Sunday 1 April 2012

Target Audience

The image above is a snapshot from one of Drake's conerts from the summer in New York. Clearl you can see that the majority of Drakes fans are young females. Since Drakes music is of a R&B and Hip-Hop genre , which some profanity within his lyrics , me and Jamie believe that we are going to make our music video targeting a younger and more youthful audience of both men and female around the age region of 14-27.

Final CD cover template design-Yharnna Dior Joseph


Saturday 31 March 2012

Final Magazine Poster (Advert) -Yharnna Dior Joseph


Designing our own magazine advert- Yharnna Dior Joseph

In order to create and design an effective and professional magazine advert , I used photoshop to create our final magazine poster.
One of the main conventions of a magazine advert , is to have a strong feature of the artst themselves , which dominates the poster.
I decided to
use the image
inserted on
the left , mainly
because I think
the artist himself
has a strong and
 direct focus into
the camera. He
appears confident
and passionate
which is what is
needed for the front
cover of a magzine
advert , in order
to allur the audience.



The image to the left
is a screen shot of the
magazine advert , being
designed in photoshop.
I have used inspiration
from the Rhianna
magazine advert , by
using the black and white
contrast . I think it works
well, however the advert
appears too plain , and
simplistic .


I thought that it would be a good idea to insert a background image and adjust the opacity of the image, so I then used google to find a background image.















The image

to the left
is the secondary
image that I 
obtained from 
google and
used as our
background 
image for our
magazine 
advert. 













This a screenshot
of our final 
magazine advert.
I think that by
inserting the 
colourful background
the advert appears
more attractive to
the readers eyes .
It also looks more
professional . I also 
feel that the typography
works extremely well too.

Researching existing magazine adverts-Yharnna Dior Joseph

The image inserted towards the left
is a advert , which has been extracted
from a magazine . Essentially it
pomotes the newly released album
by "Kings of Leon". What strikes
me instantly about this magazine
advert is the way of which the
face has been manipulated using
digital technology , it's extremely
eye captivating and somewhat
intriguing.In addition to this the
green/grey effect over the images
reflects the context of when this
album was released , since it
creates a rather dated feel to
the magazine advert. The advert
also contains critical information
using typography , which enables
the information to stand out from
the rest, allowing the audience to
absorb the information better.




 The image inserted towards the left is
an extract from a magazine advertising
the release of Rhianna's new album . I believe that this magazine layout is extremely effective. I particularly like the dramatic contrast of black and white , that features strongly throughout this image. The sudden and drastic contrast of the two colours helps evoke a rather rough, edgy , gophic and sexy feel to the poster , which is simple a reflection of Rhianna herself. I also like the way Rhianna poses throughout this advert, she's stares relentlessly at the camera , into the eyes of te audience , which is extremely captivating and alluring. There is almost a feeling of seduction and 'sexiness' which has been created , through the seductive pose, black lipstick and red writing. The seductive feelings helps project the imformation clearer to the audience since it appears more pleasing to the eyes.

What is a magazine Adverts-Yharnna Dior Joseph

Essentially a magazine advert is a slot that will appear within a magazine advertising the release of a new album that is due to be released . Often a magazine advert will consist of :
An image of the artist , usually close up and direct, the title of the new album due to be released, when the album is released and well known songs that have already been released that feature on the album , what the audience will be familiar to. In essense all these conventions used within a magazine advert are used effectively to draw in the reader/audience , so that they'll buy the abum. A magazine advert is a persuasive and promotional technique so therefore must be effective.