Conventional layout of a magazine cover

	Rolling Stone	Empire	Cosmopolitan
Image	the main image is a close up of a famous music artist, the image takes up the majority of the front cover.	the main image is of 2 of the main characters from the new star wars film, it takes up the whole cover.	The main image of this magazine cover is of an iconic female music artist, wearing revealing clothing and standing in a sexual/ seductive pose, tis is to attract a male audience to the magazine and also fans of this iconic music artist.
Coverlines	they are positioned on the right hand side of the cover in a lower font so that the readers whole attention is on the main cover lines.	this magazine has not got any cover lines to show off the characters on the main character, if it did have them they would be positioned on the sides of the cover	There are many cover lines on this magazine cover, in different colours, mainly white, but all of them are mainly consisted about sex and how to keep your body looking good, telling women how society thinks they should look like.
Title	the main title is positioned at the top of the magazine cover over the main image.	the title is positioned at the top of the magazine in a bold red font, behind the main image, because the magazine is so well known they don't need to tel the reader the title.	The main image of this magazine cover is at the top of the magazine, in different colours, pink, white and blue, these attract the audiences eye. The title is covered by the main image, showing that the magazine is so popular that people dont need to see the title to know what magazie that is, also so that the audience focuses more on the main image and articles instead of the brand of magazine.
Tagline	this magazine does not have a tagline, however if it did it would probably be positioned beneath the main title and wouldn't be that big	the main one is positioned on the left hand side in a big bold font to show the reader	This issue of the magazine does not have a tagline, however other issues may have and the majority of the time it is located near the title.
Price	the magazine doesn't show a price it shows the bar code, however if it did show the price it would be positioned in a corner of the magazine and visible to the buyer	The magazine does not show the price on the main cover page, however if it did it would be located in one of the corners of the magazine cover with a different colour to the main colour scheme making it stand out to the audience	The price of this magazine is in the top right corner of the magazine, in a bright yellow box, however it is really small so that the readers cant see the price properly and will pay for it.
Date	it does not show the date of the magazine, it would be somewhere near the bottom of the cover if it was included	it does not show the date of the magazine, it would be somewhere near the bottom of the cover if it was included	it does not show the date of the magazine, it would be somewhere near the bottom of the cover if it was included
Main Coverlines	The main cover line in this magazine is in a bigger bolder font compared to the rest of the text on the cover, indicating to the audience that that is the main topic of the magazine.	This magazine is different apart from the title the only other text on the magazine is the name of the film star wars the force awakens, which could be seen as the main cover line to the audience because of its big font.	This magazine covers main cover line is wild summer sex, the word sex is in a brighter bolder font compared to the rest of the magazine cover, this is because this generation lots of people like to sexuallise women, a good example of this is the magazines main image, showing a women looking in terms "sexy" with the word sex in bright bold colours and fonts is meant to idolise this to the audience, they see a women looking like hoe nikki minaj is in this picture with th word sex next to her will make the male part of the audience buy this magazine to look more over what the magazne is trying to convey putting this main image and this main cover line together.

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