1. Music magazine’s front cover
analysis
After looking through a variety of music magazines and their front covers I
feel I would most like my magazine to follow a similar look to NME, I will take
a variety of ideas from other magazines throughout the main task however I
personally find the neatness and sense of importance that emanates from
NME very effective and aspire to make my magazine stand out in this way
also.

2. A competition has been added onto the front as
an extra incentive for the magazine to be
published. Fans of the mentioned band may be
much more inclined to buy the magazine when
The magazine’s masthead is there is a chance of them receiving such a
in a fixed location in the top sentimental piece of band artwork. The key points The main image on the front
left hand corner so that it is to this are highlighted in red e.g. ‘WIN!’ and ‘Stone cover is taken from a mid-shot
easily viewable from passers Roses’ so that it is effective in relaying information in which the musician is staring
by when in the magazine at a quick look showing the audience that they can straight towards the audience
stand. The colour and font win something related to the Stone Roses. making a connection between
of the logo will always
the model and the viewers. It is
remain the same in each
also worthy to note that he is
issue to help develop brand
not smiling, NME never have
identity and making it easily
their front page model smiling
recognisable to viewers.
which i feel may be used to
NME use a bright bold
demonstrate the importance of
shade of red to ensure that
and how seriously this magazine
the logo is powerful and
takes music. I feel that for my
stands out to viewers, they
front cover of my main task I
also ensure that the font
would like to copy the
size is bigger than any other
positioning of the image and
text on the page to easily
have it taking up a vast majority
make the logo
of the right hand side so that
distinguishable and easily
one side is dedicated to
spotted over the rest of the
information and headlines to
text.
draw the customer in and the
right hand side is used for the
image to express the headline’s
content e.g. The mentioned
artist. Also within the image the
background is blurred and
darker whereas the artist is
The headline is positioned to the left of the page here
placed forward and is lit up
in big bold writing. I think the main reason for this was
more to place more emphasis
to capture the attention of onlookers when this is
on the artist himself. When
placed on the magazine stand as it is the only side that
choosing my front cover image i
will be showing. It is also written with gold colouring
will need to ensure that the
which might represent glamour and importance. I feel
artist is clearly emphasised over
that when i do my magazine i would like to incorporate
their background and that the
a similar look to this in which the articles are placed to
This small section here is very effective in showing potential colouring/ light makes sure that
the left of the page to ensure that the audience can
buyers what bands they can expect to see within the they stand out!
obtain a glimpse into the content without even
content of the magazine, i feel that a lot of the time the
removing the magazine from the stand.
magazines will use well known and big named bands to
bring in the widest audience and buyers possible.

3. This NME front cover uses the colour
choices of gold, red and white for text. I
feel they have done this as white offers a
strong contrast to the powerful red
while as the gold represents glamour
and importance. Gold is often linked
with money which is obtained through
success so I feel it could be used to
demonstrate the success/ wealth of the
artist. When I create my magazine I
would like to use the same use of gold to
represent the big name bands within the
magazine.
The barcode must be placed on the
front page for the convenience of
the shopkeepers and newsagents.
However it must be positioned in an
area where it does not cover any
information or too much of the
image. I need to ensure that when