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Conventions of magazine adverts 

Functions of a magazine advert

• To promote an artist
• To sell a song

 The main images that you would see on a magazine advert should continuously follow the same theme as the Album cover (Consistency). Mostly the artists are used as the images. As you can see the Jessie J magazine has a big picture of her, the Mumford and sons have 4 boxes with images of all of them. The kings of leon magazine has 4 images of the band with a part of their face included.
There images can be big and Unique. The image can usually e the image of the album cover.










This is because similar images are taken when taking the image with a camera, however the images on a magazine cover may differ but in the same way. For example it can be enhanced or a slight portion of the same image can be used. Commonly the same colour theme should also follow


Another convention would be the bold headings at the top, these are commonly the artist name/Band name. For example, the Jessie J magazine her name is clearly the largest piece of text.






The second largest text is the name of the new album. For example in the Mumford and sons magazine advert the 'Sign no more' is the album name which is the second largest text.

The magazine advert will always include the main songs that are going to be in the album and also the most popular tracks on the album, also bonus features & Promote singles. For example the Jessie J magazine advert has her main song 'Price Tag ft B.o.B'.

Commonly there are always some type of person on a magazine advert to show the person as an artist/band.








On Magazine adverts you will find links to find more information about the new album or where it is available for purchase. For example on Jessie J album it has a link saying 'www.JESSIEJOFFICIAL.com', 'ollymurs.com'


Magazine adverts will also include Logos of company/producers who represent the album and magazine advert. For example 'Universal Republic' for Jessie J.

A magazine advert will limit information so that it is easy and eye catching for audience, obviously they will not look at it if there is loads of information but if there is a clear/simplistic structure to what the audience needs to know it will be easy for them to remember and could also be eye catching.








Release dates - are important because the audience need to know when they can purchase the album

Album/Song title - this is important because if the audience wants to buy the album they would need to know what the name of the album is called.

Image of album cover - To help the audience purchase an album they need to know what the album looks like. This can also promote the band/artist because the advert will look interesting and eye catching with their image.

Artist name - this is important because the audience need to know the name of the artist/band. Having this on the advert will help them to become more well known in the music industry.

Information about the album -  this is important for the target audience so they can get an idea of what it will be like in the album and the names of the songs that they can listen to.

Where it is available to purchase- this is important to be included on a magazine advert because it lets the audience know where it is available for purchase. For example Amazon, itunes..

Record label/logo - By knowing and identifying which label they are signed to is important because the audience could get an insight of what kind of music they would play in the album. The image could also make the advert look more appealing.