In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (Ancillary task- Poster)

My Ancillary task challenges the concept of a magazine poster as it does not have any images of the band on it. I decided to do this as it is something different and also I wanted my poster to have a link to the CD cover. The link to my CD cover is the time bomb heart that is in black, I used this as a literal meaning from the album name.

Another challenge that my poster has is the layout, this is because I decided to have a more random layout as I wanted my band to be known as being more random than other bands that are out at the time. My poster is random in that the layout is different to others with the position of the Name of the band running down the side rather than it being in the middle or at the bottom. The rest of the writing is slanted in different positions of the poster this is something that is not usually used in other posters. Therefore something random and new.

It Uses the conventions of a poster as it uses a continuity through the use of fonts and font sizes. While I use the convention of a website something that would make it easier for the audience to follow the band and something the media product already uses, I developed it so that it was in colour (green) this was because I wanted it to stand out rather then blend into the poster.

I also used the convention of the band name and album name, however I developed it so that it was not in the conventional places instead the band name was down the side of the poster and in green, also the band name used a modern day symbolic smiley face. I also have used the font SMILE from DaFont, I have used this font through out my digipack and Poster so that I created a recognisable brand that the band would be associated with. This appeals to my audience/ fans as it is not girly/ to manly, instead it is a gentle mix of elements that appeal to both girls and boys. Also it appeals to many different people as it is not to in your face and is not to typical of a genre.

I also developed my work by making more institutional as I have added, the record label and the ticket master website on it.