Analysis of Billboard magazine double page spread

This double page spread is from billboard magazine whose target audience is mainly females of late teen to young adult age.  The feature on this double page spread is of Rihanna who is a popular artist with this target audience. This double page spread has a lot of writing on it and few images with text set out on three columns on each page. The way this is set out I common layout often used in all magazine to help the aesthetics of the page.  There is a quote on the left-hand page it is in a larger font to the rest of the text which makes it stand out from the article. It also introduces the colour of hot pink, which makes it stand out even more. There are only 3 pictures on the page, one medium sized image of Rihanna performing, and two smaller images of Rihanna with other people. These break up the text slightly so it looks a bit more interesting. The font used on all the text on this double page spread is sans serif, this will appeal to the target audience as it is simple and modern and makes the page look edgy, this may also be a connotation of Rihanna’s music and personality. The first line of the article is in a bigger font than the rest of the text. This is once again used to grab the attention of the readers. The colour scheme of this double page spread is black ,pink and white, the background is white and plain, however this makes the writing of black and pink stand out more and these colour scheme is quite girly and this will attract the female target audience.  I personally think there is too much writing on this page and I do not think it is very attractive or interesting, but I do like the colour scheme.