The conventions that my

magazine advert follows

Magazine Advert

The conventions of a magazine advert

After researching different album magazine adverts, I have picked out the conventions of

magazine adverts:

• The name of the artists• An image of the artists

• Release Dates• How to purchase the album

• Social Media Icons• Reviews

Comparing mine to existing products

Here is my magazine advert compared to some existing products, including adverts such as Olly Murs and Ellie Goulding. They all have the same conventions applied to them which I have applied to my own. Jessie J’s advert gave me my main inspiration for my poster because I like how the main image is at the top and the text at the bottom.

The conventions mine follows Name of the artist and Album

title: I have followed a similar layout to Jessie J’s poster whilst considering the layout of the poster. I have put both texts in red to show continuity throughout the ancillary textReviews: Here, I have used 5

stars for the reviews which are from Q Magazine and Heat Magazine which informs the audience that this is a 5 star album and will make them want to buy it.

Main image: The main image here is of Jess and is an important convention to have because it lets the audience know who’s album it is.

Release Date: On my poster, the released date is ‘out now’ which informs the audience that the album is out now.

Social media icons: This is an important convention because it lets the audience know that the artist is on social media. I got the icons in black and white to match the colour scheme.

Where to buy the album: I have included the icons Google Play and iTunes because these icons inform the audience where they can buy the album or single from.