Analysis of Advertisment in magazine.

Here I analyze a few magazine adverts that advertise an artist’s upcoming album.

Here I look at Katy Perry's album "One Of The Boys" advert.  As you can see, the genre of this album is pop. We know this buy her Mise-En-Scene. We can instantly see her very bright and outrageous outfit which is a very stereotypical piece of pop clothing. We also have our attention drawn to the title which is in very girly, pink and white font, which again shows this album is pop and also shows Katy's innocence and that anyone from any age can buy this. The font again which introduces the album, "Includes the #1 smash hit" is in a very informal font which again also suggests this is a very light hearted, feel good album. The release date is very clear and in a white font to stand out again the relevantly dark back ground, this allows the date to stand out and grab the audience’s attention. The Mise-En-Scene again also plays a major part in the attraction; we see she’s standing with a 'love heart shaped' lolly pop whilst having one arm behind her back which again suggests innocence and also sort of mischievous. We also see her standing in front of a paddling pool which has rubbed ducks in which again supports my theory.

This is an advert to advertise Kasabian album "Empire". This advert is very different to Katy Perry's advert for a number of reasons. First foremost, Kasabian genre is Indie, and we can instantly tell this by due to photo. This photo would not be used in a children magazine for example "Smash Hits" whereas Katy Perry's advert most likely featured. The photo is very crude with a king holding a naked woman which instantly suggests this would be advertised in an Indie Rock magazine such as NME or Q. What makes this advert very unique is the way it is formatted. What I mean by this, it is published as it on a "King" playing card. Again suggest this advert would be shown in a Indie magazine due to reference to playing cards and gambling which usually refers to  over 18 year olds. The title is very eye catching and very unique. They have placed the title next to the unique photo to draw the audience’s attention. The album is named Empire and there is a solider next to the above the word to suggest these two are in fact connected. We also see the review written in red. The review has been given by such big magazines such as NME and Uncut; they are very good reviews which would make the audience want to buy this album.