This is a magazine advert for Lissie and her upcoming album. We will be analysing the following to see if Lissie magazine advert meets all the common factors that should be used when making a magazine advert:
- Name of band/ artist and album
- Date of album release
- Band/artist image/ style
- Featuring songs
- Form of release (CD, download)
- Either photograph or artwork as main image
- Record company
- Bands website – myspace /official page
- Critical quotes, ratings
- Set colour scheme
On the magazine advert we could clearly see the name of the artist as it was in big white fancy writing right in the middle of the album, so the viewer can see what the artists name is. There is no particularly name to the album as yet, this could mean it is a self-titled name for the album.
On this magazine advert there is no set date for the album release but it does say 'debuet album' which means first album so this shows it should be coming out soon this being on the magazine people can remember that Lissie's album will be being released.
The artists image is simple and natural as she conforms to her 'indie/folk' genre. The lightening is minimal just as the makeup is, this can tell the audience that Lissie is a folk singer just from the way her album looks. Buyers can tell that this album wont be up-beat and have fast songs. The magazine mentions that on Lissie's up coming album will have an exclusive bonus track on there, which will make buyers want to buy so they can access an extra song of Lissie's and people viewing the magazine will see this and be more encourages to buy the CD with the bonus track involved.
There is a website at the bottom of the magazine article that allows you to download Lissie's songs when they are released and also keep up to date with the singer on her MySpace page. Having a website available on the advert is good for the people reading the magazine who want to find more out about Lissie.
The photograph taken is of Lissie herself almost running, she looks as if she is in motion. This goes with the indie genre being natural which means natural makeup,hair,clothes and also scenery. Lissie has all of this in her photograph to keep her indie/folk style and to let the readers know that's how she bases her music.
A record company is included on this magazine advert, Lissie's record company is 'columbia records'. On a magazine article its not always included as some articles may be a interview with the singer and the record company may not be discussed. When researching up about Lissie you can find her record company easily. The quote on this magazine says 'A present day icon for lovers of both blues of folk and country..designed for sunny days and highways'. Having a quote just helps Lissie's reputation it shows the readers that other magazines rate her as well. A colour scheme would be set if the artist was a pop or hip-hop artist but as Lissie is indie/folk the colour is just natural.
From the above analysis it is easy to see what conventions we should specifically be following as this is our artist and her magazine advert. This will make it a lot easier to define what factors we really need to include in our magazine advert so it is specific to our artist.
From the above analysis it is easy to see what conventions we should specifically be following as this is our artist and her magazine advert. This will make it a lot easier to define what factors we really need to include in our magazine advert so it is specific to our artist.
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