Magazine Advert Designs

Here are also some of our Advert designs which again are still work in progress;

Digipack and Advert Update

We are in the process of creating our Digipack and Advert, we are using our research as inspiration and justification behind our design choices. We have chosen or created images that we have either taken or designed from scratch that we feel truly compliment Rock Digipack and Advert conventions as well as applying our own original thoughts and ideas. We will post our progress accordingly.

Rock Magazine Advert Analysis

Artist: Green Day
Subject: Advertising new album with three singles.
Fonts: Artist name is in the trademark Green Day font style, different font for Wake Me Up When September Ends to attract audiences eye and to compliment the meaning behind the song. Bold text for the information advertising and explaining products available.
Colours: Dominantly White, black and red. Skin tone used for the the leaders singers face which is the background for the top half of the advert.
Layout: Title of the artist at the top of the advert, products such as the album and singles, legal information, places of purchase and information about what is available and when is all strategically placed at the bottom of the advert.  
Editing Edited to show performance, lead singer is looking up to the sky this could reference the track also advertised on the advert Wake Me Up When September ends.

Artist: The Stone Roses 

Subject: Advertising the 20th anniversary of the original album by releasing a remastered version. 

Fonts: Bold fonts used to grab the audiences attention, reviews are in bold text to take pride of place and make audience members see how respected and thought of they and the new album are. 

Colours: Blue, red and white all trademark British and Stone Roses colours. 

Layout: The album and reviews are at the top of the advert, underneath is a wrap around from the album itself and then at the bottom of the advert is information and what is available and where from. 

Editing: Edited so that album is the main focus of the advert surrounded by reviews and ratings praising it. Album wrap is there so that audiences can relate the album cover to the advert and the album itself. Information about what is available is placed at the bottom discreetly to ensure audience members are aware of where they can purchase the product. 

Artist: Blink 182
Subject: Advertising new album Neighborhoods
Fonts: Distinctive font used throughout the entire advert to attract audience and also similar to text seen within the Digipack of the actual album which audiences will relate to.
Colours: Black and White
Layout: Album is centre focus of the advert, the name of the album, artist and when it is available is underneath. Bands website and legal information as well as trademark logo are all situated at the bottom of the advert. 
Editing:  Album is once again the main focus of the advert, the title of the artist can been seen within the album front cover so fans and audiences will be able to relate to this. All necessary information such as when the album is released and the the bands website is strategically placed underneath so to inform the audience whilst maintaining what the actual advert is trying to promote.

Artist: Fall Out Boy 
Subject: Advertising new Greatest Hits album
Fonts: Bold fonts to grab the audiences attention
Colours: Blue, white and black all colours which are seen on the front cover of the Greatest Hits album
Layout: The album cover is the entire background of the advert, title of the album and artist can be seen at the top and the release date and as well as whats included within the album itself can be seen at the bottom.
Editing: Simple editing with the album clearly the main focus being the background. The use of skeletons plays reference to "Believers Never Die" seen on the album front cover. Bold text is used to attract the audience and the use of short simple text easily and quickly informs audience members what they are looking at.







As a result of this analysis it is clear that the majority of Rock magazine adverts are based around an artists or bands album rather than a live performance and the album is usually situated at the top or centre of the advert with release dates, product information and legal necessities found at the bottom. We will look back at the analysis when we come to creating our advert to ensure we stick to the typical Rock Magazine advert conventions and create and authentic and professional product.

Rock Magazine Advert Research

Here is a selection of Rock Magazine Adverts I have found as part of my research in preparation for creating our own Advert for Raided By Waves;

I believe it is important to understand the concepts behind Rock Magazine Adverts so that we can better our chances of creating once again an authentic and professional product. This research has helped me in my understanding about what goes into a Rock Advert and the types of things we need to be considering when it comes to planning and creating our own. 

What Is A Magazine Advert?

A Magazine Advert is a form of promotion or advertising an artist or band uses to promote and sell either albums, singles or live performances to their fans and audiences.

Magazine Adverts are important to artists because it helps to advertise and sell their work. Adverts help market products of a band or artist to their fans, a common example of this would be when Foo Fighters  create an advert to promote the release of a new album or single. Adverts usually consist of information about the product it's advertising whether it be an album or a live performance, the name of the artist as well as name or title of album or product, how or where the consumer can access the product and what they will receive as a result. Here are some examples;

Raided By Waves Magazine Advert

To go alongside our Music Video and Digipack for Raided By Waves, we also have to create a Magazine Advert. This means that we will be starting to conduct some research into what Rock Magazine Adverts are like, concepts within them, meaning and justification behind certain design choices as well how they are presented to an audience. All of which will be important and very helpful when it comes to the designing and creating of our advert.

When creating our Rock Magazine Advert for Raided By Waves, we must take into a variety of key factors for example, our Advert must stick to the typical conventions commonly displayed within the Genre as a result of this our Advert will be very much album based. In order for us to create an authentic and professional product we must include the title of the band, album name, websites, links to where the album can be purchased, band image and possible bonus material. Some Adverts even entice audience members to take advantage of them by offering QR codes with links to free bonus content. As our band aren't know to a worldwide global audience our Advert will be like an introduction for them where as if they were already household names the type of advert they would promote would be very different as people would know who they are and what to expect from them already.