poster analysis for media

1. Media Ancillary 2 Analysis JoshWarburton
Kaiser Chiefs – PosterAnalysis
Characters
There are 5 men, whoare all wearingblack.The use of dark
clothinghelpsshowthe bandbeingwithinthe Indie rockgenre
as most groupswearthese clothes.Thishelpstosupportthe
stereotype of mostgroups fromthisgenre,astheyusually
weardark clothingitems –whichalsorelatestothe genre by
suggestingthatthe topicfieldsungaboutwill eitherbe one
where the group(or particularmember) hassufferedorfelt
depression.Howeverthe groupappearstobe from the age
range of thirtyyearsoldto fortyyears. Thisgoesagainst
stereotype asmostartists/musiciansinthisgenre appeartobe
relativelyyoung.The image of the oldergenerationof men(still youngintheirownway),goes
againststereotype asitpresentsthe ideathatevenoldermensufferfromthe same problemsas
youngergenerations.Thishelpstocreate abridge betweenthe differentgenerationsthatcurrently
reside inthe world.
Narrative
The posterbeinganalysedseemstosuggestthat the narrative wouldbe more performancethanany
otherformof narrative. Howeverthe albumname suggeststhatthere maybe a backstorythat
explainsthe originof thisalbum’screation,‘YoursTruly,AngryMob’seemstohintat the ideaof the
groupgoingthrough a majoror minorrevolutionwithinthe countrytheywere stayinginatthe time.
The use of each membertakingupspace at the bottomof eachposterappearsto generate the idea
of themrepresentingeachsectionof acrowdor parade of individuals.
Iconography
Each memberof thisgroup iswearingdarkclothing.The use of dark colouron these itemshelpsto
supportthe stereotype of the indie rockgenre asmostartistsare saidto singaboutsituationsthat
have causedemotional turmoilorphysical events.The colourblackalsohintsat the ideaof each
personbeingamessengerof badnews – establishingaclearlinktothe title of the album, the words
‘angry’and ‘mob’typicallybeingusedinconjunctiontocreate the image of anger,strife,conflictand
revolution.