Magazine Advert Analysis

The artist in the magazine advert is wearing a plain white t-shirt the colour white connotates a person of high status, he also has a silver chain hanging out of his pocket which can also connate high status as well as his wealth. The clothing he is wearing is very plain and simplistic as to not draw focus to 'brands' or 'designers' he may be wearing  this could have been done so the audience just focus on him. The colours in the background are lighter and his hands are coloured in black so it makes him stand out more. In the background we see a block of flats this reflects the style of the artist as most 'grime' artists rap about their poor starts in life, from that image in the background we have an idea what genre of music this belongs to. The poster tells us when the album is to be released, where it can be purchased and downloaded from, what the album cover looks like and also the other artists featuring on the album. Other artists are probably mentioned on the advert to reach out to a wider target audience. The title of the album is 'wretchrospective' which is play on the word 'retrospective' which means to look back at past events, from this we have an idea what the album may be about, the artist is giving an indirect mode of address and looking towards the block of flats suggesting that he is now in a better place and looking back at his past life so the title of the album is linked in with the image on the poster. The poster promotes and advertises the artist in varies ways, at the very top of the page the artists name is written it stands out as its black writing surrounded by a lighter coloured background, the poster also has a black banner write across the middle with the name of the album and the release, the fact it's positioned right in the middle of the poster makes it memorable and also makes it stand out. From the mise en scene we can tell what genre of music the artist belongs to in the background we see a block of flats 

which is typical of east and north london areas, where the grime genre of music originated from. 

The artist is wearing baggy clothing and jeans which is also typical of the grime music genre 

The artist has facial tattoos making him appear slightly intimidating and 'hard' which is in image 

often seen in the grime music genre. From the mise en scene its suggested that the target audience

are teenagers from London. The advert is very similar to the album cover making it more 

recognizable to anyone buying the product.