Final Magazines Cover

This is my final design for the CD magazine advertisement.
I have created using Photoshop. I have used these colours because I have also used these similar colours for my digipak to link them together. On the the CD magazine advertisement I have decided to include the website for the artist of the album belongs to. I havealso included the wesbite on my advert because I have looked at existing CD magazine advertisement have done so too. I have decided to put 'Download on itunes' on my Cd magazine advertisement because on the existing CD advertisements have done the same and I have gone with the convention of doing so. I have used bright colours for my titles because that is what I was aiming to do and because it is the completely the opposite of the music video we have created. The triangle on my CD magazine advertisement is on the advertisement this represents the name of the album which is called 'Prism' this is a code for the album because the name and the picture link together.

Making of the Magazine

These were the first initial ideas for my magazine advertisement using photoshop. I wanted my magazine advert to be colourful.
For my first original plan for the making on my magazine advertisement I had chosen to do a colourful rainbow which would reflect to the colours from Katy Perry's album Prism.
Once I had started messing around with photo shop I decided I didn't like the idea so I decided to change it to a normal plane but sophisticated idea of having a simple background and border but having colour writing on the advert. Below were my first designs of my magazine advertisement I thought that these weren't the best start so I decided to scrap that idea.I had chosen a different photo for my advertisement more than once due to the fact that I wanted it to look sophisticated but effective.

Above are my first initial ideas for my CD advertisement which I decided to scrap because I though they didn't look professional 

After decided to scrap the ones above I then went onto making making a brand new one with a totally different idea but still including colour somewhere.

Firstly I then placed a photo onto the Photoshop after deciding which one I wanted. I place the picture into place leaving a little border around the photo for me to fill in later using the same black border as I used for my digipak. I believe that this idea was a better idea already because it is simple but effective at the same time.

I then went onto place black borders around my digipak to give it a bit of depth and to make it stand out more. Adding the borders it has already made a big impact to the whole CD advertisement with bold borders. The black border also the reflects the black clothing Jodie is wearing on my magazine advertisement, it compromises and makes it better as it stands out more.

I then placed the triangle which is featured on my digipak on my magazine advertisement, I decided to crop the white background that the triangle was based around and place it on the right hand side corner because it was space for it.

The triangle is the logo for the album from my digipak so I have made it much bigger on here showing it's importance to the whole advertisement. I then place the digipak into the middle of the triangle straightening it up to make sure it was straight. Showing the contrast of the black and white album to the slightly colour advertisement.

For the next stage for my digipak I moved onto the lettering where my first initial ideas was just to use a single colour the lettering for Katy Perry, but I changed my mind and decided to do a different colour for each individual letter to connote to the colours on the triangle.

Best ideas for magazine

After I had made my magazine I decided to put some effects on it to give it a better look. I think some of these of effects look really good and convey to the pop genre due to it having the bright colourful theme which is eye catching.

I edited these magazine advertisements using photo shop and converging two pictures together then fading the effects over the top. I think I am going to use the first one to use for my final advertisement for my ancillary task because I think it is successful.

Ideas for CD magazine advertisement

For my CD magazine advertisement I am going to use the same photos I had taken for my Digipak.
For my ideas for my CD magazine advertisement I have decided to look at front of magazines. I have decided to look at BillBoard magazine because they are simple and sophisticated at the same time and that it was I am planning on creating something very similar because it has influenced my ideas more by looking at these.

These magazines are simple because the picture of the artist is placed on the front of the middle of the magazine being them the main focus of the advert.
I am planning on creating this by place picture of Jodie who I have taken photos off to put on the front of my magazine Cd advertisement putting the main focus on her to sell the advertisement.

For my title ideas I have already looked at title in the next post but I have found something which I make my magazine look like for the conventions of advertise.I have decided to look at this magazine due to having a colourful lettering title. The title of the magazine is in colour and that has given me to use a colourful title on my own CD magazine advertisement.

Magazine title ideas.

 I have looked at websites such as dafont.com and fontspace.com to give me ideas of fonts for my CD magazine advertisement. I have looked at range of different fonts and different colour fonts. I have type the word 'Katy Perry' because it will give an idea of what fonts I want on the top of my magazine, I have looked a range of fonts in different colours due to the fact that I want my magazine advertisement to be similar and colourful as my digipak

I have looked at different lettering that I will use for my magazine. I have looked at different coloured ones because of the conventions of the pop genre is cheerful and bright colours are cheerful. I have also decided to do this because I am doing to opposite to my music video because at the end everything is resolved due to the colourful outlook I am planning on creating for my magazine advertisement.

I will plan on using colourful lettering for my magazine advertisement, I will either plan on using one colour for the titles or the lettering of the titles being a different colour for each letter.

Ideas for Cd magazine advertisement

For to give me ideas for my cd advertisement I have looked at magazine front covers because of the poses used on them, I have mainly looked at Katy Perry because that is what our ancillary tasks are based around. I have decided to look at these because of the sophisticated look about them which I am going to achieve for my own Cd advertisement.

I have looked at the magazine Billboard featuring a picture of Katy Perry on the front cover. The simple outlook used for this front cover is effective but ties in with the contrasting bright colours inside the lettering of the Billboard title and the colours of Katy Perry's eye shadow.The pale pink background to the magazine juxtaposes with the pale pink dress or top Katy Perry and also it contrasts with her pink lipstick. Even though I have already taken photos for my magazine advertisement I am going to look at the layout to give me influential ideas for it.

Online Cd Adverts (KP

You can get music in different ways I have researched in music Cd advertisements online. These adverts can appear on the beginning of the YouTube video or it can also pop up during the YouTube video. These cd advertisements can appear on social networking sites such as twitter and Facebook. On twitter these adverts can be promoted by the artists and appear on everyone's twitters even if they don't follow the artist. On Facebook these Cd advertisements will appear on the right hand side of the page. 

The colour of the writing of the adverts juxtaposes with the background and the picture which is featured on the advert.The design of the online adverts are eye catching which would make more people click on the advert more.

All these digital online CD advertisements promoting their new album all use very simple lettering in their advertisement. I am going to use similar simple writing in mine because I it will be to the convergence on Cd advertising  because it makes them quite effective and the CD advertisement looks more sophisticated. I have also noticed that on all the online digital CD advertisement list the whole song titles on the advert but If I was going to do the same I would also use the same simple titles for my own. On all the adverts they also advertise other websites such as iTunes, Play.com, Amazon and HMV this will not only help them out with their album but for the other websites which they have on their advertisements.This cross convergence I will plan on using on my CD magazine advertisement.
If I were to distribute my CD advertisement I would also create one these for more the marketing aspect of advertisement. I would do this because of the high percent of people who use social networking sites and will be more likely to see the advert and they will hopefully click on it if it appeals to them. Another reason if I were to distribute my product it would be for the audience, because lots of younger people use social networking sites and I would be in an advantage due to target audience I would be selling my advert too would be able to see it.

Existing Cd Magazine Adverts (KP)

I have looked at existing Cd magazine advertisements to give me inspiration for my own Cd magazine advertisement.

I have picked this CD magazine advertisement because of the different colours used on it. You can tell that this is 
Madonna because there is a big face of her on the front.What I really like about is the small different faces of Madonna you can see inside the big face of Madonna and also that the advert is very colour coordinated. I feel that the whole magazine advert fits together really well to make a bold statement to advertise her Cd. The lettering used on the advertisement is very sophisticated and simple but still makes a big statement to stand out the buyers view.


I have chosen to look at this magazine CD advertisement for Jessie J's album 'Who You Are'. The colours used on this magazine advertisement are very dull and boring. The backgrounds white and black and the lettering is gold and I think that's why the lettering stands out the most behind the complementary colours. What also stands out is the pattern on Jessie J's lips which is colour coordinated with the lettering.

I have looked at the magazine cd advertisement for Kings of Leon's album 'Only By Night'. I like the way this CD magazine advertisement has been set up using a picture of the faces of the band members combined with a picture of an owl which is representing the name of the album by have an owl on the advertisement. It converging the name of the album title which is 'Only By Night' referring to the owl because owls only come out at night time.

This is a CD magazine advertisement for  Florence and the machine for their album 'Lungs'. This CD magazine advertisement shows a picture of her on the front with seeing her lungs out laying on a bed of flowers and the top that she is wearing looks like muscle tissue. The whole lungs picture fits in with the album title which is called 'Lungs' The plane background gives it an outline making your main focus on the picture of the front of it.

This CD magazine advertisement is Marina & the diamonds promoting her new album 'The Family Jewels'. The whole layout of the advert is connected with the song featured on the advert because on the front of it is a picture of her lying down looking a bit tipsy suggesting the album track in the right hand corner is shampain making relations with alcohol but spelling the word wrong. The album is called 'The family Jewels' which fits in with her name being 'Marina& the Diamond' setting it to a jewel theme. But also think the meaning behind the title of her album is also to do with her family that family is special to her and precious as jewels. The background I feel doesn't have any connection with the album.
This is a CD magazine 
advertisement for the Killers album 'Day&Age'. The mosaic effect on the magazine advertisement is really effective because it catches the viewers eye because it is different and stands out the way it has been put together. The colours used are harmonious and colour coordinated thats what makes the advertisement really effective. The white bold and plane lettering used for the 'Killers' name stands out from the mosaic background. The whole CD advertisement is the front of the whole album


What I have noticed by researching and analyzing these CD magazine advertisements that you don't always have to put the CD on the advertisement just the picture of something to do with artist or something to do with album of something totally different as long as it's creative and effective to the buyers eye.
I will use the conventions of CD magazine advertisements after looking existing ones so that I can use the conventions in my own creation.

What is Cd Advertisement?

A CD advertisement is advert where you would find in a any magazine for the artist or band to promote their new album. CD advertisements don't really have a target audience it is for everyone because you would find adverts to advertisement their CD in any magazine. You would mainly find CD advertisements mainly in music based magazines such as Kerrang Magazine,Billboard magazine, NME magazine,Vibe magazine and Q magazine.

Kerrang magazine promotes the rock genre music as it is a rock genre based magazine. Kerrang magazines have cd advertisements and album reviews. These magazines also give out free posters with rock bands on them to promote the bands albums.


Vibe magazine promotes the rap genre music as the magazine is a rap genre based magazine likes the likes of Nicki Minaj who is featured on the front cover, who is a very successful female rap artist. This magazine promotes the new albums of Rappers both female and male artists. The album also shows album reviews and latest releases of the Rap genre and in the magazine it also features a section on new music videos being released.

NME magazine promotes the indie rock genre music due to the fact of Two Door Cinema Club being feature on the front cover. This magazine also promotes on the front of it exclusive tracks from the band the magazine. In NME magazines it advertises a lot of things about this type of genre and you could win things when you buy it.


This magazine is Q magazine which promotes the R&B genre music. This magazine shows the representation of the R&B genre through showing album reviews and upcoming new release of CD and music videos and when the songs will be available on iTunes and many other music selling website. Cross convergence through the magazine and the iTunes will benefit both parties.

This magazine is a BillBoard magazine which promotes the pop genre and many more other genres this magazine would come in use I where going to advertise my own digipak in this magazine because Katy Perry is on the front and to advertise her album would be perfect for me because of this. This magazine would be great for myself I were to advertise my digipak and to have my own CD advertisement in it due to the chart music being based around this magazine which benefit me also because people are more likely to buy things which are advertised alongside the chart music.

I have decided to look at the different type of genre magazines for further information for the distribution for my own CD magazine advertisement I am going to create.I feel if I were to actually distribute my own digipak and magazine advertisement in on of these magazines it would be 'Billboard' due to the popular demand of pop chart music these days.