POSTER DECONSTRUCTION#2: Taylor Swift “1989”

The Black and White theme of

the poster links to the theme of the album, “1989” as colour television

for example was a moderately recent

advance in technology.

The red font of ‘Taylor Swift’ stands out on the page from the rest of the poster

because it’s a contrasting colour to

the background. Beneath in grey is

the date of which the album comes out.

Because of the artist’s worldwide fame, the record

label don’t have to put a huge amount

of information on the poster because the likely chances are that the audience already know of

Taylor or her upcoming new

album.

The black and white theme can also

connote the idea of simplicity, possibly

suggesting that Taylor’s new album

has some simple yet very catchy (thus

successful) songs.

The vertical (as opposed to horizontal) album title could be a suggestion to

the audience that the artist is doing something a little different compared to what she’s famed for normally as well as her

rival artists. This could be linked to the fact that

Taylor is now going down the route of mainstream

pop instead of the country style songs she

was famed for beforehand.

The artist’s pose in the photograph is

somewhat suggestive as she has her arms

up to her face and her hips to one side. This

could be imagery suggesting she wants to invite the audience in to listen to her new

album.

The pose could also be suggesting the new style of the artist, showing the

audience how she’s changed and developed

from what they may have originally seen before.