Billboard magazine cover analysis





The magazine is well presented. Everything on the magazine is nicely ordered. The text and title at the top of the magazine is compacted into a sort of box shape. The small orange text is fitted effectively between the masthead and the sub heading. The two singers on the cover are blocking parts of masthead which show that the magazine is well known. For typography the font style is similar throughout. All the text is in block capitals to make it stand out. The size of the text is varied on the magazine cover. For example the word ‘AVENTURA’ stands out well due to its size compared to the smaller text in the bottom left hand corner of the magazine cover. This word is also the cover line. The colour scheme depicts a vibrant theme which is common in pop music magazines. In a rock music magazine for instance the colour would be nearly the opposite. There would be colours such as black and red which represent anger and gothic styles. There is a good use of colour in the masthead. The way that different colours are used inside certain letters is a good technique to draw the reader in. The masthead is one of the first things you look at due to the bright colours used. The white masthead stands out well on the blue sky. The orange colour of the cover line stands out well on the singers black trousers and the concrete floor. There is one main image covering the whole of the magazine cover. There are four singers in this main image. They are wearing clothing which is suited to the target audience and the genre of the music. The language of the magazine seems to be very informal for example ‘On staying indie’. None of the text seems address the reader directly. It lists quite a few artist names. In the main image a low angle shot is used to make the singers look powerful and dominant and also the fact that their starring straight at the camera too.