Music Magazine Adverts

Before I start my process of creating my music magazine advert I have looked at a few real adverts that have been made. Here are some of Jessie J's adverts:

On the left is Jessie J's platinum edition of her album "Who You Are" and on the right is the original album.

Text included is the original text used on the album, however a lot bigger.

They both state what the album includes, for example "PRICE TAG, DO IT LIKE A DUDE, NOBODY'S PERFECT & WHO YOU ARE" for the platinum edition and " #1 INTERNATION SMASH "PRICE TAG" FEAT B.o.B."

The platinum edition also includes brand new tracks that have been released since the original track.

Both include her website "jessiejoffical.com", her record label "LAVA" which is a part of "Universal Republic" which is also included.

On the platinum edition there is one other logo but I don't know what this is.

For my advert I might also include an iTunes advert to show where you can buy it and also a DVD logo to show that there are videos included in the digipak.

This album is Gwen Stefani's and this is her music magazine advert:

• What I like about her poster is that she includes a small photo of what the actual album front cover looks like. She looks very magestic as she in on her throne, with a crown and holding a sceptre. She looks like a princess which a lot of girls could relate to as this is what many girls want to be. She looks very seductive and as she looks straight down the camera lens she is inviting the audience to view her. The style of writing is quite girly and feminine which could appeal to just females, especially young girls. This advert also includes song titles, her website and her label. It also includes other text which I can't read which could be featuring artists or other information about the album.

Here is Jay Z's album cover and it also includes him on the front cover of the magazine "XXI":

 Jay-Z's album is called 'The Blueprint 3' and it is quite simple however as it is bold it makes it a very striking advert. The magazine advert is an enlarged image of the album cover and it shows his name in a bold font, this is so that the readers know who the artist is. It is also a continuing of the play on words that he is BIGGER than hip-hop. The artist is shown as being bigger than the empire state building which is a famous landmark in America, this shows his status within the  music industry, America and even world-wide. Also the fact that its the empire state building is illustrative to the song 'empire state of mind' which is one of Jay-Z's singles about life in New York. 

The colour scheme is quite simple, including mainly greys which makes the flash of colour, red, really stand out. The running theme of these colours is also featured in the advertisement so that it is easily recognisable that they are related products.