Annotation of an advert

I have annotated Avril Lavignes new album release advert finding similarities to Antigoni. This has given me many ideas which will be seen in my advert. The colour theme of pink and graffiti'd heart has inspired me to include these aspects in my own work

Advert sketch

Here is a sketch of my advert I have drawn to plan on what I want my advert to look like. I have included all the conventions of what an advert should have such as the artists name, digi pak, featuring exclusive footage, where the song is available, information on when the song is released, the artists record label and a review. I have decided to use a banner on my advert as it feels it makes the text on it stand out more and adds to the presentation because it gives a neater finish.

Collage of album releases

I have created a collage of different album releases giving me ideas of what to included in my own advert.

Conventions of a magazine advert

I have researched the conventions of a magazine advert to help inspire me to create my own idea magazine advert. 

The key elements to consider are:

Artists name

The release date

Reviews

Record label

Place of purchase 

Image of the digi-pak

Information of what is included in the digi-pak

Striking images, font, colour and texture

Here are a couple of examples of magazine adverts i have found that follow all the forms and conventions:

I particularly like the banner on Rihanna's magazine advert as it makes the digipak information stand out compared to Katy Perry's and may consider to include it in my own.

Both magazine adverts have bold colours, fonts and textures that stand out and are eye catching. They also include visually appealing images of the artists which draws the audiences attention to the advert. 

Finished DigiPak

This screenshot shows my final and finished net of my digipak. There is an on going theme through the colour pink and teenage styling of the checkered shirt and denim shorts. I have also used the american flag to set a stereotypical teenage girl genre as Antigoni's music resembles artists like taylor swift, katy perry and selena gomez. I decided to shorten Antigoni's name to 'Tig' as i thought it suited her genre and style better. I also incorporated the lockers in the digipack in my back cover which were a strong location in my music video giving it the typical american highschool theme. The font i used is called 'Popstar Autograph' which is in the style of handwritten text which adds a young feel to the digipak as if Antigoni wrote it herself. I think this particular font works well and i will carry on using it in for my magazine advert.

In the process of making my digipak

This is the back cover of my digi pak in the editing process. I have included a bar code and a record label image that is normally found on the back cover of a digi pak.

I have an on going theme of pink and when i chose the american flag to be the background of my front cover i thought the blue and red looked quite harsh. I used the colour replacement tool on photo shop and changed the colour setting to pink where i could transform it. It worked very well and gave a much more feminine edge.

Pictures for digipack

Christy and I took many pictures of Antigoni for our digipack and advert. We now have a variety of pictures to choose from and Im now deciding which picture i want to use for my front cover. 

These particular pictures are possibly the ones i may choose for my digi pack.

The most striking picture for the front cover could be either the one of antigoni lying down with her hair sprawled on the floor or her, sitting down, posing with her hand on her head. These are suitable for my front cover as it represents the teenage audience and fun nature.