This is my second cover in which i am going to briefly analyse. This magazine is NME, which stands for New Musical Express. This magazine is again of rock genre and i will be looking into the reasons for this magazines appearance to help me with my ideas.
The first thing that appeals to me is who the magazine is aimed at. I believe it to to both genders becasue it has the dark background and yet the bright yellow cell name which is a convention of female likes. Also, the males in the picture have obviously been made up to look more attractive to appeal to females but the crazy faces and the clothing might interst males for fashion ideas and icons.
I think that the magazine targets teenagers from 16 - 21. I believe it is the poses and the sturcture that suggests and supports this.
The colours are bold and there is a theme that is shown throughout the cover, yellow, white and red, as shown. With these colours on the dark background of clothing and then behind them a pale background shows a sense of layering and this makes it look busy and intersting. The way this magazine makes its text stand out is by making a border inside the text colour with another, creating a 3d effect and making them look bolder. I like how the main headline is at an angle, i think this makes more of an impact and emphisis on the main feature band.
The text is used in many ways throughout this cover. Its used for emphisis but also for information. for example 'MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - NEW ALBUM: THE ULTIMATE REVIEW' is written in bold but in quite small text size and so it creates a dominating look but doesnt over bare the entire page.
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