Magazine Analysis

Magazine Analysis

I am analysing the music magazine "Billboard". The layout of my front cover follows the codes and conventions of a magazine. The denotations of this magazine are the Mast Head (Billboard) which is placed down the side of the page in white writing, the feature article photo (Chris Brown) who is placed largely in the middle, a Selling Line (Quote) which gives a sneak peak of what is inside the magazine, and at the bottom of the magazine there is also another Selling Line.

The background of the magazine is green and the artist also wears a green jacket. The colour green has connotations of money and wealth which represents the artist as he is a wealthy man because of his job as a musician. The background could also be green to represent the money that this magazine makes as it is a popular music magazine. The artist also wears a gold chain which has connotations again of wealth, success and money. This music magazine reveals his tattoos and has the quote 'Maybe I was out of control' which to an audience can represent him as a bad person as tattoos have connotations of crime and the word 'Out of Control' shows him as a crazed and bad man. The artist expressions seems to be asking for forgiveness as he is opening up his shirt, only showing his chest which is directly where his heart his, and his facial expression suggests sorrow.

The primary audience would be young girls aged (15-25) and young boys aged (15-23) as the magazine billboard would be bought by an older set of teens audience rather than younger teens and Chris Brown is an artist with both male and female fans so his audience would be interested in the magazine aswell. The secondary target audience would be parents, as they would buy this magazine for their child maybe because they're a Chris Brown fan or maybe because they like this magazine.

It appeals to the target audience because Chris Brown is the main image and he is placed in the middle very largely. It will appeal to females as his shirt is undone which can represent a sexual approach and females will be attracted to this. It also appeals to males as he represents wealth and riches by wearing a green blazer and a gold chain therefore he is a role model for males.

The motivation to buy this magazine would be the quote "Maybe I was out of control" as they have wrote it in a big font so it straight away attracts the attention of the customer and the customer will be interested in knowing what the article is about therefore they will buy it.