Music Magazine Advertisement

Now that I have finished my Digipak designs, I can now start thinking about my music magazine advertisement to go in my chosen magazine of Alternative Press which I mentioned and explained in my Ancillary Task post. I would like to use a similar colour scheme to my Digipak design as the advert's purpose is to promote it. I have looked at posters and advertisements for Simple Plan to get an idea on what styles to use, and it is similar to that of what I used on my Digipak; block bold fonts and colours, black and white contrasts, images related to the band or target audience. Below are some images of the type of posters  I found which I will use to help me when making my music magazine advertisement for Alternative Press.

I will use photoshop to create my advertisement, as I did with my Digipak.

I have practiced and created two examples of the type of advertisement I am trying to make. I have included the album cover image, and name of the band and album, and the date of release. I have also used the same colour scheme as the Digipak so that it matches. I have also edited a photograph of the London skyline I have taken so that it is solid black, which I think looks quite effective. I am not going to use any of these examples as my final magazine advertisement, as I am not very happy with the way they have turned out, although I do like the font styles and colour schemes I have used. Below are the images of the two examples I created on photoshop.

I am now going to create my final music magazine advertisement after having completed the two practice ones. Below is an image of my final advertisement, and on my next post there is also a powerpoint explaining my processes of creating the advertisement, with images and descriptions. I used one of my practice advertisements as I decided I liked it, however I added a red line along the bottom as the buildings were white, and also the track list in small font running along the top of the line.