RESEARCH FOR MUSIC MAGAZINE FRONT COVER
The music genre for this magazine is R'n'B. The target audience for this magazine is mainly young teenagers aged between 14+. We know this from the language used for instance, 'MTV OFFERS', this links to teenagers as this is popular television show they are most likely to watch.

The main image of the magazine is of the singer Beyonce. This image relates to the music genre as she is a worldwide, famous celebrity singer. The image is in the centre of the magazine, taking up most of the space. This has a positive effect as it grabs the audiences attention because it's the first thing they see. The conventions included in the magazine are, straplines, main image, masthead, celebrities name and pug. However, the kicker, bar code, kicker and skyline are not included. The type of clothes Beyonce is wearing are plain and sophisticated this gives the audience the impression that she is career-motivated and has high status within society. The make-up she is wearing is simple which gives her a natural, everyday look. However, we can't really tell too much about the make-up as the image is in black and white. There are no major props included in the image although she is wearing a simple sliver bracelet on her wrist. This could suggest that although Beyonce looks simple and plain she still looks elegant which tells us you don't always need make-up to look good. The main colours on the magazine are black and white however, the colour red is used on the straplines to show the important information included inside the magazine. Also, the colours red, blue and yellow are used in the masthead to make it more visible to the audience. As beyonce is looking directly straight at the audience which makes the audience feel as thought the magazine is aimed at them and feel more involved.

The name of the magazine is 'Billboard', the magazine could  be called this as Billboard are meant to be big and stand out within the crowd also they are eye-catching to the audience. Billboards also tend to contain the most popular adverts. So by this magazine being called 'Billboard', could suggest that it's the next big thing and it contains all the gossip and information that teenagers want to know about. Also wants more people to buy it. The typeface used on the magazine is simple and clear to read. The copy of writing has been placed on the side of the front cover and the only writing that goes across the page is 'Billboard' and 'Beyonce', this is to show the main headings of the magazine and what it is about and it enables us to see the the image more clearly. The straplines are roughly font size 12/14 and the heading font size is roughly 38 which makes is bolder for people to see.