1. Green Day – magazine advert analysis
This is an advertisement for the Green Day album ‘warning’. The advertisement
looks very simple with very few colours and writing. It uses the colour green for
the background which very well could be because of the band name, ‘Green day’.
This has been used because as Green day are a popular band, people will
associate the colour with the band and will be drawn to the advert if they like the
band. The band name is in black so that it stands out from the green background
and will attract people, as it is very bold and eye catching. The album name
‘Warning’ is in a different colour as to set it apart from the band name, stating
that the word is separate from ‘Green day’ therefore a product from them. The
album logo is seen in the background, this is used so people know to identify that
logo with their forthcoming album. It is also the same as a picture you would see
on a warning sign, which inks to the album name. There is a silhouette of the
band playing in front of a crowd, this shows that the band is popular as it looks
as if there is a large crowd watching them play. The information about the album
is printed in white on the silhouette of the crowd, the colour of the information
contrasts with silhouetted background and makes it stand out even though it is
small text. The reason it is small text is that the main focus is the band and the
crowd, which could be said is to promote their star image as a band that do
shows with sell out crowds.The text is overlapping with the image of the bassist
as it draws the eye towards it naturally and makes it really stand out as well as
making the reader aware of what is being advertised and shown on the poster.
The text is block capitals to do the same thing, make it stand out from thepage
and catch the eye and also because it fits with the album name as warning signs
have block capitals to make them stand out.