Research: Conventional layout of a Magazine front cover

Masthead: TOPOFTHEPOPS Big bold writing to make the title of the magazine stand out. Its written in pink to appeal to a young female audience. Coverlines: show what else is featured in the magazine, the font is smaller than the main coverline. Its used to appeal to a wider audience For e.g. One Direction is used as a coverline to attract more readers whose interests is one direction Image: Famous pop icon- Cher Lloyd. It is positioned in the middle since Cher Lloyd is the main story of the magazine. Cher Lloyd appeals to the magazines target audience 13- 19 year old

Colour: the colour theme for the magazine is pink to make it look girly and attract a young female audience. Pop music is mainly about romance, the pink can connote romance. It also shows the attitude of pop music- its loud, the pink stand out, fun- the bright colours in

Main Coverline: is positioned on top of the main image, its connected to the image. The main coverline reads The Real Cher Lloyd which is connected to the Cher Lloyd image. Its written in bold writing and is placed in a pink bubble to make it stand out.

The bright blue colour of her outfit also shows off the bright, fun attitude of pop music.

Appeal to a secondary audience, whos also interested in fashion as well as music. The magazine gains a wider audience because of this coverline.

Price/ Barcode: The price for this magazine is around 2.75- 3.99 so that the young readers can afford it since it is aimed at an audience that are in school. It is a monthly magazine so the reader doesnt have to spend to much every week. Colour: The bright and Mast head: the word VIBE is written in big, bold orange to connote the and colourful writing. R n B is represented as loud aggressive and loud attitude and aggressive and the title written in uppercase of R n B and Hip- Hop music. and an orange colour connotes this.

Coverline: shows other features in the magazine and are written in a smaller font than the main coverline. The coverline for this magazine includes article of other R n B artists such as Drake whos very popular in this genre.

Target Audience: The target audience of this magazine is 14- 19 who have an interest in R n B and Hip- Hop. Targeted to both genders but mainly females.

The language of the magazine is informal to appeal to young readers. Informal language is used to connect to the readers.

Image: Nicki Minaj is the only image on the magazine and shes placed in the middle of the magazine to show that this issue is about her. The orange in her hair matches the colour theme of the magazine. Nicki Minaj appeals to many people who listen to R n B and Hip- Hop. Includes fashion to appeal to a wider audience who are interested in music and in fashion. The fashion in this magazine is aimed at the male audience.

Barcode/ price: The price of the magazine is around 3.00 and is published monthly so the young readers can afford to purchase the magazine.

Mast head: is in red to connote danger, excitement and quite sexual to go with the way shes dressed in shorts. It is in curvy font to show that the magazine has an edge but it also has a soft side. Image: is of Taylor Swift a famous country/ pop artist, she is positioned in the middle of the magazine and on top of the mast head to show that she is the main article of the magazine. She is given a dark and edgy look to go with the magazine theme.

Coverline: includes names of popular rock icons since the genre of this magazine is mainly rock music.