Magazine Advertisement Analysis

The White Stripes advert is very simple, yet effective. They use only 3 colours: Black, white and red; which links closely with the name of the band. The main part  of the advert is a photograph of them, in which, again the band are only wearing black, red and white and are against a plain white background. The font is block capitals, the band's name in white with a red text box around it, the album name is underneath in white and slightly smaller than the band name. They also have a picture on the album cover in the middle of the text area and the image area, which shows people what they are looking for. The advert is effective because the main focus is the photograph and the only written information given is what the viewer needs to know.

This magazine advertisement has three colours, white, black and violet - which is relevant to the title of the album 'High Violet'. The image on the advert is the album cover, which is very plain with a white background and a grey pattern. The bottom half of the advert is just text, about the album itself, when it is available etc. The biggest piece of text (apart from the title) is in the middle and tells the reader the availability date. This advert resembles a gig poster, which is quite a clever way of displaying the information about the album and in this way it can be said to be effective. However, this advertisement is hardly eye catching due to the lack of image and too much text. Unless you were a fan of this band it would be unlikely you would stop to look at it.

This advertisement is for Bruce Springsteen's album 'The Promise'. The colours used in this are extremely dull- Grey, black and white. The only thing in colour is the HMV logo at the bottom, showing readers where they can buy it. The whole advert's background is the image of Bruce Springsteen standing next to a car, on a long road surrounded by nothing. This could be representative of his journey throughout his life as he has had a long career. Again, with this advert, if you were not a Bruce Springsteen fan it is unlikely that you would stop flicking throught the magazine to look at it. The Artist's name and album name is all in one line in the same colour and same font, therefore the artist and album name does not immediately jump out at you.


- Maddie Tester