The main image of the double
page spread covers the whole of one side instantly informing the audience of
what it is going to be about. As it has been placed on the right hand side of
the cover, people will see instantaneously see this image before deciding
whether or not they want to continue reading on with this article story. The
cover story appears to almost be attacked by the letter ‘C’ which is likely to
be used for Cheryl Cole. This gives the effect of danger or something going
wrong, which may trigger the reader to read the story wanted to know more into
it. At the very bottom left hand side corner, appears a pull quote which has
been pulled out of the story in the intended manner to inform the audience a
brief entail of what it is about in the hope that it will pull their interest
towards reading the whole content. Opposite this pull quote, we are shown another
image of the model which relates to the bigger image on the other page. The
smaller image looks as though it is intended for the purpose to give another
informative detail to the content to give the readers a bigger chunk of information
to persuade them to read the article.
A colour scheme of red and black has clearly
been used, and is very affective as it almost triggers that there is danger
within the life of Cheryl Cole, or stereotypically presuming that something has
gone wrong for her once again. Cheryl is shown just in the colour black in both
images which could connote that this is going to be rock based with the studs
shown on her clothing in the main big image and the style of her posture.
The title of the page is
clearly obvious as the text is written in a dark, bold font whilst being placed
on a highlighted yellow background. This gives the reader the impression that
this text is needed because it is important. The magazine would attract
both male and female genders as it has cleverly used different artists to be
introduced within this magazine also to attract the audience to read. Rihanna is
a well known R&B icon along with Drake who is also another very well known
icon for R&B. This influences a wider audience to purchase the magazine
meaning it is spread along more of an audience instead of targeting a specific
audience. The cover story is all about Rihanna, so when informing the audience
about what the story is about, they have purposely ensured that her name is of
higher importance than Drake’s by editing her name to be bigger than his. The
images of previous photographs of Rihanna with different hairstyles can be seen
targeting toward a female gender as they are able to copy the hairstyles of her
if she is an icon to them. It could also be seen targeting toward a male gender
also due to the blue font and also the images of Rihanna which men might like
to look at if they are interested in her. The main image stands out as it is
directly in the middle of the page and Rihanna is looking directly towards the
audience this is a conventional approach. Another main attraction goes down to
the terminal area. The first thing you see is a little yellow box that has a
sub title saying ‘along similar lines’ it is short and catchy which will make
people want to read it. The colour scheme is in yellow, black and white. This
is effective as they all stand out when they are put together as they are
contrasting colours. The background of this article is in white which makes
everything else on the page stand out and putting the side column with a black
background makes it stand out. These features make the magazine more appealing
to the audience and therefore may choose this over others on the market. This
page consists of more pictures than text as for this age group are not as
likely to be as interested in reading the articles. The article is promoting
Rihanna's new single which is also shown in the page title which makes it sound
catchy. The text is also persuasive which will persuade the audience to
buy/listen to Rihanna's new single.
