Magazine Advertisement Initial Ideas

Linking back to my RMAs, I looked at the typical conventions used in magazine advertisements in this genre to make them effective. Having bold titles for both the album name and artist is significant, so that the viewers know who it is.

I particularly looked at the ad for Troye Sivan, as some conventions would be effective for our specific production. The title of his album is 'Blue Neighbourhood' and the colour of blue is consistently used in his album digipak, but also, the background colour of this advertisement is blue, signifying synergy. This is effective as the colours and words link.
Therefore, for our song name of 'Vanilla', I thought that having the colours of yellow or cream would link in with it.
However, as it is a narrative storyline, as is Troye Sivan's music promo, it makes more sense to have a photo of the artist on the cover, similar to Sivan's. So, as we would have a photo of our main protagonist, I did not want the background to be too plain, so the idea of having vanilla flowers rather than just the colour in the background would also fit together.


As our music video is narrative, it focuses on the main protagonist of the struggling female singer who wrote a song, and tries to get it produced. Therefore, to have the ancillary focusing on her as well would link. The initial idea I had was for her to be sat with her guitar, which is seen throughout the video. She would be looking at the camera with a dark background around her to emphasise how she is the focal point. I drew some initial ideas, but for the final product they will be photos.

Idea 1

Linking to the narrative base, the focal point would be of the lead singer. The cover would consist of a photograph of her looking directly at the camera holding her guitar. The background will be black with a bright white spotlight on her to emphasise her significance.



Idea 2

Similar to the last idea, the main protagonist will be featured as the sole focus, as this song reflects on her journey as an individual, and the growth she made on her own. Linking to the title of 'Vanilla', this magazine cover would be a similar picture of her with her guitar, but instead of a plain dark background, it would feature lots of vanilla flowers behind her. This, therefore, is still effective, but adds more colour and meaning to the photo.