Magazine Ads

 

 

You can see here a clear link between the advertisement for The Vines and their cd product. Continuity of the green graphic design of leaves and twirls is the iconic feature seen in these two designs that clearly shows that these two media texts are related. As well as this you can see the text used is also the same, again bringing continuity and formal simple and easy recognition for the band and their work.

 

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Here again you can see the album cover is almost identical to the magazine advert the only thing missing is the text at the bottom of the ad that turns the media text from an album form into an advert. When you see how many similarites are shared between the album cover and the advert you feel as though it almost lacks creativity but the purpose is to show a clear link between the products to make it easy for the audience to recognise the album as soon as they go to buy it in a shop from what they have seen on the advert and this forms conventions.

 

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Finally another almost identical combined design that looks like it has just been simply stretched at the bottom to form the advert for the music album. This all confirms that the relation between album cover and magazine advert is to be almost identical to fit the expected conventions between these media products.

 

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As you can see these magazine adverts don't contain a clear image of the artists they're advertising, the main focal point is on the texts presenting the album name. The posters are there to gain your attention and persuade you into buying the album which they make clear by simple bold fonts. The ad is to advertise the album not the artist in terms of selling so you are not presented with a glossy image of the artist but an image that is there to represent the album and the meanings behind potential songs that the album contains and represents. I have also found images of the album it is advertising to show the similarities that have purposly been put in place of the advert to link it to the product. The conventions of an album ad, is an artist name title, album sub title and the release date. Those are the main conventions some advertisements of which add more information such as upcoming concerts or gigs usually seen in a smaller font. Sometimes the rolls of title and subtitles change for example the artist name may be the main title on one ad but then the sub title on the other. It all depends on which one the artist and their publishers think is the most important and the purpose of the ad.