Magazine Advert for The Prodigy's Invaders must Die

This in an advertisement for the Prodigy's new album invaders must die; it consists of various energetic symbols along with the bands main logo, as well as a small amount of info at the bottom.

The mast head for this band is shown through an electric style text, in a faded black with the words prodigy a lot bigger than the. This emphasises the established name of the band and gives it a larger feeling title, as if it had been knighted in some respect. It’s based at the top of the page showing importance, and is but upon a crème like white which makes it stand out to the viewer.

The image below is of various triangles, circles and rectangles, almost looking like vents. As a whole the image looks a little like a window or containment of some kind that the album is breaking out of, emphasising power and importance. Another this image does for the band is represent their music, they are well know for creating up beat tracks that were and still are top of the rave lists for clubs and establishments, but unlike many of the artists in the same genre they have a slight oddity about them, shown through these strange collection of shapes. The artist’s album text is like its masthead only messier and more ecstatic, and with it in orange it creates a darkened, urban feel that represents the band roots. Other images that help associate the text with these meanings are the arrows; they are pointed in every direction showing signs of unorganisation, a common factor in the dancing styles the music tends to create.

Below this text is a release date, shown in the same font only a different colour, with it set upon the dark country landscape styled background it reminds me of the film 28 days later, where it was shown as a forthcoming end to society and establishment, something the band have done since day one. Also the main image looks like a sky ship; as if the band are overtaking the country or area the shot was based. As with the other magazine ads this one has small logos in each of the bottom corners, one for the record label, and in this case, the establishment selling the album.