Star Image Motifs

A star image motif is something that recurs through out an artists work - creating a brand. Often they are recurring icons, images or

fonts.We plan on using star image motifs for our artist to create a brand

so I am going analyse some artists and how they have used star image motifs.

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

The red hot chilli peppers use a star shape which recurs throughout their

work.

Above are some more album covers which use the star shape as a logo.

They even use the star logo on their merchandise.

One of their music videos also uses the star image which is used as a game chip in the video game which the character needs to catch.This logo creates a brand for them and gives the audience a

sense of familiarity when they see it.

Eminem

Eminem uses the same font style and colour for all of his albums.

This poster also has the same font style with the end E backwards.

The same writing is also used on his merchandise.

Eminem’s star image motif is the font style which he has been using for years and years. Even when he wasn’t on the music scene for a while, he still came back with the same style. This is clever because it carries on the

brand so that its like he never left.

The Killers

The Killers are similar to Eminem because they also use the same font style for their band name.

A very similar font style is also used for magazine adverts.

Lily Allen

Lily Allen used to have a star image motif of wearing pretty dresses with bright make up, trainers and big earrings.

This style became her brand and appeared in her music videos, album covers and even at red carpet events.

But this was a fair few years ago and lily has now opted for a more chic look…

Her star image motif now is quite strong lyrics in her music and quite wacky videos such as for ‘The Fear’.

Our artist?!• We now need to consider what the star image motif will be for our artist because

it is very important to create a brand identity, particularly for new artists.• I think we should look at our lyrics and wait until we have started planning and

storyboarding our music video, and then if there is anything that jumps out as us we could use it as the star image motif such as a particular prop.

• Or we could think about font styles that could recur throughout the work.• We’re not sure yet, but we’ll give you an update if we think of anything!!