Start of Magazine Advert

In today's lesson, I have started creating my magazine advert using Photoshop. I begun by putting the background image of my artist and edited it, by altering the Saturation & Hue levels and the Brightness and Contrast levels. Furthermore I put two black banners on my advert, one at the top and one at the bottom, so that the information I put on it can be seen clearly.

Examples of Magazine Adverts and Annotations

Ellie Goulding:

This is a magazine advert for Ellie Goulding's new album release. It includes:

1) An image of the artist- so that the audience know who the artist is.

2) The artist's name- so that the audience know who the artist is.

3) The name of the album-so that the audience know what they are buying.

4) Three reviews and ratings-so that the audience know if it is worth buying.

5) Where it can be purchased (in this case the website)-so that the audience know where they can buy it.

6) Extra information-so that the audience know any extra information about the album.

Examples of Magazine Adverts and Annotations

Katy Perry:

This is a magazine advert for Katy Perry's new album. The advert includes:

1) An image of the artist- so that the audience know who the artist is.
2) The artist's name- so that the audience know who the artist is.
3) The name of the album-so that the audience know what they are buying.
4) An image of the digipak-so that the audience know what it looks like.
5) The date it will be released-so that the audience know when they can buy it
6) Where it can be purchased (in this case the website)-so that the audience know where they can buy it.
7) Extra information-so that the audience know any extra information about the album.

Conventions of a Magazine Advert

I have researched into conventions of a magazine advert promoting a new album release. The functions of magazine adverts are to promote the artist/album, but also be attractive and striking to the specific type of audience. Furthermore by researching into these conventions, I discovered the main elements of promoting a new album release using a magazine advert. These are what they are:

1) The release date

2) The artist's name

3) The album name

4) Image of the album/digipak

5) Where it is available to purchase

6) Record label logo

7) Reviews/Star Ratings

8) Information and any extra information about the album

Complete Digipak

I have now completed my entire digipak, and after half term I will start my magazine advert for the release of the album. This is my complete digipak as a net, so that when it is printed it can be folded into the positioning of an album.

I am very happy with the way my digipak has come out. I feel that it represents nature and autumn in a very bright and cheerful way. The different effects on each face adds to the natural look as well, as each face looks edited differently, therefore it has a variety of effects and images on each face. After half term I will be starting my magazine advert.

Complete Inside Cover

I have finished the inside cover of my digipak, and this is what it looks like:

The Brightness levels of this, is a lot higher than the other faces of my digipak. The reason for this is because I thought it would look better on this image because of the use of the water. The white colour that is reflecting off the water, looks very pastoral and natural. The font has stayed the same type for every face of my digipak as I thought it goes well with my artist's image. I put the template of the lyric book on there as well, at the bottom where the black outline is.

Inside Cover (Lyric Book)

All that I have left to do of my digipak, is the inside cover, otherwise known as the Lyric Book. I have put the image on and edited it, changing the Brightness & Contrast, Saturation & Hue and the Sharpness levels. Like the back cover, it is also quite dark but still stands out. I will definitely be finished by next lesson.