The document analyzes the front cover and contents page of a Billboard magazine issue from September 2010. On the front cover, the main image features Selena Gomez to portray her as more mature. The main cover line hints at her discussing personal topics in an interview. Smaller side stories aim to entice readers. The contents page displays the issue's charts, sections, and featured artists through images and page numbers to guide readers. Standard formatting and colors create a consistent house style across pages.

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Front Cover:
Main Image
Main
Cover
Line
Masthead
Sub
Heading
Side stories/
cover lines

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Main Image: The main image usedisof artistSelenaGomez;theyhave positioned her to look more
mature than people think she is. This is showing the audience that her new music isn’t what you’ll
expectfromthe Disneygirl stereotype.She ismakingdirecteye contactsoit makesthe audience get
invested into the magazine and buy it. I think that they have put her in a white blazer and pants
because she has many young fans so it isn’t seen as so she’s degrading herself for money, another
reasonI think they would have dressed her in this outfit is because black and white clothes can be
seenasbeingsophisticatedandprofessional whichcouldbe showingusaboutthe place she is in her
career. No textispositionedbehindherortouchingthe singerthiscouldshow how serious she isn’t
havingdistractions near her or having obstacles in her way within the music industry. The singer is
positioned in the centre of the magazine to show that she is the main focus of the magazine.
Main Cover Line: The main cover line for this magazine issue is “Selena Gomez Finds Her Voice”
whenyouonlyreadthe main coverline you think that she is going to be talking about her personal
life andaddressrumours.Bymakingthe maincoverline say this it is making the audience intrigued
intowhat she saysso theypickthe magazine upand readthe coverinfurtherdetail. The main cover
line hasbeensetina clear,standard font. The magazine has done this because it makes it easier to
readso thenpeople don’t have to stand there to read it they can read it whilst just walking past so
thenit’s up to the personif they want to stop and read in more detail. Another thing that has been
addedto make the maincoverline is that the font has been changed to white. One reason why the
magazine haschangedthe colourof the cover line is because it then fits in with the rest of the font
on the cover, this could be seen as them trying to create a certain house style. Another reason for
changing the font to white is because it’s a bright colour, this is a huge must have for a magazine
colour because if they picked a darker colour for this specific cover then it would have been near
impossible to read whereas white can be read against almost any background.
Masthead: The mastheadforthe magazine has been turned onto its side and has been positioned
to go down the side of the magazine cover. The font is big and clear and has been set in a bright
colour to grab their readers’ attention and to appeal to the target audience. The font size of the
magazine’smastheadisnoticeablybiggerthanthe rest of the font on the cover this is because they
wanttheirname to be more noticedandremembered than there cover. Another reason is because
they want their magazine to be a household name so everyone knows it.
Sub Heading: The sub headingfromthe magazine ispositionedunderneaththe main cover line and
it says “what’s a reformed Disney princess to do about body-shaming, the Biebs, and hitting ‘rock
bottom’? Gather her girl squad and release her gutsiest, highest-charting music yet ‘I’ve deserved
this, I earned it. This is all me.” The sub heading is usually used as a last form of persuasion for the
audience topurchase the magazine. The main cover line has generated different ideas about what
herinterviewcouldbe aboutandthe subheadinghasmade the audience wantto read it. They have
used quotation marks round certain words such as ‘rock bottom’, ‘I’ve deserved this, I earned it’,

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and ‘thisis all me’these quoteshave beenreferredtointhe subheadingbecause theyare the most
interesting. The first quotation referrers to rock bottom, this will drag the audience in because no
magazine haseverreported that she has had any form of trouble which could be referred to as her
hitting rock bottom. The second and third quotation about her highest charting music makes her
sound like a fighter and like she now knows what she wants. This is a side that has never been
releasedtoher fans before so it will appeal to her fan base, which is the purpose of the magazine.
Side stories/ cover lines: The side stories/coverlinesare the otherstoriesthat are displayed on the
magazines front cover. On this magazine the side stories are in a smaller font size than the rest of
the cover.The twostorieswhichmake upthe side stories are why Deadmau5 is making indie music
and a story aboutthe weirderside toFrankSinatra.The storiesthe magazine usually chooses to put
as the side stories are as a way to help persuade someone to buy the magazine without having to
lookat the contentspage.The colour of the side storiesare alsosetin white sopeople lookat them,
the magazine also has created a style now for the cover with all the text appearing on the cover
being set in white.

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Contents page:
Chart
s
Main
Image
Support
Images
Title of
page
Sub
headings
Date

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Main Image: The main image onthe contentsisthe biggestphotoon the page this usually is always
the only original image on the page. For this magazine the main image on the contents page is of
BrandonFlowers, we know who it is about because at the bottom of his image is the page number
53 this makes you go to number 53 on the contents page to see who it is. The main image on this
contents page is positioned on the right side of the page so the text can go round him.
Support Images: The support images on the contents page are the images which are smaller than
the main image; these images are also not original and would most likely be taken from a google
page. These images are usually off the other recognisable faces and are there so you don’t have to
read through the contents page to see where in the magazine they are. For example if you look at
the photo of Phil Collins you will see that the article about him is on page 20. The numbers of the
pagesare differentoneach image in either black or white; they have stuck to only using these two
colours because it creates a form of house style. Another reason why the colour was chosen was
because of the backgroundinthe three photos,the numbers are either against something white or
something black so he numbers stands out from the pictures.
Charts: On the contents page it has a separate column on the left. In this column it has all the
differentchartsthat will be shown in the magazine with their page number next to it. These charts
are splitinto3 sections;albums, songs, and this week on.biz. In the charts column where it has the
headingsaying“No1”isin the same fontas the headingof the contentspage.The magazine name is
alsoin the charts column.Byputtingthe name of the magazine onthispage it drillsitinto your head
so then you will go back out and buy the next issue.
Subheadings: The subheadings on the contents page are; upfront, features, music, in every issue,
online and events. Billboard Magazine has included subheadings in their contents page because it
makes it easier for the reader to find what they are looking for. With the magazine including a
separate sectionforthingsthatare ineveryissue ithelpsthe readerknow the magazines content so
if theylike somethinginthissectionthentheywill buythe magazine againbecausetheyknow it will
be in there again.
Date: The date is positioned in the bottom right of the contents page, the date is on the contents
page because ithelpspeople getageneral ideaof whenthe magazine is published. For example on
the issue used as an example the date it was published was September 16th
2010.
Title of page: The title of the page is the biggest piece of text on the whole page this is because it
grabs your attention when you look at the page. Another reason the title of the page grabs your
attention is because it is a different font to the front cover and a different font to majority of the

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page.Thisgrabs people’sattentionbecauseit’sdifferentand itisboldsoit is the first thing you look
at on the page.

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Double spread page:
Introduction Paragraph
Leading Quote
Main Image
Supporting Images
Subheading
Caption
Charting Songs

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Introduction Paragraph: The introduction paragraph on the double spread is the bit that draws the
audience in to read the article. In most magazines the introduction paragraph is underneath a
heading but for this example there isn’t a headline for the page. The first line in the introduction
paragraph
Leading Quote:
Subheading:
Supporting Images:
Caption:
Charting Songs:
Main Image: