The document analyzes advertisements for music albums by 30 Seconds to Mars, Sum 41, and Blink-182. It finds that 30 Seconds to Mars and Sum 41 advertisements feature the main singer in the center and background images relating to the album title and theme. Blink-182's advertisement differs by using bright colors representing the band's personalities and not centering the main singer. Across the advertisements, band members seen to do less are placed on the right side.

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2. In my initial research I found out that most boy band advertisements have the main singer in the center of the advertisement. I also found out that the background links in with the album name, as explained on the next slides. I also found out that the colours used on the advertisements represent the personalities of the band members and what type of image they like to put across, from humor(blink 182 and sum 41) or war (30 seconds to mars). The main point I found is that the picture of the band is the most important thing that needs to be on the music advertisement. Which is a high common occurrence.Initial research

3. This is 30seconds to mars promotion for their new album ‘This Is War.’ The fire on the buildings in the background represents the effects war can have, their songs are about soldiers and families and this helps promote the narrative throughout their songs. The main singer is in the middle of the band members to help promote the fact that he is the main guy in the band. The main singer, Jared Leto is looking away from the camera to make himself look like he is a soldier taking commands from the other people.30 SECONDS TO MARS

4. This is the advertisement for SUM41 album ‘Bring The Noise’. Again, like the other advertisement, the main singer is in the middle to draw attention to his importance, as the other band members are placed behind him. The main singer is also Throughout their songs in their album, they’re wearing similar clothing but I’m not entirely sure why, and this advert helps promote that. The members of the band are largely placed in the center of the advert as are the others. The sand in his hand represents him saying “Shhhh” which is a contrast with the album name itself.Sum 41

5. This is the only album cover that differs from the others. The other two use dull colours such as black, grey and red. Whereas this band use bright colours such as yellow and blue which helps represent their bright personalities. Also, in this particular album advert, the main singer isn’t in the middle, he’s on the left of the picture which is unusual. They have their clothes off to symbolize being infantile and childish (which is similar to their personalities). However, similar to the others, the band member that seems to do the least throughout the videos is placed on the right hand side behind the other two members of the band. That is the only similarity that this has with the other advertisements.Blink 182