Magazine Advert Analysis

I really like the use of image on this advert and the way in which it looks as though there are small lights in her hair to link in with the album title. I think the layout is really effective and I love the simplicity of how there is just a picture, artist name, album name and then a couple of ratings by magazines etc. This type of layout often creates more audience interest than something that is really busy and I think I could use this sort of technique on my advert as it fits well with the album genre. There is really only two colours used on this advert and it does actually work well and give impact with the contrast in colours. I think it works well that a close up has been used and I like how she isn't looking directly at the camera; this seems to be a convention with most digipacks and magazine adverts that I have found. The font used is effective within the theme of the song and album and creates quite a lot of impact, which does need to be done as this is a fairly simple design. Overall I really like the elements used within this magazine advert and I think I could create something similar to suit the song choice and album we have chosen.  

Even though it isn't to my taste, I think this is a really good magazine advert which has used original ideas and fonts to create an overall good layout. The artwork is very interesting and would create intrigue within the audience which is a good technique to use. The layout is very typical of a magazine advert but it still works well, having the band name across the middle is a good idea as it immediatley grabs the audiences attention. There is quite a lot of colours used here especially in the artwork but the main colour scheme is fairly simple to not draw attention away from the main picture. The fonts are plain but work well and I like how two different colours have been used for the fonts at the bottom, one in black to make it bold and stand out when the album is actually released which is the point of the advert.

I really like this magazine advert and I think if I did something similar it could work really well in terms of our song choice and band. I think the use of image is really effective, I especially like how it blends into the background slightly. The layout is quite unconventional of magazine adverts but it works well still and I think it looks good how the image is to the right of the page. The colour scheme is so simple yet it works extremely well and fits the genre of the album perfectly, the bold colours make things stand out and grab peoples attention. I think its really effective how a mid shot/ close up has been used and again, he isn't looking directly into the camera. I like how plain fonts have been used and the way they have been laid out on the page. Overall, I think this a really good advert that includes minimal information but is still very effective and works well. I think I am going to try and create my magazine advert along this type of layout and use this as my main source of inspiration as I think it would work really well with our song choice and album genre.