music is
associated with, This suggests that the artist has
designed the poster to attract the audience to
listen to the song based on what visually
attracted the audience rather than using the
poster to promote himself.
Also the poster is esoteric as the messages will
only be understood by followers of the artist
and other similar artists who convey similar
messages in their music.
Overall this music poster has an accurate
representation of the actual music video as it
follows the theme of the video as it is quite a
dark poster, the characters who are on the
poster are also present in the video which
shows the strong connection between the video
and poster.
