Research On Female RnB Artist Posters

This Rihanna poster uses striking black and white images of the artist combined with brightly coloured splashes and font. The result is very fun and exciteable with an 80's feel that I feel to be very eye catching. The main image is a close up of the artists face in black and white but her lips are bright pink which empahsises them. I feel that although this is in theme with the andy warhol 80's feel to the poster, is also an attempt to attract the male gaze by highlighting her mouth. The montage style is the aspect of this poster that i feel is most effective and I think that using a montage for Lizzie's poster could be just as effective, I do however feel that the bright splashes of colour and 80's style is irrelevant to Lizzie's style.

I think this Beyonce poster is very effective as the image of her is eye catching and her figure looks amazing and the use of props I feel works really well. Beyonce is seen here holding on to a directors chair with her name on it suggesting that she's the director or 'boss' of herself. The artists costume consists of a bright orange, figure hugging dress. By placing her foot on the chair and bending her leg, the artist emphasises the arch in her back and her bottom. This, combined with the clevage shown and the use of stilletos which are a phallic symbol, sexualise the image once again attracting the male gaze. I feel that soemthing like this could work for Lizzie as she also has a very nice figure which would be appealing to the male audience. Shot from a slightly low angle makes the artist appear superior and powerful.

I found this poster of female rnb singer Keyshia Cole to be very attractive and appealing. The use of a long shot of the back of her body attracts the male gaze and her stilletos are once again a phallic symbol srxualising the image. Her hands on her hips and facial expression make her seem very confident and sexy. Also i feel that the lack of writing or over the top designs make the image more striking and memorable.

For my poster of Lizzie I am going to try to incorporate the style of these female RnB artist posters. None of tehse artists are however, British and as it was one of my aims to keep Lizzie as 'British' in style as possible while also fitting her in to the female RnB genre, I am going to have to combine these ideas with some more underground, urban, British ideas. So far I am thinking along the lines of the use of graffiti style font, the use of typical London landmarks in the background or the use of union jacks on the poster. I will research this further.