Plans for magazine advert

Below are the two flat plans that I designed for my Magazine advert, They both contain annotations about whats included within the advert to make it clearer to tell whats on the page.

This magazine advert shows that the two artists are placed within the center of the advert to make them the main thing that stands out when you first look at the page, I used bright colours to mimic the costumes that they wear and to make the advert stand out. 

This is the second magazine advert that I have designed, the photo contains annotations about what is contained within the design to shed some more light on the detail it holds.

Plans for digipak

Below are the two designs that I came up with regarding the digipaks.

 This is the first design for the digipak it includes annotations about whats included within the design. However, I feel that the design overall is too brown so when it comes to designing the actual digipak I will be able to change the colours a little to make it look brighter overall.

  This is design number two for the digipaks this one is a little more colourful than the first design I came up with, it also includes the explorer on his adventure to the chest which is also pictured. I'm not sure about the front cover for the digipak on this design I prefer the front cover for the first design - maybe there is a way that I would be able to combine the two different designs together to create a better design.

Analysis of ancillary products

Below is an analysis of a digipak from the artists Empire of the sun. I found this digipak really interesting because I felt that it didn't really reflect them as a duo, normally their work is really colourful and bright but this seems to be the complete opposite.

Digipak - Empire of the sun - Walking on a Dream

However, unfortunately I wasn't able to find a magazine advert from this duo so I decided to look at different magazine adverts from different groups and artist from this genre as I thought that this would be another way that I would be able to learn the different kinds of things that are included within this genre for magazine adverts, it would help me to see if there are any similarities of differences between the different adverts within the same genre. This is shown below;

By looking at the different digipaks and different magazine adverts it will help me to understand more about what I will have to include when it come to making my own within that genre.  

Research into your chosen artist

The Artist my group chose to look at was Empire of the sun. They are an Australian Electro-pop Duo.

About the duo

Empire of the sun is a Australian Electro-pop duo from Sydney, formed in 2007. The band is a collaboration between Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore. Their 2008 debut album 'Walking on a dream' brought the duo international success and they have been certified double platinum in Australia and gold in the UK. The duo's second album 'Ice on the dune' was released in June 2013, preceded by the lead single 'Alive' on 16th April. The Band are signed to EMI Music Australia/Virgin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Sun_(band)

Music videos 

One thing that is clear throughout all of their music videos is that they will both always wear big, colourful and over the top costumes. This seems to get them noticed and because the costumes is almost like a theme running all the way through their work it instantly make them more recognizable.

by understanding more about the artist and the way they work it will help me to make a better music video inspired by them. The most important thing that I think that I want to include within my own music video would be the interesting and brightly coloured costumes that appear in every single music video, as I think that this would make the video more interesting and add to the Mise in the video.     

Research into chosen Genre

The genre that my group has chosen for our music video is Electro-pop. Below is the mindmap that I created about the genre, it contains loads of different artists and groups from the genre and It also contains a few of the album covers from the genre. Having a mindmap about the genre will be very useful because having a load of sources for the genre will make it easier to see if there is any similarities and/or differences between the artists in that one genre. when we make the music video we will have to consider things like what our artists are going to look like, the way they have to dress/ act etc.   

What is Electro-pop? 
Electro pop is a variant of synth-pop that places more emphasis on a harder, electronic sound. The genre has seen a revival of popularity and influences since the 2000's.]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electropop
Electro-pop is a pop orientated form of music primarily consisting the use of synthesizers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Electropop/

History 
During the early 1980's, artist such as Gary Numan, The Human League, Soft Cell, John Foxx and Visage helped pioneer a new synth-pop style that drew more heavily on electronic and synthersizer music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electropop

What Is recognizable within the genre?
The one thing that is clear to see is that no two artists or groups from the genre are the same, they all have their different styles. The majority of the artists wear dark clothing with the exception of a few wearing slightly more eccentric costumes, this makes them stand out from the rest of the genre because the bright colours and bright costumes are seen as a theme within the artists/groups work and it is therefore expected of them whenever they produce something new.

Conducting more research into this genre will help me to better understand the genre and the artists that work within it, researching into the history helps me to understand when the genre was established and how it came to be.