Lana Del Rey- Magazine Advert
The title of this magazine advert is written in sans serif typography. From our research in other artists magazine advert we learnt that the sans serif typography is a convention of other magazine adverts. It is written in bold and capital which makes it stand out more to the audience. This is effective as it makes the title memorable to the audience and also immediately associates the artists name with the album. The name of lana del rey is the largest text on the magazine advert which demonstrates that the focus is mainly on the artist herself as she is another significant part of the promotion along with the album.
The album name is smaller in size than the artist name but is still noticable. The colour is pale blue which makes it stand out as it contrasts well with the pale white shirt. The font is the same as the title and from this we learn that the whole magazine advert will have similiar fonts.
The main image of this magazine advert is a mid shot of the artist. Her facial expression represent her as being very serious and also presents her as being almost sad. This contrasts with the mise en scene shown in the magazine advert and can also be described as challenging it even. The colours of the magazine advert are bright whites and pale blues these represent peace and happiness which means the facial expression shown by Lana Del Rey challenges this representation. The shot is a low angled shot which presents the artist as being superior or in power as it makes her seem more bigger and she is looking down at the audience. The costume worn by Lana Del Rey present her as being classy and elegant as she is wearing a buttoned up collared shirt.
Below the album name the release date is shown. Unlike the artist name and album title the release date has an italic style to the font which makes it stand out even with teh album title and artist name being bigger it still manages to stand out due to the style of the font. This is in a different style as they need to create anticipation for the album so need to make the release date stand out so fans are able to create hype around the release of a new album.