development of Poster designs

These 2 posters are my first drafts. I have decided to get feedback for these so then i can do second drafts. The feedback will put me in the right direction.

 First draft

Second draft 

The first comment i got about my posters to change was the "read review here" and the barcode. It is too close to the edge of the page. I need to think of print marks and crop marks when creating my poster. Some information may be lost if i don't do this. I need to put some room around it so it stands out more also. In the industry they have a bleed and trim marks on the outside. This is done so when the poster is put on display everything within the trim marks wont be cut out. The bleed is a mark is between 2-5mm outside the trim marks. The bleed is there because if the paper moves inside the printing that it still will be able to be trimmed to size without there being any blank spaces. Another comment i got was that it's lacking information on what it is and where to watch it.

Third draft

Language in music reviews and Audience

I analyse music reviews from the publications Rolling Stone, The BBC, and The Vulture. When looking at language the points i have looked at are tone, register, formal/informal, factual, emotive, technical language, sentence structure, bias, persuasive, first or third person, slang used, quotes and language features.

Rolling Stone 

This review is quite formal. The structure of the sentences show this with them being quite long, The use of commas is used loads. This makes the long sentences. There is loads of technical language used in this article. The article quotes the song to give a feel for the album. Another way he has shown who the album is aimed at is the last sentence, "It's a mirror-ball party for all the lonely people". There is some factual information on the album, However he is quite emotive with the language used. An example of this is "Arcade Fire are the most important band of the last decade". He uses alliteration in the review, " A sleek, surging track that seamlessly integrates" This is used for emphasis.

The BBC

This article is quite formal as well. This is on the BBC so they try to please everyone. This is shown when it shows both parts of the argument. It picks out songs which he likes then it pulls apart the album which he then criticise. He quotes other people on the album and what their opinion is on the album. There is loads of technical language used throughout the article. This gives the impression the audience will have a good knowledge of music. The sentence structure is very long, i would say too long. This is because a paragraph in this article is only one sentence. This is done in Third person. 

The Vulture 

Review layouts

I am looking at review layouts on the internet for albums. I have tried looking for reviews for music videos but it's hard to come across. I have got these screen shots of reviews of albums and singles. I have picked The Telegraph, Rolling Stone, The BBC, IMDB, and The Vulture. I have picked these because they aim towards different audiences. These are the screenshots below.

The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/musicvideo/10628381/Mike-Oldfield-Sailing-music-video.html

The BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2563

The vulture

http://www.vulture.com/2010/11/spize_jonze_directs_the_aracad.html

IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823744/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4

Rolling stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/reflektor-20130910

These layouts are all quite similar for the different type of companies that they are. However they all have a twist on each other. They're all column based with space either side of the text and articles. This gives the reader space. When looking at websites and reading through articles you don't want it to be full of text side to side. Having the website like this will put off the reader. You do want text but don't want to make it text heavy. They all have a banner with all the hyperlinks on (Hyperlinks e.g. Home, Reviews, News, e.t.c.) The majority of the colour used for these reviews is white. I think this is done so it's easier to read. The BBC has gone for a purple background with a back box and white text. This is not as bright. It makes the text stands out the same as the others but i'm a fan of the background being a different colour. This stands out as being different. It would grab the readers attention by being different then the same as the others. 

Poster research

This is my poster research.