This is the fifth magazine front cover that i will analysis, it is from a magazine called Billboard. The main story features the singer/songwriter Taylor swift.
The title is almost completely covered by the star in the main image. This is because billboard magazine know that they are well known enough to risk this. The yellow colour in the letter ‘d’ of the title is a constituency of the magazine. I like the fact they have a constituency as they colours in the ‘b’ and ‘d’ in every issue of their magazine but I don’t like the fact that the title in mostly covered by the main image. In my magazine I will only cover a slight part of the title.
The title is almost completely covered by the star in the main image. This is because billboard magazine know that they are well known enough to risk this. The yellow colour in the letter ‘d’ of the title is a constituency of the magazine. I like the fact they have a constituency as they colours in the ‘b’ and ‘d’ in every issue of their magazine but I don’t like the fact that the title in mostly covered by the main image. In my magazine I will only cover a slight part of the title.
The style colours of the magazine are:
-Red
-Blue
-Yellow
-Black
These colours are used throught the front cover to make it look professinal and organised. I will also have a house style for my magazine, but my house style colours will be Blue, White and Black. I may include another colour that will only be used for one section of text.
The other stories that are shown on the front cover are to influence the audience to buy the magazine because of the other stories that are inside. They are also laid out on the left hand side because people read left to right therefore these will be read first. Other stories that will be featured on my magazine front cover will be placed on the left hand side of the cover so that they are noticed straightaway. The other stories will mention famous names, so that the fans of the artist mentioned will want to buy my magazine.
The main story is the largest text on the cover (except the title of the magazine) this is to catch a reader’s eye and to show that Taylor Swift is the main story of this issue of the magazine. For my magazine the main story will not be the largest text as I want to make the name of the artist the largest font. This will still show that the artist is the main feature of the magazine.
The main image draws in the stars fans; she uses a typical mid shot pose and a direct mode of address to draw in readers and to connect with the audience, the yellow colours on the front cover link with the colour of her hair. I love the fact that the artist uses direct mode of address to attract and draw in the audience. I would like to use this for my main image to connect with my magazine’s audience.
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