Magazine advert analyses

THE XX

The band name & title is intriguing to the audience, with they own typography. The target market may be curious and develop the want to listen one of their songs. As seen within the picture the group band through the album cover pages Don’t want to reveal their identity, which have the connotation of mysterious, xx is directly point at the THE (in capital) unknown character that will be clearly be reveal and eye catching. In addition regarding the colour used the audience can express a sense of darkness with a relation of metal or rock vibe. The XX band name can relate to anyone, as it give no specific target audience.

             The album title which can attract and stay appealing to the target audience have a sense of sensitivity as the audience can escape with a disorientated feeling and relate to it as the band name XX could potentially mean . The music will mainly be based on emotional lyric therefore it may have a wicked ambiance. The fact that the key lightning is mainly projected on the floor can denote from the group is against the usual perception of life meaning they don’t want to conform to regulation and restriction seen as  everything is on the floor with no precise purpose or story. Above that the cover page have a wall full of graffiti this can also express the fact that they do not care about people opinion however they way to express the point of view and personal character. Their music can be considered as the light compare to other genre of music. “HEART SHIPPED A BEA” this quote reinforce the sense of disorientation that the group want to express.

              The font on the wall can denote the lifestyle which may be based on a true story. The location of this graphite is mainly seen in the street. The wall as front page cover can signify the sense of actions and issues that may occur within the music. This can technically connote the sense of originality because the fact that a wheel as part of the pros can express strong urban music the band has.

To give a better image and interest, the action line will have a strong impact as the reader will from then identify where the product can be find with additional evidence.

P!NK

Pink the artist name is well place on the front cover page of her album as it help the typography (CALIBRI (BODY)) to directly recognise the artist name. Usual as the artist name the title of the album is eye catching because it is directly below the artist name with a different typography. The three different font can differentiate the meaning of the cover page for example the chosen font for (truth about love) with love bigger that other can express that love will be the main subject the artist will be talking about.

As the editor wanted to be clear and precise the main image and the band name and tile has a clear understanding as the writing is on the side with a sort of paper background meaning as real life story felling and expectation. On the right hand side the focal point which is the relevant image for the target audience is the main artist face. To identify the type of love song it would be the artist has a certain body language.

Pink with an exclamation mark meaning of (pink) female with a strong and concise character will already denoted the different  style and way to sing, the artist will have regarding the title (truth about love song). Squatting on her feet taken from a low angle shot express a rebellious and strong attitude, with her black outfit and underwear the artist show that she’s not shy but has vigorous and heavy impact on her target audience as she can be the representation of subverting the girly and feminine women way of seen. The fact that she as short and a different hair style compare to usual women it can express how different and extraverted she can be.

However the red heels can conform to the stereotype of love and typical women style as her target audience can relate to this type of music. Compare to Madonna we can  identify that the two character found different way to attract their target audience however they style have the same type of influence with a different way of seen. We can identify both women as independent and ready to assert their genre within the music industry.

MADONNA

An unconventional advert as the artist name is not on the cover, however the fact that the name of the artiste is not on the cover can reinforce the sense of popularity the artiste have. Madonna is significantly famous worldwide so the recognition from her face and her body language will be instantaneous.

Known as “Queen of music “the artist use variety of way to express herself such as the black outfit which can have fro connotation strong impact and hard to beat. Madonna’s also wearing a boxing belt which reinforce the fact that she is a winner as shown within the review “ no one’s gonna stop her now” we can from this way of writing, identify the target audience who could potentially be 18 to 40 year old as the can read and understand.

As part of the whole cover the artist body as a dominant impact because is eye catching because we can identify that the main purpose of this advertisement is Madonna and her new songs. From the body language tha the artist has we can denote that the face is not the most important as she also use the body to attract her target audience.

The contrast of her outfit colour black and the pink back ground can give a specific point of view to the audience because it give a image of seduction (sex-icon). The background colour can also relate to the typography of the title name (hard candy) the largest writing and show how important the album title is as we can directly relate to the artiste genre. Hard reflect the impact that she has on her target audience also seen on the outfit chosen and the pink background associate to candy and raise the sense of femininity.

“Hard and the beat goes” express how the music can be popular and already known since a long period of time, it can mean that the artist implant her style and name since a long time. With open leg the artist express her level of confidence she has.