The document discusses several album covers and magazine advertisements for music releases. Some key points: 1) Album covers typically feature the band/artist name prominently to identify ownership. Backgrounds are often plain to avoid distraction from the main images and text. 2) Advertisements aim to catch attention through bold graphics, fonts, and layouts. They provide information like release dates and album contents to entice purchases. 3) Visuals like photos of the band/artist help identify them and draw interest. Strong color contrasts make text and images stand out against the background. Simplicity in design allows each element clear focus.

1. Album covers

2. The Band name is placed in the top left hand corner and is the biggest font that is on the cover. This making it the first thing that the buyer will see, also making it the most important bit of information on the cover. The lettering is in capital letters to make it stand out more. The background to the cover is just a plain creamy beige colour. This enables everything on the cover to stand out and allows people not to be distracted by a busy background. The Image on the front cover has no relevance to the album name or the name of the band. Therefore I feel that it is just used to make the cover look more interesting and appealing to the people wanting to buy the album. The image is placed right in the centre of the cover therefore making it stand out even more. The other piece of text on this cover is the name of the album. This is in a smaller font and a different colour to the band name. This is to help the band name stand out more but still make the album name seen so people will know what the album is actually called.

3. The main image was also drawn by hand a then edited on Photo Shop to add the colouring and texture to the picture, then it was added to the actual cover. The main image to the cover is an angry looking bear. This has relevance to the band name which will instantly help someone to know that this cover goes with this certain band. The image covers the entire cover making it look more interesting and appealing to the eye. The band’s name is written across the width of the cover and also is printed in white. By printing the band’s name in a different colour is allows it to stand out from the rest of the cover. This certain album cover has no album name. This may b due to the fact that the album doesn’t have a name. Or a name wasn’t put on the cover so that it didn’t distract the buyer from the bands name.

4. The background is coloured white, this allows everything else to stand out, also so people will not be distracted by a complicated background. An image of the band has been put directly in the centre of the cover. This shows what they look like and will allow people to know who's created the album by this image. The image has also been made so it looks like it has been painted. This makes it look more creative and interesting for the viewer. The Band’s name is printed across the width of the top of the album cover and is coloured blue, differently from the rest of the text and background. It is also the largest piece of text on the cover. Therefore making it stand out and showing that it is an important part and will be easily seen. The Album name is placed directly below the band’s name and is a green colour and slightly smaller. This shows the importance of the band’s name. However by colouring it green it allows it to stand out still.

5. An image of the artist in the middle of the cover, slightly moved to the right allows the buyer to see the artist first and give her more important than anything on the cover. The artist’s name and also the album name is placed together in a line. However the word pink is highlighted making it stand out from the artist name and the rest of the album name. The rest of the text is in capital letters and is coloured grey to create a contrast between the pink. The background is a mix between white and pink. The pink relates to the name of the album and also makes the cover stand out because it is bright. The white on the bottom of the cover allows the text to show up better and also stand out. All these colours compliment each other.

6. The main image is a picture of the artist. By putting an Image of the artist and not having the name of the artist printed on the cover it’s saying that the artist is well known enough to not need to place their name on the album cover. The album name is placed at the bottom of the cover in a white font and capital letters. These letters are spaced out to fill the width of the cover it also helps to make the word stand out and makes it “L O U D”

7. On the bottom right hand corner there is a yellow box printed with information about who features on this single The artist’s name is placed at the top of the cover of the single. It is in bold letter and a red font. It stands out from the rest of the cover. It is also in the style of a comic book font, thus making it purposely aimed at teenagers. There is an image of the artists on centre left of the cover showing people what they look like and people are also able to recognise who the artist is that made the single. Also having the speech bubble with the name of the Single makes that piece of text stand out and also adds to the comic book effect, again making it appeal to teenagers. The constant comic book theme is kept with the background also. There are many different colours in this cover making it appealing to the eye and also making it stand out over other covers that haven’t used many different bright colours like these.

8. Magazine adverts for Album releases

9. The main image on this advert is very graphic, many people may find this disturbing and choose to not look at the advert. However there are a lot of good aspects. The Bands name is the largest piece of font and is very bold so people know what the band is called. The layout is again quite simple making it easy to read. However The layout is different the most over album adverts which makes it stand out. It is different as the main image is placed to the right of the text, making each aspect of the advert stand out separately. The background colour is white, this helps the text to stand out more as the text is coloured black. This also makes the main image stand out as it is very dark coloured. A lot of information is placed on the advert such as the album release, whats on the album and many more pieces of information that people will want to know about the album.

10. The layout is slanted making the advert look more interesting. This also helps to catch peoples attention as they have to look carefully at the advert to see what it says therefore getting more attention. The text is simple and there is not a lot to read but there is still enough text to be able to know what the advert is telling you. The advert is decorative therefore catching peoples attention when flicking through a magazine. The green decorative leaves stand out on the white background and also by having the image of leaves and vines it relates to the bands name which the “The Vines” However on the advert there is no sign of the actual album cover which may make it hard for people to find in shops. Furthermore the advert does include the record labels name at the bottom.

11. This advert is very eye catching as it is very colourful and the image on the advert is very relaxed with an image of the band members sat on a sunny beach. However there is not a lot of text on this advert to give enough information. Although the text that is on the advert is bold and in capitals therefore making it easy to read and also making it stand out even with the colourful background. The advert includes a quote from the Observer and it also tells you that the album is out now but apart from that it is a simple advert with not a lot to read. Also the advert does not include the record labels name anywhere which is strange for a album advert . The layout is very simple and makes every aspect of the advert stand out in its own way and making it easy to understand.

12. The advert includes information on what this advert is about, and download dates and when the vinyl is out, also other information. Also includes the record labels name at the bottom. However the text does not stand out as much as it should because the colour of the background image and the colour of the font are too similar. The layout is simple and allows every aspect of the advert to stand out. This advert includes the name of the band and album right in the middle and in a bold and large font which helps people to be able to see what they are looking at. Also the colours are quite dull however it works for and makes the article stand out from most colourful, bright adverts.

13. This advert is very bold and stands out in many ways. The main image is a picture of the artist herself, this helps people to know what she looks like. Also the font of the album name and artist name is very bold and large making it stand out from the rest of the advert so that people know what the album and artist are called. The information in text is very easy to read. The font is bold and simple but stands out despite the rest of the advert being so big and bold. The record labels name is not included which is strange as it normally would be. There is not many colours in this advert which then helps people to not be distracted. However it still does stand out.

14. Again the layout is very simple but still will grab peoples attention when looking at it. The main image shows a picture of the band live which shows the personality of the band. The dark colours of the advert make it stand out and seem very bold and also show the personality of the band and also the album. The text in this advert stands out very well as it is extremely bold. Having the font in white makes it stand out from the black background of the advert, also making it easier to read. The text gives a lot of information about when the band is touring, the album release, what the album is called and also the band name which is the largest piece of text on the advert.