The document provides instructions for analyzing magazine advertisements for music albums. Students are asked to look at examples of ads and identify common elements. They then choose one ad to deconstruct, examining the images used, text elements, how text and images relate, how iconography represents the band and genre, any unique signifiers, what it reveals about the music label and target audience. The analysis should then be posted to the student's blog.

1. Magazine Advert Analysis
Look at a selection of magazine advertisements for albums (see VLE)
1. What are the typical features that an advert has? Make a list of the
elements they have in common.
2. How would you categorise the adverts in front of you?
Choose one advert out of your selection. You must deconstruct this advert
using the prompts below:
• Images used (layout, colour, style etc)
• Text (fonts, size, positioning, colour etc)
• The relationship between text and images – how do they work together?
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• How the iconography represents the band, the genre of music and their
overall image.
• Are there any signifiers exclusive to the band/genre?
• What does the advert say about the institutional context of the music ie
the label, mainstream, underground, first album etc.
• What can we learn about the potential target audience ie. Specialist,
niche, mainstream, compilation
• Comment on anything else of relevance.
You must post your images and analysis onto your blog.