Magazine Adverts

I am going to research into some magazine adverts that is advertising a album. This will give me and my group some inspiration for creating our own advert. The advert has to be appealing to their target audience and needs to be enticing so that they would want to buy the album. 

This is Rihanna's album advert for her album 'Rated R', which was released in November 2009 as her second album. She is a R&B music artist and is still producing music to this present day. I think that this album advert is quite interesting as it is quite mysterious and the way she is holding her eye is like she is hiding something. The 'R' looks deranged which might compliment some of her songs which might not be her style of music. The darkness of the album could connote a stage that she is going through as her previous album cover is full of color but this album advert looks really serious. This could be because she wants the audience to take her seriously. I think that it is quite appealing because the audience might think that the style of music has changed from her previous album. The genre of music seems more 'rocky' and serious. She has two of her songs titles in red which are 'Russian Roulette' and 'Hard' this could be because these are big selling tracks at the time. The colour red could connote in this particular album cover blood as the colour black really makes the red stand out which is why it may be reflected to as blood. I don't think that this is showing a provocative side to the album as Rihanna is revealing any body parts so the use of the red could be that she wants to be more dominant so by using a red will make it more of a use for her. The use of the dark colours compliment the song titles which make it stand out even more. The way she is looking towards the camera is quite 'scary' and could entice the audience to buy her album. 

This is Madonna's album cover which was released in September 2009. Madonna is pop/dance music artist and has had some big hits in the charts which many people enjoyed listening to. This particular advert for her album is enticing because she is using her old 80's look which might appeal to an older audience because of her style. The use of the colours are bright which are also attractive which make the audience look at the advert. Her eyeshadow is a bright blue which is appealing as it entice the audience more and with the use of her red lips is a seductive look but comes across as enticing because it is in the style of Marylin Monroe. The style of her is appealing because not many people would have this kind of style in this present day so it could make people buy it because she is producing in her style that she used to. This advert is advertising her 'Ultimate Hits Collection' which is more appealing because it will be all of her greatest hits in one album. The name of her album is 'Celebration' which might represent her re-releasing her old songs and trying to make this album big.

This album advert is for Ellie Goulding and her album name is Lights. I like this magazine advert because the use of the use of lights in her hair represent the name of her album. I think that this idea is good because the lights in her hair is a good texture to her album cover and I think that this looks appealing. Ellie Goulding's name is lit up like lights which also reflects the name of the album. I think that this is a good way to entice the audience as it really stands out and is very eye catching. Her face looks like they have used high key lighting to really highlight her face. Her facial expressions looks quite mysterious as the colours make it look more like that. I think this could be because of the use of the lights which makes her face look more suttle but with a hint of being mysterious. I really like the use of the lights in her hair as it could reflect the album title and the way she is in person. The style of writing looks quite 'posh' and could reflect some of the songs which could be classical. The picture of her looks like a portrait picture which is normally associated with that person being center of attention. She really stands out which I think is good for a album cover as you want to make your audience aware of who you are and because it is her first album she wants her target audience to be more enticed.