Magazine advertisement analysis of our chosen genre

As our band didn't already have one, I created an analysis of a poster from an artist of the same genre in order to know specifically what was included in posters of this genre. this would help me create my own one so it looks appropriate for our artist and genre. I chose to analyse the advertisement for the album Neighbourhoods by the punk band Blink 182.

Text and font
The text uses quite an abstract, unconventional font including backward or misshaped letters which relates to the generic convention of punk being to go against the rules. A larger font has been used on the most informative text, in this case it being the album name, artist and release date. In a smaller font is additional information such as the song featured and website address.

Colour
The overall greyscale colours used suggest the album's music will have quite a dark and depressing theme to it, which it does. The text uses a white colour which contrasts with the black background so the text is clearer and more eye catching for the viewer.

Images
The main image displayed shows a sketched out areal view of a city with a large section of buildings in the centre of the image shaped like the band name. The cityscape has been used to relate to the album name, Neighbourhoods. Other images shown in the advertisement include the band logo and record companies, all in white to follow the advertisements style and contrast with the black background.