Planning for the Magazine Advert

This is a sketch of my initial ideas for my magazine advertisement. Before producing the sketch, I looked back at my analysis of real world magazine adverts to make sure I knew what I needed to include. I then decided on the layout, originally I wanted to include a series of images on the front page but after looking at other adverts I decided to include one simple image to make the advert seem less busy and overcrowding. Looking through my previous photo shoot with my main characters Sam and Victor, I decided to include a long shot of the grandson leaning on the grandfather's shoulder to convey feelings of love and empathy which are illustrated in the song 'Afire Love'. Furthermore, when producing the sketch, I enlarged the sizing of the artists name 'Ed Sheeran' and the name of his album 'X' as these are both vital pieces of information, providing the audience information on the artist and their album name. This also makes it easily recognisable for the audience as they will be able to easily identify the band's brand guidelines if the writing is much larger than the rest. At the top of the page, I also added information regarding the different formats the album will be available on, following the typical conventions of an album magazine advert. I will now be able to produce a draft using Adobe InDesign following this sketch of initial ideas.