Magazine advert analysis from our genre
The
magazine advert is from the band Kings of Leon, they are an alternative rock
band that are popular throughout the UK and overseas. The album ‘only by the
night’ was released in September 2008. The idea if brining out this magazine
advert was to attract the target audience. It allows them to get an insight
into the album and the songs within this album before it is released. It is
usually targeted at the ‘fan girls/boys’ as they can’t wait until the album is
released.
The
image that is displayed is rather indie/rock and has been cleverly constructed.
The use of a man’s face and then what looks like an owl that has been embedded
within the image makes it look alternative rock as it doesn’t follow
stereotypes. It shows a close up of the man and the owl which shows their faces
and the upper body/shoulder. The use of a close up it to show the owl that has
been embedded within in. Also, the image used is strange in the sense that it
looks like the man has two sets of eyes. For example, this cold connote that he
is ‘two faced’ which would show that he isn’t as innocent as he first seems to
be.
The
colours used are quite broad as there are many different shades such as blue,
red, yellow, white, cream, brown and black. This use of variety of colours
connotes that the band may have many different personalities. For example,
white may symbolise purity/innocence and the bright colours such as yellow and
blue connote their ‘wild’ side of their personalities.
Moreover,
the typography that is used is rather short and doesn’t tell the audience a
lot. The magazine advert displays the usual band name, album name and a few
different sponsors etc. at the bottom. The titles vary is colour as the band
name is displayed in a bold white colour white small blue lines below it to
make the title bright and stand out to the audience.
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