Magazine Advertisement's For Music Video's

The purpose of a magazine advert is to sell a set product. In order to do this it has to grab the consumers attention. A selection of methods is used to do this. Quotations taken from reviews from different sections of the press are generally used to show the positive opinions of others. These usually include music press, the general press and other successful artists. The other main device used for catching some one's eye is the image or images used. These range from the brightest most colourful designs representing artists such as Mika, to darker yet still bold images from Linkin park. Both are successful in their own way as the colours used have strong representations to the artists being advertised and both will attract attention from the different audience that it seeks.

A magazine advert will include different sections of information, although not all adverts use all necessary fields they generally take to mixing and matching. However the essentials that are included in most are as follows:

The name of the artist/artists

Name of the album

Date of release

Without these three essential fields the advert there may be some confusion to the consumer of what exactly is being advertised. Magazine adverts also tend to include information on the band or artists website, whether it be the official website or the bands social networking link.