1. Audience
The audience of this magazine would be the regular
readers of both genders of young adults. Though
having Justin Bieber as the main image and header
will attract all his of fans bringing in a much wider
audience.
Colour Pallet
The colours of red, white and green are
used to bring the Christmas theme of
the magazine as it is a winter issue.
These colours are associated with
Christmas time so immediately let you
know that this is a Christmas issue. The
use of colours are bold and used well.
Mast Head
The masthead of ‘Billboard’ is in the same colour of
white as it always is with the centre of the ‘O’, ‘A’
and ‘R’ all coloured in. I find this very effective as it
Layout
gives it it’s own identity. The masthead is placed
The layout is set with Justin in the middle but in a way of
behind the image of Justin Bieber which shows
weaving through the cover line. The cover line is in the middle
layering and that Justin is the main aspect. It also
over the top of Justin, and the rest of the text is placed
goes to show that people already realise it says
around the sides, mainly on the left side but also some on the
‘billboard’ without actually having to see the whole
right. The cover is set out into horizontal strips with each
title, so shows it is already a well known magazine.
containing different cover lines. In the bottom left hand
corner is the barcode, this is very efficient to place it here as it
is easy to view. I think this layout is very effective as it’s Cover Lines
different to most others and very eye catching. The main cover line says ‘Justin Bieber, on why his
holiday album aims beyond the season’, this is a
good catching cover line as the fans of Justin will
Images want to read more. Also the wording used of
Only one image is used which is a mid shot of Justin Bieber ‘beyond the season’ comes through as a bit of a
placed in the middle of the cover. He is standing with his play on words as it is for the winter season. The
hands in his pockets and his head tilted to one side a bit. He is other cover lines state of ‘The powerful perspective
dressed in all white except from his denim jacket to bring out of Paul Simon’ which uses alliteration which brings
a bit more colour. The lighting looks very realistic, and the an English technique of getting the readers
image could have been cut out. There is a shadow placed interested. The fonts used are quite basic and very
behind him which makes it look more 3D and realistic. easy to read, in the colours of white, black and
green depending on what background it is on so it
can be clearly read.