Summer Homework - analysis

This is a promotional poster for Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour.

This poster is quite minimalist for Lady Gaga’a usual approach to images. The main focus of the poster is the artist in a futuristic looking contraption. The shiny silver frame is very fitting to Gaga’s wacky style of fashion and music. The use of dark glasses also adds to the strange vibe given from the poster. The surrounding people don’t seem to have any relevance as they are just standing around drinking. The alcohol involved however could be suggesting a way of life that many of her fans take up which would appeal to them subliminally.

The background of the poster is jet black resembling a night sky and also acts as a good backdrop for the text. The text is very garish and in your face. The font is a sans serif type and is brilliant white. The name of the tour and the name of the artist are clearly the most important information on the poster therefore have been shown in a larger and bolder font. This is an element that I wish to include to show the importance of the act.