Magazine Advert Analysis

The main conventions of an Advert are:

1. Name of Band/Artist and Album
2. Date of Album Release
3. Band/Artist image/ Style
4. Featuring Songs
5. Form of Release (CD Download)
6. Either Photograph of Artwork as main image
7. Record Company
8. Bands Website- Myspace/ Official Page
9. Critical Quotes, ratings
10. Set Colour Scheme

Band of Skulls- Fires

• Name of Band at the top
• Image of the album cover in the centre of the advert
• Album cover image is the background too
• Release Date Shown
• Website along the bottom
• Dark colours used with light writing
• Colours signify it could be part of the Rock Genre
• No image of the Band
• Colour links into the title of the single
• Title of the single is in italics so it makes it stand out
• 7" and Download

Discipline- Janet Jackson

• Title of the Album & Artist on the Arms of Janet Jackson
• Image of the Artist fills the middle of the image
• Info including Artist name, release date, record label, website etc on the black strip at the bottom
• Black and White Colour Scheme
• Focus is mainly on the artist in the middle of the poster
• Acclaims of the artist stated in the information
• Name in Bold
• Plain Background
• Portrait image so it would take up a whole page in a magazine, size of the her image is shown in this.