Style Model

I am going to use Billboard magazine as my Style model for my music magazine.
This magazine keeps the same scheme throughout the whole front cover apart from the circles in the Masthead. I could incorporate this idea in to my magazine front cover.
The cover model’s head covers up the title of the magazine; this shows me that he is the most important thing on the front cover. I think that people don’t need to see the entire name because they know the magazine by the style of the front cover its self.
They cover model is using a direct mode of address. So this draws in the audience because he looks like he is having fun in the photo shoot so the interview with him might be the same.
I have seen that they don’t use the same font size and style throughout the cover. I think that this makes it look more interesting.
The pink coloured font actually goes with the edges of the cover models blazer and tie. Also the white text goes with his shirt and the background. This is a good thing because it makes the cover and the magazine look more appealing to the reader. If the cover colours clash or just don’t go together then people won’t want to buy it because they might think that what’s inside might not be good either.
They have used a mid shot of the clover model, you can see that he is having fun but there is a slight edge of seriousness because he is stood with his hands by side and he is making a fist with his hands.  A mid shot draws in the audience better then a long shot because you can see more of his expression.
They have the barcode in the bottom left of the cover and they keep the price and issue along with it.
This front cover keeps most of the writing to the sides which goes along with was is a conventional cover style this is because that the audience can see the cover model better. This is because the cover model is the first thing that the audience see when they are looking at a magazine. There is some text over the cover model but it is there to tell the audience who he is and it grabs your attention.