Analysis of Billboard magazine front cover

The colours

The dominate colour of this particular issue of Billboard magazine, is pink, black & white. Pink is a very feminine colour, which creates an image for the cover star - Katy Perry, also the blackness of Katy Perry’s dress contrasts with pink background. The pinkness of this cover creates an innocent and delicate image which is related to their target audience of females, which may attract them to buy it as they can relate with it.

Fonts

Most of the font on this front cover is in Sans Serif. This type of font is more simple, and modern and edgy.  This will appeal to the target audience who will modern and edgy. However Katy Perry’s name is in serif font. This is more fancy and delicate which here is used to portray Katy Perry’s personality.

The masthead

The masthead is the same on every issue. This allows readers to recognise it instantly even if some of the words/letters are covered up. The colour of the masthead tends to stay the same on this magazine but sometimes changes in others but the issue number situated in the same place on every issue.

Pictures

Main pictures on this magazine Katy Perry is the main picture, she is a successful female singer who is very popular with late-teen girls and young adult females, and she is used as she appeals to the target audience because she is someone they are interested in so they would buy the magazine to read about them. The main picture has been placed in the slightly off centre on the cover; also her head covers the masthead which is a common convention in music magazines.  However there is only one picture on the front of this magazine and this is a common theme within billboards magazines this makes you see who the main feature of this magazine will be and it also isn’t over crowded which shows that the target audience is for a more mature audience unlike top of the pops magazine which is crowded with images and writing.

Language

The language used in this magazine is simple and informal however colloquial language is not used on this front cover and there is no slang language ". This appeals to the audience because it is language is not childish and therefore will appeal to them