Magazine Adverts

The Magazine Advertisements I am going to analyse are related to the genre of Garbage, however I will not be able to analyse a magazine cover by garbage due to the limited magazine adverts for their albums that I could find. 

This is an advert for album by 'The Killers' DAY AND AGE. In this magazine cover there is a tile effect. We are able to connote that the tiling effect represents the  image of being in a warm country at night. We are able to denote that there are play trees silhouetted in the background of the cover. The sky is darker at the top and begins  to get lighter at the boot by the land. This signifies that it may be at sunrise instead of at night.  The large moon and purple sky signifies this to the audience. The magazine cover then fades into a solid black at the bottom where the detail about the album is placed. It states 'the brand new album' and 'featuring the single human'. There is then the link to their website where you will be able to purchase the album and get more information. 
'The Killers' is the brightest white; therefore, the audience are able to notice it and the title stand out to them. The colour scheme that they have used (purples,whites and blacks {there is also some yellow and red signifying a fire or heat}) is bold colours in which catch the eye. 

This is an image of a digipak made by 'The Killers'. The audience are able to denote that there is a clear link between the theme of the poster and the digipak. In fact the poster is identical to the digipak cover; apart from the fact that there is a fade of black at the bottom where the text about the new album is. Therefore the formatting and the image that they have used is the exact same. They have done this for continuity and this helps with sales due to the fact that people will be abel to identify their band through the branding of the album cover and the magazine advert. We are aware that this is a common convention in the sales and advertising of a album. Therefore in my digipak and magazine cover I will be using the same colour schemes and the same type of design; therefore people will be able to identify and know that when they see the branding is related to the band Garbage.

This is a magazine cover for the band 'Muse'. Muse are a rock band that were formed in England in 1994. A label of theirs is 'Mushroom Music'. Garbage also share this label and therefore they are of similar genre and production. 
 This is a magazine cover for their album 'The Resistance'. The resistance was out in 2009. From this cover the audience can denote that there is a bright colour scheme with a mosaic pattern. There is then white writing in the front of the magazine cover. This is a similar design to 'The Killers' magazine cover; in which used a tiled theme and then with white sans-serif text for the name of the band and the name of the actual album. We can denote that in the centre of the magazine cover there is the world; and in the background there is a dark blue colour with white spots, in which we can connote is space. The mosaic pattern gives a tunnel effect and there are holes in the tunnel with a man on a walkway leading to earth. This allows the audience to connote that there has been a big build up to this album and it will be amazing. It is coming to earth, much like the person on the magazine cover.   

This is their CD or digipak cover in which is the exact same imaging as the magazine cover. Again this seems to be a common convention of the creation of the merchandise and advertising for a particular album. We can denote that the bands name is int he top left hand corner of the album and this is generally needed on the front over of any album because it helps people know what band they are going to be listening to and this also helps with advertising and sales. The background of the cover is a light dull grey then there is the bright tunnel of colours and this helps the colour stand out and brings attention to the cover.

'The Horrors' are a punk band from the south of England and they were formed in 2005-present. We are able to connote from the dark use of colours that the band are a punk rock band. The audience can denote that the colours used are monotones such as; blacks, white and greys. The facial expressions on the band members are serious and from this i can connote that the album is a serious and dark album. 'The Horrors' are a darker punk rock band compared to the other bands that i have just analysed. The bands also smaller than 'The Killers' and 'The Cure'. Again the text is sans-serif and in white. The text being white seems to be a common convention in the music cover. This could be duet it standing out and in this cover it looks like it is glowing. 

This is a magazine advert for 'The Cure' and their album 'A Forest'. From the magazine advert the audience is able to denote that in the background there is a strong blue edit on a forest. Then there is an image in a red hue of the band 'The Cure'. This image features all t he band members; Simon Gallup, Matthieu Hartley, Smith (vocals) and Lol Tolhurst. The red and the blue are contrasting colours therefore the dark blue of the forest is enhancing the brightness of the red catching your eyes. There is also a white boarder that matches the writing of the magazine cover. This allows continuity of the magazine cover. The image in the background is the same image that is on the album cover, however, on the album cover the image is in black and white. However, there is still continuity with the image because the audience are able to denote and recognise that the image is the same and connote that it is the cure 'A Forest'. 'The Cure' is in large writing at the top of the page in the centre. The writing is in their logo in which is everywhere; therefore, when you see the writing you connote 'The Cure' and their music.
 Below the image there is are the lyrics of the song 'The Forest'. The 8 stanzas of the song are on the front cover. This gives the indication as to what the album or single will be about and involve. 
 In the bottom right hand corner we are able to denote that there is a paragraph about the 'APB music company' and who helped produce the album; naming the artists in this album.

This is an image of a CD cover from the album 'A Forest'. The audience are able to denote that it is the same image that is in the background of the magazine advert. This allows a continuity and for the audience to recognise the cure's album when they see the image of the forest. I am interested in the cure's album because they are highly correlated with the band Garbage that i am creating my music video on. Therefore i will be taking inspiration from the album cover and the magazine advert for my designs.