These are a few of the shots I plan to use on My music video.

Gerbil Records

This is my record company, Gerbil Records.
after studying a few existing labels (EMI, SONY)I came to the conclusion that record labels' logos showcase their name, but not much more.(sometimes a picture, or a border)
I used these findings as a starting point when I created mine, Gerbil records.
I used a clear font which was easy to read and bold enough to stand out and included a simple picture of a small rodent, which is associated with 'Gerbil Records'

The Madness Advertisement is for their album, which I think represents Madness as a band. Their tradition is that they wear suits, which the 'formal' white and black colour scheme represents.
The font used in this advert for the header is also suited to madness, as It is not conventioally serif or sans-serif. It has strange 'wings', which attempt to attract the reader's attention.

The Deep purple advert is advertising two of their albums. Deep purple are a famous rock band, although the colour scheme and stylings shown on the advertisement (sky blue) don't reflect this. However It does show the actual albums on the advert, a convention which isn't fllowed by any advertisements I have researched so far.
Both of these advertisements however show the name of the band - the product they're trying to sell, in large text to make their product as eye catching as possible, and to make it so the reader knows exactly what they're looking at.

this is the Front cover and outer design for my digipak.

I have used a simlar effect style and font style as the inside of the digipak, and what i plan to use on my magazine advertisement. The font is eroded looking and has a significant reference to death and decay, which i think is important.

I also took care when placing the text on the cover. I also think that the colour of the text is important. It contrasts with the dark grey background, and stands out, appealing to the consumer. the Light coloured text is also Quite small, compared to a lot fo album covers, which could be seen as a trend in metal albums, which focus intensively on narratives and themes of music.

I created a draft vesion of my Digipak Model.
THe drawn pictures and boxes are draft locations fo pieces of text and draft designs.
My final Digipak will resemble this.

This is a page from a music magazine promoting a metal band's new album.

This advertisement is very stereotypical of metal bands due to the fact that the colours are very dark. This is a tell-tale sign of metal and rock music. Everything that the band are wearing and everything in the background is a dark colour. The only things that aren't are the band's faces and the text, which are the main parts of the advert that are meant to stand out. The advert does this effectively. I think another feature which gives away the fact they're a metal band is the texture and pattern on the text. The text has an eroded kind of metallic texture, which is self-explanitory.
The image shows the band, which consists of 4 'hard' looking men. I can tell this by the intimidating faces they have, and the camera angle that the photo was shot from-low angle, which emphasises the faces of the band members and maximises the shadow exposure to the camera. For this, i think that this advertisement is a typical metal one.