Magazine cover analysis 3

Magazine cover analysis 3

The masthead of the magazine is quite simple this time compared to most covers, this is because the main image is a close up of the singer from the band and the hair is dyed red which would make the NME logo not stand out and too much red would have been used in the cover, with the title being plain white it stands out and isn’t too over powering as too avert your eye away. The rest of the writing follows the same colour and easy to read font so that we can easily see it and not have to strain our eyes as it contrasts very well with the colour red it also . At the bottom of the page we see that the main cover line has a very simple font and is in black because the background is white. Once again the barcode is tucked away at the edge of the page so that it doesn’t take up any space. We can also see some of the other bands/singers that are I this issue of the magazine form the sub heading, this way people who may not be interested on the main band (Florence + the machine) can have a look and see other bands/singers that they may be interested in.

The layout of the magazine makes it look like a poster as there is only one main image and it is a close up of a single person, also the way that the masthead, main cover line and all other information is placed further gives the impression that it is meant to look like a poster because most of the text was placed to the sides and corners making most of the image visible.

The main image is a close up of the singer from the band, Florence, we see from the picture that she is gazing at us as a way to communicate with the audience so that they will take their time and look at the front cover, we also know that their target audience is mainly boys at the age of 17, which the picture helps to attract that audience as they will be attracted to the image of the singer.

At the top of the magazine it says “2 of 10 special edition covers” which people, who buy the magazine frequently, will like and most buy that magazine because it is something that they would like. The fact that they put this out will increase the number of people buying the magazine as they will want to have the collection of the 10 special magazine covers.