The document discusses the design process and choices for an album advertisement. It describes experimenting with different background colors and photos before deciding on a black background to make the album cover photo stand out. Reviews and ratings were added to make the ad look more professional. Social media icons were included to direct people to online information. Purchase options and a fake website URL were also added as standard elements for an album ad. Different layouts were tested before concluding that separating the image and text stopped the ad from flowing well.

1. I chose to have a
black background
as I feel that this
would make the
photo used in the
advert stand out
more than if it
was on a blank
page.
The conventions of a
album advert is to
use the album cover.
I experimented with
other photos but
research showed me
that people would
prefer the album
cover on the advert.
From personal research I
preferred the release
date to be show like this
instead of writing, “OUT
NOW” as this was more
effective and fit sin
more with the genre of
the music. It used to
same font as the SUB
FOCUS title to link the
image and writing
together.

2. I have decided to put stars in that rated the album as this is what you usually see on an
album advert. I was originally only going to use one but I thought using two others would
fill out the page more and make it more eye catching as there are more reviews. I also felt
if I only used one star rating that the text in the advert would be very centre focused,
which isn't what I want as there are three girls in the band, therefore, there is no centre
focus. The photo already focuses a bit too much than I would like on the brunette girl in
the middle.

3. I have put quotations below the star ratings to make them look more
professional. Obviously the quotes are not actually from the
magazines. But these are newspapers/magazines that would usually
review an album and have their opinions quoted on the advert.
I have begun to add
images of social
networking sights on
the advert. This
shows that you Sub
Focus are online and
they can go and find
out more
information of these
social networking
sites.

4. I added available on iTunes as this is usually on a album advert and mainly where people go
to get their music as the majority of people have smart phones now so there is easy access
to buying music. I also added a fake website to the bottom of the page as this is a
convention of an album advert. This makes the advert look more professional looking.

5. I edited this one to make the
bottom burgundy and the
writing cream as I felt that this
helped the poster flow more,
merging the text with the
image. However, I don’t think
this looks very professional
and looks a bit tacky.
I liked this poster, however, I
felt as if the image was too cut
off from the area of text
below. This stopped the advert
from flowing. I felt as if there
was something missing.
This is my favourite poster as I fell
that it is different and would stand
out in the magazine catching the
readers eye. The fact the some of the
image is black and white helps it flow
with the text area below. The column
of colour gives the audience an
preview of what the CD cover looks
like. It can be seen to connote that
the album has more to show and that
is why you need to listen to it. So far
the advert