Billboard front cover analysis

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Part of the mast head is covered which shows the magazine is very audience intended because the reader is expected to know what the magazine is even though part of it is hidden. Main image is a mid shot, the artist is centred and looking directly at the camera, direct eye contact draws the reader in and would make them want to buy it. The artist covers almost the whole page and the magazine has no other images showing that the main articles would be about her. Cover lines: “My fans don’t really know who i am” This would make Rihanna fans want to buy the magazine and read the article. Cover lines are placed on the left hand in case the magazine is displayed horizontally in a shelving system and also because we read text from left to right. This is a good feature of a magazine front cover. Banners are used to make text stand out against the image. Black and white is used because it is easy to read and attracts attention. Mast head is placed at the top of the magazine. It has block colours inside the white lettering ton make it stand out which is very original and is a signature trademark which sets itself apart from every other magazine. Artists name in large lettering once again to emphasise that the main article will be about her. It is also in the middle centre which attracts attention.

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Page 1: Billboard front cover analysis

Part of the mast head is covered which

shows the magazine is very audience

intended because the reader is expected to

know what the magazine is even though part

of it is hidden.

Main image is a mid

shot, the artist is

centred and looking

directly at the camera,

direct eye contact

draws the reader in

and would make them

want to buy it. The

artist covers almost

the whole page and

the magazine has no

other images showing

that the main articles

would be about her.

Cover lines: “My fans don’t really know who i am”

This would make Rihanna fans want to buy the

magazine and read the article.

Cover lines are

placed on the left

hand in case the

magazine is

displayed

horizontally in a

shelving system and

also because we

read text from left to

right. This is a good

feature of a

magazine front

cover.

Banners are used

to make text stand

out against the

image. Black and

white is used

because it is easy

to read and attracts

attention.

Mast head is

placed at the top

of the magazine. It

has block colours

inside the white

lettering ton make

it stand out which

is very original and

is a signature

trademark which

sets itself apart

from every other

magazine.

Artists name in

large lettering once

again to

emphasise that the

main article will be

about her. It is also

in the middle

centre which

attracts attention.