Plan B Magazine Advert

The name of the artist is Plan B, this instantly connotes different questions in the audiences mind. For example what reason does he have for hiding his name? Moreover a sense of mystery is placed around the artist; as they have not told the audience his name it makes the audience think who is he? Why will he not tell us his name? As a result an air of mystery surrounds the artist. Furthermore as the name of the artist isn’t an actual name like Joe or Bob but rather a saying this stops the audience having a personal relationship with the artist; as we the audience do not know the artists name. Additionally having the name of the artist as a saying indicates to the audience that this artist is wise as they use sayings and metaphors. The actual colours and font size not only increases the sense of mysteriousness around the artist but also gives a sense of boldness and arrogance to the artist.   The colour red has connotations of anger and violence; by having the name of the artist in red symbolises that the artist himself is quite an angry person and this can be reflected in his music.

The title of Plan B’s album is The Defamation Of Strickland Banks. As the word defamation connotes to something wrong being done to a person this leads the audience to believe that Strickland Banks is someone’s name. This idea of something wrong being done to Strickland Banks lets the audience know that the album is not only going to be focused around a person called Strickland Banks but also about what wrong was done against him. The colours used are black, white and red, these colours not only clash but they also compliment each other and show different sides of each other. The colour red has connotations to violence and anger, the colour black has connotations to darkness but the colour white has connotations to purity and honesty. Such contrasting colours give a sense of the different sides off Plan B and how much of a variety he is.

There are two images present on this magazine advert one is of the artist himself and the other is of his album. The one of Plan B is not as dominant as one might expect; as it is located in the bottom right hand corner. In his hand Plan B is holding an old fashioned mic, this connotes a number of things firstly that Plan B is a person who has old fashioned values. Moreover it could also point towards the genre that Plan B is in, some sort of soul or jazz.  Additionally it can connote that music is important to Plan B and that he cannot bare to let go of the mic. The image itself is black, grey and white and this could have been done for a number of reasons. Firstly to illustrate that there are many different sides of Plan B, but having the image in three different colours fits into the three different colours for the writing. Clearly a theme of three is occurring which could indicate that his music could be about a three way love triangle. Furthermore as it is only a side shot of Plan B this connotes to the audience that Plan B isn’t someone you would pay attention , someone that you would only catch’s glimpse of from the side as you walk past him. However the fact that Plan B is holding the mic in his hand it can connote that Plan B is either singing or getting ready to sing.