In this task, I’ve been given a brief where I have to research the jazz genre, looking at tour posters and what are conventional in these posters.

Jazz posters tend to have very bright colour pallet that pop out at the audience, helping to sell to the audience what they should expect from the tour. All of the posters have an image some sort of instrument on the front, reflecting the expectations of the jazz genre; the blues, calm and classical. The fonts used are either blockhead typefaces and jumping out at you or a script font, giving off a calming and vibey persona. The layout of jazz tour posters normally have the artist in the middle/ the biggest, maybe because many jazz artists are solo, portraying that they’re a solo artist.

Focusing forward, I will take into consideration how basic things such as the colour scheme typeface, positioning of your magazine star and graphics have an impact on how well a genre is portrayed. From creating my own poster, it has made me more confident using photo shop and InDesign, preparing me for when i create my own music magazine.