Research & Planning - Analysis Of 2 Music Magazines

1. - Billboard Magazine Cover.
 This magazine cover has the codes and conventions of a stereotypical music magazine cover are that it has a masthead, main image, cover lines, the three rule cover scheme and 2 fonts. The masthead stands out on the magazine because it is in black bold letters and it has blue and green in the spaces. Also the magazine is well known and people know what it is even though Katy's main image covers it. The main image also helps attract the audience to buy the magazine because the primary target audience is people who are fans of Katy Perry who want to read about why she is in the magazine. Furthermore people will want to buy the magazine because they like the content of the magazine. The magazine has 6 cover lines that will attract the audience because they can see what type of stories are going to be in the magazine and see if they want to read them types before they buy it.