Poster Examples

Recently I have not been sure on how I want my poster too look like, so I decided to do some research RnB posters. These posters will help me when creating my poster  and give me ideas on what I can add to my poster and how I can make it attractive and  unique. 

Digipak CD's Examples

Here are example of RnB artists album CD's that I have research. When researching I notice that a lot of RnB album CD's are very simple in design with a plain colour background or and image of the artist. The most important things on the CD's is the artists name and the title of the album. I really like how Beyonce in the first CD has just used the first initial of her name in a bold western font , as the it stands out also anyone who purchases the CD will be familiar with the logo and font as it will remind them of the album. The Keyshia Cole CD, which is the second one to the right, is an image of her dressed and made up very seductively , which is done the through the make gaze to catch mens attention. The typography on the album is in swirled italics in the colour pink . I will be using these CD design to help give me ideas when it comes to creating my CD for the digipak. 

The Culture Industry

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Music Industry in Crisis

Goodwin Analysis Jay Z 99 Problems Music Video

Genre Characteristics:

The music video is set in an rundown estate which is a characteristic  used in many hip-hop music videos. The Video shows black youth playing basketball on the estate dresses in basketball clothing which is also another characteristic used in the hip-hop culture.

Voyteuristic:

In the video there a several scenes of woman degrading themselves as they are dresses inaccurately porting women less than men. The camera angles have also been placed through the male gaze as there are close ups of women's bums and breast, suggesting that women are sexual objects for men.

Lyrics and visuals:

"Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low" 

when Jay Z raps these lyrics there is a shot shown where he pulls his hat down. In the whole music video Jay Z movements and action are like to the lyrics . For instance, when Jay Z he says 'cash money hoes' there is a close upshot of a woman hardly any clothes on. 

Intertextual references:

The choreography shown in the music video could be seen as a mimic of one of Michael Jackson's famous dance routine. This could be a way of Jay Z paying homage or showing his respect to Michael Jackson as he is a well known black entertainer around the world.