The product has the stereotypical layout of a magazine cover, with one central image to sell to the target audience, and text to relate the rest of the magazine's main features.
The masthead, located near the top of the cover, clearly shows the name of the magazine, although it is partially hidden by an image of Paramore's lead singer, an effect that outlines the magazine's focus on the band, maybe even outlining the band as more important than the magazine itself.
These features follow a certain hierarchy present in most magazines, with the magazine title, the featured image and it's accompanying caption all in order going down the page.
Another banner, a little further down the page, shows the band's name in a large, pink coloured font.
Again, this is to outline the band's importance in this particular edition of the magazine.
Fonts vary in the cover, the size depending on importance of the feature.
Headers are separated by the distinct red colour, which sets them apart from the other text.
Other features in the magazine are listed on the left-hand side of the cover, near the bottom, so they don't obstruct the image too much.
The background behind the band is rather bleak, a contradiction to the black clothing worn by the band.
The band are dressed in the clothing that they are expected to wear, and what the target audience expects them to wear.
The cover is set out in a grid format, where the text can be grouped into different segments, and the cover features very little white space (segments of the magazine where nothing is happening).
Nearly all of the text is in block capitals, save for a few captions near the top of the page, this is to outline the important text.
The cover features very little ornamentation, with just about the only thing adorning it being a fake sticker in the top right-hand corner.
The featured image is symmetrical, with the band's members organized so that pretty much the same thing is happening either side of the image's focus, which is the band's lead singer.
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