NME Cover

Cover

This is the NME November 2010 issue, below I have taken screen grabs of the focal points of the magazine. This magazine does not have a strap line. The magazine is not grammatical and does not use very complex language. There are no full sentences on the front cover, they are short and get the point so that they can be read quickly. The coverlines and images on the front cover do not completely cover the whole magazine and therfore it does not fill the frame. This magazine is similar to other music magazines but has a more elegant feel to it due to the fact that its a 'Musical Express' and is layed out like a newspaper. The front cover could have much more on the front of it to distinguish it from the wide variety of music magazines.

This is the magazines masthead, it stands for ‘New Musical Express’ NME is an acronym as the there are letters that represent the full name of the magazine. It is presented in a bold and sharp font, all the letters are the same size and are in uniform. The masthead is present in the colour white which its easily readable due to the blue background and the models red hair. The colour white is a monochrome on this cover as they do not venture to many other colours, they tend to stick with white with hints of red and black.
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These are the magazine cover lines, promoting the conent of the magazine. Again the white colour is used for the type face along with a bold effect for some of the word All these are artists; some are in bold and some are not giving a pattern. The fact that some are in bold can imply that the magazine favors these artisits. The white writing can be a little difficult to read when on the blue background and not in bold however with the red hair you can work out what it says. ------------------------->

<-------------------------This is the main headline for the magazine as it is the largest on the cover. It is represented in the same style as the masthead. They have added a drop shadow onto text so that the text will not blend in with the skin colour of the model. The quote underneath will give the reader an idea of what the inside story will be about. The word 'red' is quite ironic as the models hair colour is red giving it a humorous effect. However the colour red has connatations of danger and therefore lures the reader in as we want to know about the story.

This is sectioned off from the rest of the magazine as it has a white borer around the edge of it. ‘FREE’ is in bold, which is very distinguished from the other words and will interest the reader. This is a house style of NME magazine, as they appear on numerous of their magazine covers. There are other pictures on the front of this magazine (shown beside) these are smaller versions of the pictures that are included inside. NME magazine have on numerous occassions given away free things with there magazine which is what makes it their unique selling point-------------------------------------->


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The model on the front cover is a lead band member of my chemical romance. This band is an all male rock band. This shot is a medium close up. The image is quite bright and so harsh to gental lighting could have been used. The model looks directly at the reader enticing them into the magazine. If you were to buy this magazine you would be looking directly at the model and therefore you feel a connection with it. His facial expression is quite sharp with his eyebrows pointing down and his mouth closed. His is wearing a leather jacket with a long necklace, which fits in with the bands genre. The model is a male which fits into the magazine as the main readers of the NME magazines are male.