First Drafts of our Magazine Advertisement

As you can see from my previous post me and my partner each created our own plans for our Magazine Advertisement. We have now created them on Fireworks in order to get a fell for each of them. We will  now evaluate both plans of the advertasementq and then take elements from both of them to create our final plan.

MY PARTNERS DESIGN

This plan above is my partners design.  It appears simplistic as there is only a minimal amount of information about the band. I like the positioning of the star ratings as they seem to fit well and draw in the viewer due to there colour. I like how my partner has used the same font style and background as our Digipak as it allows a link to be made between the two. The QR code, the logo and also the universal logo all seem to be positioned well as they appear significant but they don't draw too much attention away from other areas of the Magazine Advertisement.

Elements we will consider taking from my partners Magazine Advertisement for the Digipak:

• The position of the star ratings and also the style of font that states the sources of the ratings.
• The QR code which links to our group blog.
• The idea of having our production company logo, the QR code and the universal logo all positioned in the bottom right hand corner of the Advertisement.

Elements that I don not like from this particular plan:

• Overall the Magazine Advertisement does not include enough information about the band.
• There is also too much space on the Magazine Advertisement, maybe adding a visual link to our Digipak would benefit this Magazine Advertisement.

MY DESIGN

This plan above is my design for our Magazine Advertisement. I too have also stuck to our overall theme by using the same wallpaper background as our Digipak. I have also used the same style font so that it appears consistent with our Digipak. I have created a visual link to our Digipak by using the frames from the front cover, but to make it more creative I have added the star ratings within the frames so that it appears more unique. I have however changed the position of the font to the bottom of the Magazine Advertisement.  What I liked from my partners Digipak was the idea of  having the logos in the bottom right hand corner of the Magazine Advertisement so this s a feature that I have also incorporated into my Advertisement.

Elements that I want to incorporate into the final design:

• The visual link to the Digipak by adding the frames to the my Magazine Advertisement.
• The logo's in the bottom right hand corner.
• Also the website in the left hand corner as this works well too.
• The use of the star ratings adds credibility for the Digipak.
• The quote that I have added also adds credibility as it tells a viewer that the Digipak is worth buying and therefore listening too.

Elements that don't work well:

• The Magazine Advertisement itself looks more like a film poster rather than an Advertisement for our Digipak.
• Maybe the font would look better if it was postioined at the top of the Advertisement.
• There also appears to be too much space on the Advertisement itself.