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Magazine Advert Analysis: Green Day This advent is for the Green Day single album “Wake me up when September ends”. Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this song about his father, who died of cancer on September 1, 1982. At his father's funeral, Billie cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his mother got home and knocked on the door to Billie's room, Billie simply said, "Wake me up when September ends," hence the title. This single is of the rock alternative genre and this can be shown through the dramatic font and the contrast between the white, black and red of the font. The band name, “Green Day” is a well-known band within the “rock genre”, so The image is one from the actual music video of the song “Wake me up when September ends”. It’s the moment when explosions from the narrative of songs inner story and

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Magazine Advert Analysis: Green Day

This advent is for the Green Day single album “Wake me up when September ends”. Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this song about his father, who died of cancer on September 1, 1982. At his father's funeral, Billie cried, ran home and locked himself in his room. When his mother got home and knocked on the door to Billie's room, Billie simply said, "Wake me up when September ends," hence the title.

This single is of the rock alternative genre and this can be shown through the dramatic font and the contrast between the white, black and red of the font. The band name, “Green Day” is a well-known band within the “rock genre”, so

The image is one from the actual music video of the song “Wake me up when September ends”. It’s the moment when explosions from the narrative of songs inner story and the band playing joint to create a spectacle of explosions.

The feel of the album is that a depression and suffering as shown through the iconography of Billy Joe, he has his mattered hair and eye shadow to create an “emo” character, the medium close up of this screen shot allows the audience to see Billy Joe (thus working as a star drive) and the dramatic font combine to represent the rock genre and how he feels about this song as well about what it means to him a good use of anchorage. This helps establish the band as a rock/ alternative band.

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The font takes up most of the advert with it also working as another drive, Green Day is an infamous band which most people have herd of thus by putting in big bold letters “GREEN DAY” people are going to notice it. In addition to this the dramatic font of when September ends further iterates the drama of this album. Artist name is in the trademark Green Day font style, different font for Wake Me Up When September Ends to attract audience’s eye and to compliment the meaning behind the song.

The advert also shows another major albums and single including “American Idiot” and the other songs on the disk; “Homing Coming” and “Hitching a ride” and also includes a 7”inch picture disk. It also features legal information, when its available e.c.t.