Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Analysis of ancillary products - Adverts for albums in music magazines

Fun – Some Nights


This was on the back cover of Q Magazine. It is to promote their new album as the target audience of the magazine is probably similar to the TA of this music genre. I also found the front cover of the actual CD case and their website. Their website colour scheme is yellow and black which is probably why they have used these colours on this advert. However they have used yellow as the more dominant colour here and not on the website because they are the most contrasting colours and will attract attention of the readers of the magazine. The CD case for Some Nights is the same as that being held on the advert by one of the band members. This is a unique way of presenting it but I think this would make the TA intrigued to find out what the album sounds like.


FUN website
Album cover




Kate Rusby – 20


This advert was on the back of Mojo Magazine. It is promoting her new album and upcoming tour dates. I looked on her website and it is unusual that she has chosen purple as the dominant colour here as her colour scheme on the website seems to be mostly pinks, blues, and vintage patterns. The photo used on this advert is the front cover of her album which will help the TA find the CD if they were interested in buying it. I have noticed that on the adverts they include the logo of the record company in the corner so if we were to make a promotion page like these ones we would have to put our logo in to follow conventions. She has also included tour dates at the bottom of the page, we could make up a tour for Morgan as more promotion.
 
Kate's website


20 album cover
Tom Odell – Long Way Down


This entire page is filled with the photo used on the front of his album cover for Long Way Down. The colour scheme is similar to that found on the website, which introduces his house style. I find it effective how there is a pull focus on the artist making the majority of the page out of focus. The text is wrapped around the artist, which emphasises him as the main attraction. This has influenced my research because I am now thinking of making a page to promote Morgan as we could do it effectively but simply.



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CD cover





















Jamie Cullum – Momentum



Again this is a simplistic but effective promotion page. The photo used on here is an extended one of the album cover. They have kept the colour scheme to the browns, blues, and golds used on his website which will help the TA recognise him as an artist. As we are trying to launch Morgan, we should keep to similar colour schemes for the video, photo-shoots and ancillary products because she is a new artist and we are trying to get as many people to recognise her as possible as it is an industry to make money.

Website

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