This is the book cover to "Twilight." It is very simplistic, but as I've said in most of my other posts, the simplicity makes it effective. The red apple draws attention because the color is contrasting to the rest of the image. The white arms also draw attention because essentially they are just very, very thick white diagonal lines. They bring focus to the apple as well as creating the V shape within them bringing more emphasis to the title of the novel, "Twilight." Then, you can view the arms/apple as instead of a V, an arrow, so it points directly to the author, Stephenie Meyer. The black background gives a good contrast to the white arms and the white lettering, making them more visible and drawing more focus to them.
As much as the pop-culture craze of Twilight may annoy people, what with the young female teens screaming whenever they see a trailer for it and having posters and t-shirts and buttons of all their favorite characters paraded everywhere, one cannot deny that the marketing, and simplicity of the images, does draw attention to it. It is very effective and even got me reading the books just to see what all the fuss was about.
I think that the arms may be slightly desatured as well, which draws more attention to the red of the tempting apple.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that the books are okay, though I confess that all I know about them is the (hardly flattering) portrayal of their fans on a Southpark episode.