Examples of artist featured in a magazine advertisement:

This magazine advertisement features the artist LA ROUX and is promoting the release of her album. A close up shot is used to identify the artist and again promote her, with her image filling up the whole page. The use of the double page layout also connotes her importance as they have dedicated not one but two pages about her. The advert includes reviews and star ratings from various institutions and follows the quite warm colour scheme of red, orange and quite black colours throughout.

This advertisement features the artist Gwen Stefani and tells of the release of an album or single. By using a medium shot, the artist is the main feature point of the text and by blurring out the background it intesifys the picture of the artist and again makes them the focus point. Dressed in quite fashionable but orignal clothing, the audience would identify with Stefani's image and make her more accessible and easliy recognisable. As her look is so individual, the audience easily recognises her style.
The artist is holding a crown and a septre, which could connote being royal or being above or better than others. She also appears to be sat on a throne of sorts, again connoting the Queen image.

Filming on the 06/12/11

I was unable to film on this day due to the fact that I couldn't film in the dark which happened because my main artist was late. On my next filming session I plan to send a reminder to the artist herself and also plan to film earlier as I'll have more time.

Analysis of existing album covers in preperation for the ancillary texts:

This is the album cover for my chosen song 'Jar of hearts' by Christina Perri. The shot used in this text is a medium shot with the artist in the middle as the main focus point drawing attention to her without having to have huge text depicting who it is. The white background connotes innocence and purity and again makes the artist stand out, especially as she has dark hair which is a polar opposite. The pure background would not conventionally be used with this artist as she has tattoos and is not the stereotypical 'popstar'.

As the song is called 'jar of hearts' the artist is pictured holding a jar full of red liquid with empty jars around her. This links to the music video itself as the antagonist in the narrative goes around stealing people's hearts from a jar inside their chest. The red liquid could connote the heart itself, passion or anger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v_4O44sfjM&ob=av3e

This cover is from the album F.A.M.E by Chris Brown. This text is brightly coloured which is eye catching and interesting and also has an essence of graffiti which could connote the artist's artistic qualities and could also attract an audience that likes both his music and street art.
A close up shot is used again on a sort of collage or comic strip background which again promotes the artist as he's the main focus point with the picture itself shown as a drawing/painting, again connoting art. Street art is commonly associated with 'the hood' or 'the streets' which could be used to show the artist's origins.
The title FAME itself has a connection with the film 'fame' itself which is about dancing and singing and becoming famous.

This text if from the album 'Born this way' by Lady GaGa. The shot used is a close up which attracts all attention to the artist.
The black and white effect is applied to this shot with the artist wearing bright red lipstick which immeaditly draws your eye to her face. The artist herself looks wild and has an unconventional image which is well suited with the 'Born this way' title.
The red lipstick used connotes passion, love and even anger, and the beauty spot used suggests that even though she is different, she is still beautiful.