Magazine Advert Progress

Our magazine advert is starting to come along quite nicely now. We have changed the design a couple of times but have now cracked it.

This was the first advert we created. However we did not think that the bold writing suited the genre of the song, as it made it look a lot more rock-like. This is not the image we wanted to go for, and so we needed to soften it up a little. This will ensure that it appeals more to our target audience, as well as keeping a house style across all of our products.

This is the our latest design. We both really like this one as we feel is suite the genre much more. The writing is much softer, and as the video is quite slow we think this is much more appropriate. All we need to do now is add the picture! We are planning on taking a picture of Rich at night. He will be standing under a lamppost, so that he is highlighted with the light. The background will be completely dark. We then want just a picture of Annabel's face in the top right hand corner, as if she is looking over him. She will be transparent, so that it conveys the idea that she is not really there, he has lost her is and is on his own.

Fiddling Around With Fonts

It has taken us ages to find the right font for our magazine advert, as we need a font that suits the genre, the band and also the song. We want to convey a general house style for our products, and so whatever font we choose, we will also apply to our Digipak.

We have decided that we are going to use the font 'round'. We both agree that this font suits the genre, as it is not to rocky and is quite soft, so it will suit the theme of our video. We also think it looks good on the poster, and so it will appeal to our target audience.

Magazine Adverts

For our second ancillary task, Ellie and I have decided to create a magazine advertisement for the release of our music video. Our magazine advertisement will relate to our music video, and may show images from the video. This will ensure that the advert follows some sort of house style, so that the advert is instantly recognizable.

Looking at these advertisements below, the artist is generally pictured on the front. The name of the album and the release date are written below. The artists name and the song track are written in bigger writing at the top.

All of these advertisements above have a similar layout, there is a main image, a style to the video and it is quite clear what genre the music is. This seems to be the most conventional style of magazine adverts, with a main image and information about the albums at the bottom. I think it is important that the artist is the main feature of the advert because it makes it much more recognizable to people.

The layout of this magazine advert is slightly different. There is no main picture. However the artists name is in big colorful writing at the top of the poster. It is very eye catching. The fact that there is not a picture of Britney on here shows how iconic Britney is. Being a worldwide superstar, people do not need to see a picture of her to know who she is. This will not be the case with our video, as it is a first album, and so we will need a picture of our artist. This advert still follows some of the conventional themes however, it still has all the information about the album at the bottom of the poster. This advert also follows a house style, it is the same as the actual 'circus' album and also the video for the single 'circus.' This makes it iconic for Britney fans, as as soon as you see it you know what album it is from.

Out of all the magazine adverts I have looked at, I think ours will most look like the Plan B one. This is because we have already decided we want the CD cover to be dark, with white writing and lighting around the artist. To follow a house style we will have a dark magazine advert as well, with the lighting effects. I think the way the Plan B advert is quite simple and not over done is quite eye catching.