The Masthead- ‘Vibe’ is the make of the magazine. A popular design of magazine in present day. Vibe is noticed on almost every magazine for it stands out in large capital letters at the top of the magazine cover. This magazine with stains a primary shade of black which covers the entire back ground. The masthead is in white which compromises greatly with black. Although the Vibe title is very visible to viewers, it blends backwards behind the star Drake. This means it compliments the image as well as doing itself favours.

Barcode- Positioned perfectly at bottom left of cover.

The smaller text- The smaller text is positioned on both the left side and the right side of this magazine cover. Mainly the left because it creates a margin like layout leaving space for the image of Drake in the centre. The colour is a gold like yellow which compliments the black. The yellow statements on this cover is highlighted because they are brief inserts of what's in this magazine. It is important that these statements are included on the cover of the magazine because if they never existed the viewer would be less interested in buying the magazine due to a bad boring impression. For example the ‘fashion forward’ is highlighted and this portrays that fashion is included in this magzine therefore many young teenagers would be interested in this.

The main image- The pop star Drake is the main image on this cover and this is a huge pull factor for any buyers. Drake is one of the most popular and loved singer/rapper in the world currently. Typically loved by the younger generation(teenagers). This says that the target for this magazine is teenagers.

Further stars at the top of the cover, similar stars to Drake.

The colour scheme- The colour scheme seems very basic, black background, white/yellow wording and yellow highlights. The colours are purposely basic because you usually find that if a male is advertising on the front, not only does the black, yellow and white thrive for a more masculine approach, the basic colour scheme mingles well to his basic pose. Where as if a female is advertising on the front cover of a magazine, the pose is spectacular and unique, therefore the colour on that magazine would take a complete opposite style to a male like this one.

Masthead- Billboard logo. The font of the Masthead can be accumulated as quite plain and simple. Yet this is done this way for an important and particular reason. Billboard is usually directed at the younger generation of people for pop music is loved and listened to stereo typically by teenagers. It holds a mix of colours such as red, yellow, and a blue. This frames that the magazine is not directed at a particular gender.

The main image- The character on the front of this magazine is Beyoncé, a famous and easily recognised pop star. This is a huge pull factor, Beyoncé has a wide fan base and those who view this magazine has instantly been encouraged to buy it judging by the front cover.

The feature headline- The feature head line is Beyoncé(the character on the front cover) with a quote just below it in black and a smaller size.

Barcode- should be positioned here for purchasing purposes.

Quote- This Beyoncé quote, “I want to be an icon” is directed at all of her fans. This means to say that all who follow her will have someone as inspiration and Beyoncé will be a role model. Many will read this and understand an important insert of this magazine.

The colour scheme- The colour scheme appears to a rather revealing black and white shade as the back ground. This is approached intentionally to contrast the other bright colours, for example, the red, yellow, blue and green inserted precisely into the lettering of the Masthead. Black goes with any colour however it compliments its opposite shade white the most. Hence why it is effective with the dark image of Beyoncé on the right hand side. One can clearly see the obvious over powering black. On the left hand side there is the light white where the red text is high lighted to a unique significance.

The smaller text- The smaller text is positioned perfectly on this Billboard magazine cover, for the smaller text slays its best position on the left side of the cover, giving a margin like form it specifies exactly to the viewer where to read from. The smaller text accumulates this near perfect position also because the smaller text holds less prominence compared to the Mast head, the header, the sub heading, or the star in which the magazine is about. The smaller text is more out of the way on this magazine sort of fading away behind the image and the mast head yet still filling in the spaces giving no boring impressions. There exists a change in font and bold here. Even though the smaller text is supposedly all together and all summarising clipets of this magazine. They are still labelled in use of colour, baldness, size and font on this magazine.

The Masthead- The masthead grasps basic colouring and is not entirely detectible. However it holds a large size with a capital ‘Q’ in the top left corner therefore it is visible. The ‘Q’ the has a blending effect to it where it fades behind the sentence at the top. This caption is all in capitals therefore when any viewer comes to reading the Masthead, they are immediately pulled in by “THE STORIES OF THE YEAR”. Not many people wouldn't be interested in that headline. Also, the masthead is found at the top of the cover almost on every magazine. This one is no different and is positioned perfectly. The writing being at the top of the cover creates an immediate portrait like layout, this lets the reader know where to start reading from. Naturally, with this masthead standing at the top of the page it releases an instant great first impression due to the attractive quote.

Barcode- The barcode supposedly found on the bottom left hand corner of the front cover. This magazine is a perfect example of that.

The header- The header can be found anywhere on the front cover of the magazine. But it is always found on the front cover of a magazine and no where else for it is a brief summary of what is involved in the magazine. The header holds one purpose, to attract and excite viewers in everyway possible. This header for fills that purpose because it is awarding the viewer a quick yet thrilling incite to the magazine. This useful bit of information may be the conclusion to whether or not this magazine will make a sell to someone.

The main image- The main image clutches great importance when it comes to the front cover of the magazine because it is 9/10 the first item that people notice. This magazine centres Ed Shearon, a famous and loved pop star there fore he can be noticed by people from all ages and this will almost immediately attract any viewer. As one could clearly see it states his name printed across the image in a bright colour of red and a rather unique font so this will also help captivate the viewers attention. Thirdly, Ed Shearon is famous for his splendid guitar skills, both extremely classical and dance. On this magazine Ed is clutching onto his guitar and this is done to target those of a more classical instrumentalist.

Colour scheme- The colour scheme with this magazine is extremely clever because of how the powerful shade of black in the background emerges with the light white behind the figure of Ed Shearon. It is a very masculine approach however it is targeted for bot genders. This is portrayed by the use of the elements of red inserted. The white wording compliments the red giving a bold highlighted affect portraying the importance of key statements. Eg, ‘50 albums of 2014’.

The smaller text- The smaller text is noticed largely on this magazine even though the smaller text around the sides holds the reputation of being less important in comparison with items such as, the Masthead and the header. However that point is not held in this case. The smaller text helps spice up this magazine and without the smaller text this magazine would come across as plain, bland, and boring. Not very eye catching to the public at all. The smaller text states its position well filling in the spaces of this magazine due to its bold capitals and large in size considering it is ‘smaller text’. The text reveals supposedly intriguing information so imaginable this a huge pull factor to many readers.

The masthead- This magazine is produced by ‘seventeen’ as the Masthead clearly states. The style to the masthead on this magazine is unusually clever. It fades behind the image of Shawn Mendes to the point where ‘n’, ‘t’, and half of the ‘e’ isn't visible therefore some may find it hard to read. However due to the extensive use of the colour pink, it designs the magazine to be more eye catching. The mass amount of pink especially being at the top of the page where every viewer tends to look first, gives off a feminine approach. Everyone can peer to this magazine and realise that its main target is females.

Barcode positioned correctly with a price.

The header- Positioned great as it is the first or second caption one viewer shall read when observing this mag. Of course, the header has a key purpose when implanted on a magazine cover and that is to draw in buyers through temptation. For the header shall hold interesting information about what's inserted with in the magazine. ‘Bonus’ in white on a blue back ground stands out and the designer of this magazine has done that intentionally for ‘bonus’ is a powerful, positive adjective to draw in members of the public. “BONUS POSTERS INDIDE!” With an explanation mark to frame that this line is a fact and something to be exited about, plus it also creates a sudden yet dramatic stop which forces the reader to wander through deep thoughts of what they have just read creating further excitement. Using the power of persuasion and bribery, basically if you buy this magazine you get posters as well. It doesn’t state how many posters but if there is any Shawn Mendes fans that read this they shall almost straight away want these posters as well as the magazine.

The main image- The main image on this magazine cover is the Pop star Shawn Mendes, loved by all ages and both genders. A real inspiration to so many young artists. All of the above states already why Shawn Mendes is perfect for a magazine cover. A massive pull factor especially to those viewers of the younger generation. As it stands Shawn Mendes is one of the best solo pop artists in the world.

The smaller text- The smaller text is mainly on the left hand side of this cover in all different eye catching forms. The use of colour, the different fonts used, different sizes for important key words and phrases, the significant words are all in bald and in capitals. For example, ‘SHINE FREE SKIN’. The smaller text such as these are all imperative to magazines. They play a huge role in a successful layout of the cover(usually in cases such as this, it creates a margin like structure which makes the readers job really easy.) Further more the smaller text around the sides are all brief inserts of the magazine which allows the reader to experience a quick insight of this magazine. Therefore these positives persuades any viewers to buy.

The colour scheme- The colour scheme releases a rather feminine method behind its structure with mostly pink writing with a light blue to compromise with. This magazine does target the younger generation because Shawn Mendes’s fan base is widely around the teen years. However, pink is associated with females instantly. The shade in the back ground is successfully affective due to its different techniques. For example, the blue is white around the edges complimenting the bright white and pink small text… Yet then towards the central image of Shawn Mendes, the colour blends towards a darker type of blue. This creates a silhouette like figure in the near back ground of the image.