Billboard Front Cover

The name of the magazine ‘Billboard’ is taken up by Rihanna’s head, established magazines can do this as people already know the name of the magazine and what it looks like. So even though it is partly covered people can still realise what it is. This picture of Rihanna is very dominant even though part of her body is in it, as it’s her eyes that grab the attention of the reader even though one is covered. This portrays her style and image from the way she is looking as she will want to look mysterious which is what she is putting across and that what she is saying in this interview isn’t just a ‘kiss and tell’ it is serious and meaningful. Four colours are used on this page- Black, white, yellow and red. This is a good amount of colours to use as the black and yellow are only used briefly on the page so on the bits that are coloured in that colour they stand out well as it is not used much. With Rihannas hair being so red the colours still work well around it and everything is still standing out and it is not just her hair. ‘The Reinvention of RIHANNA’ is taking up the bottom third of the page this looks effective with the bottom of the text almost fading into the background. This also implies she is the main focus of the magazine since her story and herself is taking up the majority of the page. ‘Billboard’ is taking up the top section of the front cover which is a typical code and convention and I think this is a perfect size for it to be as it is not too big but it still stands out. Other stories featured in the magazine are positioned around the picture of Rihanna; this shows her dominance on the cover as things are positioned around her. The title of each story is made to stand out with the yellow background with black bold capital font, this works well as it is simple yet still stands out due to this. And there is only a small amount of yellow so you would be instantly drawn to this. ‘Film and TV music conference’ also stands out due to this, as well as how it wrote in capital letters. The barcode is positioned on the bottom left of the magazine along with the price, this is a typical code and convention that needs to be included on the front cover.