The document analyzes the design elements of magazine covers, including: 1) The mastheads are partially covered by large images to show the magazines are recognizable without full mastheads and that the artists are featured more prominently. 2) The images use direct eye contact to engage the audience. They may signify wealth, power, or innocence depending on the context. 3) The left thirds highlight the main artists but also advertise other articles to attract a wider audience across music genres.

1. COLOUR
The colours scheme which is
used is red blue yellow and
white. Red yellow and white are
used as they are gender neutral
and can appeal to both sexes.
The red is also used to highlight
items which may not be fully
about the genre of music bill
bored normally focuses on. The
blue background is used to
show the ,magazine is more
upbeat and not so serious
MASTHEAD
The masthead is covered in the centre by
image which shows that billboard is a well
known name as can still be recognised
without needing to be fully shown. This can
also be interpreted as the artist being
bigger than the actual magazine.
Image
The image is of Justin Bieber
staring straight at he camera
which is direct mode of
address and makes the
audience feel more involved.
He is holding on to a gold
chain which can be used to
signify wealth
LEFT THIRD
The left third is shaped around the image
of Justin Bieber with his name taking up
half of the third to suggest that the
magazine is focused on him. The rest of
the third is about different articles within
the magazine and all of the artists names
are highlighted in yellow apart from waka
flocka flame who’s name is highlighted in
red instead

2. Masthead
The masthead is covered by the
image which suggests that the
magazine is easily recognisable
and can afford to be covered
partially by the main image the
uses of red white and yellow
suggests the magazine is
gender neutral and can appeal
to both men and women but
women's music above suggests
that this edition is specialised
towards women
Image
The image is of Beyoncé
standing in a partially seductive
pose but it can also show that
she is powerful and strong with
the white suggesting innocence
the image also has her looking
straight at the camera as a
direct mode of address. The
background of the image is
Left third
The left third is divided into two
sections by Beyoncé's elbow
with the top half focusing on
other artist and the bottom bit
mostly on Beyoncé. The fact
she is called women of the year
will also make people want to
buy the magazine to see what
has made her the women of
the year
Colour
The main colour scheme of the
magazine is black and white which
would also make it look more
sophisticated and also it attracts
the eye to the more brighter places
with the use of a black background
. Beyoncé's name also is more clear
as it changes from white when on
the background to blue on top of
her dress

3. Masthead
The masthead is covered by the
image of Kanye west which
represents that the magazine is
well known without the need to
have the masthead on full display
and it also shows that it wants
people to focus more on the
artist than the masthead it can
also be used to represent that
the artist is bigger than the
magazine.
Image
The image is of Kanye west is of
him looking straight at the camera
which is a direct mode of address
and can be used to attract the
audience as it is a more personal
approach
Left third
The left third of this magazine is
only focused on Kanye west only
as it is just about his article as
all other articles are on the
other side. This suggests that
the magazine just wants to
publicise Kanye west as if it is
displayed with only the left third
showing then you would only
see Kanye west and no other
articles titles
Colour
The colour scheme used is blue
black ,violet and white. The blue is
used to highlight the masthead
and other key artist on the front
cover the blue is also used to
highlight the quote by Kanye

4. Masthead
The masthead is located in
the comer of the page so it
also shares the page with
the main image instead of
needing to be covered by it
this could indicate that Q is
advertising Florence and
she is also advertising the
magazine by having them
both share the page
Image
The image is a close up of
Florence’s face and it haves
her looking straight at the
camera which is direct
mode of address there is
no background in this
image as Florence’s hair
takes up the main part of
the image and it acts as the
background for the image
Left third
The left third is partially take up
by the masthead as the main
article takes up the space which
would normally be where the
masthead is but there are still
other articles placed on the left
third to do with other featured
articles the magazine also has
names of different artists from
different genres as this allows
them to attract a larger audience
if they span different genres
Colour
The main colour scheme of the
magazine is white as all the text is
white but this allows them to be
visible on the background which is
Florence’s ginger hair