Linkin park What I've Done advert.

Linkin Park- Advert.

The first thing that struck me about this advert was, like the album cover, it was very simplistic. Also that this advert seems to mirror a lot of the code and conventions that the Linkin Park album does. As the backgrounds black the uses of white font blend’s very well together, enabling the font to stand out. The red silhouette of the band members is a great choice, as it makes the members stand out, the red seems to be a dark red, perhaps showing that there is a dark side to this CD or for that matter, the band members. In the background, the images of the band’s logo is imprinted in a dark, mysterious grey, which gives us more reason to think that this album is going to be sinister. This is a great effect.

The mixed style of font on this advert is pleasing to the eye, as it makes the advert appear more interesting, as does the font colour. The band members on this particular advert appear to have the same stance as those on the finished album cover,( possibly making us think that they always stand united) the only difference is that on the advert they are a dark red. The red mixes well with the black theme and the bottom of the band members legs fade away into the blackness of the ad, in between the blackness and white font, possibly mirroring a certain song title on the album: In Between.

My favourite aspect of this advert cover is that all that the Linkin Park logo and band members’ silhouette merges together as the bottom and then the large white font is very dominant of them both. My final comment on this advert cover is that like the album cover it is a very ‘silent cover’, meaning that there is not much going on, it is very calm and peaceful, but really hiding a secret that the CD contain heavy rock music and parental; guidance is needed to listen to it, misleading, just like the album cover.

All in this entire advert does a great job of portraying the album in itself and the contents of the CD. The codes and conventions are very very similar to the real album cover, only changed slightly.