Magazine Advertisement Drafts/Experiments

Taking into account that it is conventional for the album to be the main photograph on the advertisement, I have tried to fit my finished album cover onto it. Although I don't think it has been successful in this way as the black part of my performers jacket cuts the page into two, not achieving the conventional look I wanted. Although, I am happy with the positioning and use of content in terms of release date and the ratings (which I quoted my AS Magazine called AMP rating this artist as my intentions for that magazine was for it to promote new up and coming rock/alternative artists). Although, I may try to experiment with other ways I can place my photograph as I think the divide between the album cover and other information is too clear. 

Due to the above magazine advertisement looking like it had been split into two due to where the black on the artists jacket stopped, I decided to change the positioning of the photograph around to the bottom of the page. Although, I found that the problem with this is that when photographing this picture originally I cut off the top of my performers head by accident, therefore it looks unproffessional. Also,  I don't think the artists name catches attention straight away due to it being right at the bottom, when I would prefer it to positioned possibly in the center of the page/top instead.Although, I intend to experiment more and find ways to get around these problems.

I thought that the way to get around my above problems were to maybe shape the artists head a little more, and rather than using the text from the album on her picture, transfer that text upwards so that it catches the audiences attention. Furthermore, the same photograph is used, therefore the target audience will still be recognise the album when it does come out, as the photograph is very bold. I prefer the positioning of the ratings in this layout. Although, I am still unsure as there are still gaps on the right hand side of the advertisement which don't look right. But, I want to experiment more with this idea. Furthermore, I have used the same font text for the artists name as I have on the digipak, as this is a conventional factor and will help the audience recognise the album when it comes out.