- It reaches the target audience directly
- Throught a magazine there is an element of choice/ control of the viewer reading it therefore needs to be striking.
- Must be appealing to target audience in alternative ways (visuals) because they can not hear the music like say a TV advert- viral marketing.
Techniques designer used to achieve this purpose...
- Colour must be simular to the video.
- Image- original/complex
- Direct/indirect address in photography
- Digital manipulantion of photo.
- White space (simple/ modern) or visula clutter.
- Subtle use of humour.
- mise-en-scene selected carefully- include / exclude within frame.
- Contrasting colours
Industry Information
- Logo/ name of record label
- artist name, album name
- release date
- awards won
- Where you can buy it from-shop-website
- Artist web address
- tour dates
- Name of artists within the band
- Names of songs on the album.