Research for magazine ad

For the other half of my coursework I need to produce a magazine advert and a digi-pack for my band and their song. For the magazine advert I will research thoroughly into music magazines and the key elements of what is usually featured in an advert. I will use my previous knowledge from GCSE media studies to produce a successful magazine advertisement representing the band and their song.

Here is an example of a magazine advertisement for an album:


















I like this advertisement because it's quite contemporary in terms of photography. The style of the image represents old style western almost like a wanted poster. I like how the top image is split in half and reflects each other, however the left side is white and the right side is black. I also like that you can only see half of his face and shoulders. I think there is a lot of negative space in this image, however I think it works nicely with the vintage style sepia tones.