Already Existing Magazine Adverts

 We have started looking at magazine adverts for our digipaks and how new album releases can be promoted. 

I looked into Jesse J 'Who You Are' album release magazine advert as well as Rihannas 'Rated R' advert and have been made my own notes regarding how each artist has been represented and their music promoted, as well as how it links with the album being promoted. 

Functions of a magazine advert:

1. To promote the artist
2. To sell the song
3. To be eye catching

Conventions of a magazine advert:

1. The release date 
-Important as the audience needs to know when they can purchase the album
2. Album/song title
-To be able to purchase the album, you would need to know the name of it
3. Image of album cover 
-To help the audience purchase it, they would need to know what the album looks like. This also helps to promote the band.
4. Artist name 
-The audience needs to know what the name of the artist/band is
5. Information about album 
-So the target audience can get an idea of what would be in the album and what some of the song titles are.
6. Where it is available to purchase
-Audience would be able to know where they can purchase and which platforms it is available.
7. Record label logo
-By knowing which record labels they are signed to, we would know what kind of music it is.

Some other examples: