magazine adverts

Today we looked at magazine adverts. We looked at five different ones and decided what we wanted to take from it. We also put them into different genre groups. the first one we looked at was called 'warpaint'. From this magazine advert we could see that it fitted into the retro genre. We decided this because of the colours that were used; mainly red with blue and green. These colours were used for the album cover. This meets the generic conventions of a retro CD cover, which would normally have bright colours. In addition on the CD cover we think there is a picture of a skull, this picture is mainly red. Because of all the bright colours you can hardly see the name 'warpaint'. However in the magazine advert there's a picture of all the singers against a red background and all the actresses are wearing black apart from one, who is wearing a bright pink dress; this tells us that she is the main singer because she stands out from the rest. Also we see the main singer sitting on top of a prop. From this magazine advert we would like to use some ideas like having our actress on a wall paper background and have her on a prop for example the piano.

The second one that we looked at was called 'manic street preachers', from this magazine advert we could see a man who is topless holding a camera. This fits in with the generic convention, because the song is called 'postcard from a young man'; he is holding a camera and there's a picture coming out these pictures are mainly used as postcards. the magazine advert is black and white, to show that he is alone and as he is holding the camera it looks like he is taking a picture of us; the audience. the one thing that stands out in this magazine advert is the camera and the topless man. this would attract mostly women, because there is a man topless and the idea of a postcard being sent from a young man would appeal to women. the ideas we hope to take from this are the black and white effect and have the idea to look at the audience, this will show that the actress is interacting with the audience.

The next advert we looked at was called hearts and minds. This magazine advert is very interesting, because the words are designed with parts of trees, feathers and leaves. The colours that are used are purple and silver. From the magazine advert we can tell that it is a solo artist, we can relate to this because  our artist is a solo artist as well. The thing that stood out to us was the wording and one thing that we would like to use is the information layout and the band website.

The fourth one we looked was called the 'glare'. On the magazine it's got pictures of two men with half of their faces, they both are wearing glasses and there is a contrast between the men and the use of colour; one man is black and the other is white and the magazine advert is black and white. The things that stood out to us was the black and white affect and the fact that they are staring at us; it goes with the name also the amount of lighting used on their faces. The one that we would like to use is the good lighting which is used in this magazine advert.

The last magazine advert that we looked at was called 'bingo'. In this advert we can see a long shot of a man chucking a char at another man. The man that he is chucking it at is quite modern, because it's like he has a magnetic field and because of this field he is covered in all different shapes and sizes of balls. This magazine advert is very colourfull, the things that stand out to us are the colourfull balls and when it is in stores. The thing that we would like to use is the pre in formation and when it is in stores.  

Sabina