David Bowie magazine cover

The cover I designed is for a music magazine. I used a particularly 'artsy' image of David Bowie because my magazine is aimed at upper class readers (A, B & C1). Also, my choice of font was determined by the target audience because it is a 'posh' font rather than the typical bold Impact font styles used on magazines. This is because my magazine is slightly more upper class and aimed at more intellectual readers rather than the typical gossip magazine. It should be able to be abundantly differentiated from other magazines as some upper class people can be very reluctant to share similar interests with anything not to their standards.
I chose the title 'The Performer Weekly' because it is a word that the reader may relate to as it is an upper-class music magazine, therefore a number of upper-class musicians may read this because it is in tune with their interests.
I chose David Bowie for my cover photo as the target audience are adults and, at a push, elderly, therefore this is the kind of artists most of the people from this era will have listened to. Also, he is considered to be more of a music classic than a mainstream popstar nowadays.
I chose the particular headings because they pose a great relevancy to the subject of the magazine. The subheading '10 music festivals in Europe you missed' has been chosen because the upper class are typically interested in travelling and particularly Europe (as it is one of the more expensive places to travel to).
The particular picture is chosen because it is quite mellow. Bowie isn't doing anything particularly crazy, there are no excessively bright colours and theres non of his typical Ziggy Stardust look. It shows a much more casual and regular Bowie, which could actually attract attention from music fans as it is not his typical look.
The colour scheme I used is quite bland and not eye-catching. I have chosen this because, due to my target audience being upper-class adults, I think that having bold and eye-catching colours could be quite immature and basic, unlike my audience's interests.