Mockup Magazine Advert

This is the mock-up to my magazine, which obviously isn't even half done, but to get a quick look of how it may look this is what I've produced. This gives a slight insight into which colours I'm going to use, what photo, and what type of information is going to be provided.

So this photo I liked the most, because it fits well with the size of the advertisement, it's good quality and it's not stretched. I played around on Photoshop with the editing of the photo, but as you can probably see the image stands out, whereas I'd like it to blend in to the black background.

The colours I've used are exactly the same as the Digipak because it has to have some sort of connection whether its the colours, fonts, images for it to have any kind of link. Therefore I've used the same purple as on the Digipak, because I don't want certain shades of colours to be different otherwise it's not going to look very good. I have also used the basic black and white, purely because the Yin Yang necklace which is our synergy link from the music video to the ancillary products is black and white and symbolizes opposites, and so this was the reason for my colour choices.

So far the information that is provided on the advert includes the most important aspect which is the artists name 'Prototype' and the album name 'Evolution of Man'. It also includes reviews from the Sunday times, and NME which are main publishers. I think having reviews is the most important piece of information to have because if your advertising a certain product to an audience they want to know why they should buy it and also what other peoples opinions of it is. I have made a note that I am going to change the second review to a publisher that rewards fives stars just because it looks odd, and the public may not necessarily take into account that certain publishers only reward up to 4 or less stars.  Lastly, I have written the release date of the album which is obviously really important, I also have to add so much more, such as:

• social media app logos
• website of the artist and the record label
• photo of the album cover
• & extra.