Ellie Goulding's magazine advert uses gold as the overall colour to reinforce her name and help audiences remember her. Gold also reinforces her higher class status as it is associated with wealth. There are word plays relating to her song "Lights" since she does not have a specific genre with authentic colours. Her pose looks open and welcoming but her lack of eye contact and pursed lips convey emotional vulnerability. Adele's black and white magazine cover creates a sense of mystery, matching her emotional persona as portrayed in the media. This creates intertextuality between her public image and music. Only Adele is featured, establishing her star persona, and her back hair and lack of eye contact avoid intimidation or sexual

1. Magazine adverts

2. With many Ellie Goulding's
covers she refers to the colour
gold as the overall colour. This
one reinforces the name, and
helps the audience remember
her name.
With the colour gold It
reinforces her higher class
status, As gold is often
associated with wealth.
There are many play on words
with in this magazine, Thus
because the song being released is
called ‘Lights’. Because Ellie
Goulding doesn’t have an exact
genre she wont have specific
authentic colours to use. Therefor
referring back to her logo.
With the pose of the
protagonist, The audience
would view them as opening
and welcoming with the
arms being open like that.
However with the lack of eye
contact and pout of lips, The
audience can be seen as
being caught in the
emotional look of Ellie
Goulding.

3. With the use of black and white
Adele creates a sense of mystery,
which Adele often uses as she is
portrayed in the media as an
emotional character. With taking
on the character portrayed in
the media Adele creates a sense
of intertextuality between her
and her music.
In the cover there is only Adele,
Creating a sense of star persona,
With no direct eye contact there
is no intimidation. With the
image in black and white with
Adele’s hair pulled back it
creates quite a feministic
approach without sexualisation.
The only colour used in the
magazine cover is green. This
could indicate a sense of ‘go’
feeling. As green is often
associated with openness,
Mentally communicating to the
audience to go buy her album.