INSPIRATIONAL TEXTS: ALBUM ADVERTISEMENTS

 I love this advertisement as they have kept with the vision of how they wanted to present the album and have used a powerful image that was clearly an alternative from the other front cover so they have a constitent theme. The imagery looks very high fasion and like something that could be found inside Vogue magazine etc. yet it seems relevent to the representation of the album as the way she is standing makes her almost look statue like, something to admire as she is displaying power, confidence, beauty and pride. I love that it's very plain and is basically black and white but this has been developed so that the neutral background which is an off white location, is then contrasted heavily with the heavy black font and then of course Beyonce herself in all black attire. The album cover itself is actually displayed in the corner which is good promotion as it shows exactly what it looks like along with the title of the album which is 4 so it gives the consumer all the important information however I do think it would have been better to include the release date of the album but sometimes this could ruin the overall vision and imagery so it's understandable that no extra text was added.

This caught my eye because it's so theme specific and has been done with an existing idea in mind but obviously manipulating and tailoring it to be appropriate to Britney Spears' album Circus. It's something that is definitely a recognised theme as these infamous posters have been used to advertise and promote circus events for years but because the font is bold and eye catching enough we can tell straight away that this isn't an actual circus poster. I also noticed that as a common factor through album advertisement that the artist name is the main focus with the actual title of the album being a sub focus; this is for what I believe to be recognition purposes as the public will be more familiar with the artist than the name of the album. I also really like the way the date is on there as if to create a hype around this day and ensure people remember it so they go out and purchase the record.

I love the simplicity of this advert. The design is basically identical to the CD cover therefore creating a consistent theme that the public will become familiar with and associate with the product. The only extra is obviously that this image fades into black which I really like as it's done sleekly and almost seamlessly which adds a simplistic element to this otherwise busy design. I also like how the text gradually gets smaller moving down the page which directly indicates to the viewer what the important information is. This is definitely something I want to incorporate in to my album advertisement.