analysing NME front cover

The colour scheme used on the front of the magazine for Nme is usually Red, black and white but on this occasion it is Pink white and black to represent the album cover of the vaccines as if they’re trying to promote it.The colour scheme is very consistent giving the Front cover a classy retro look to it.The denotations represent the album cover having two contrasting colours of black and white making the white stand out to give some sort of effect. The colours may give off a formal professional look as if the vaccines are trying to promote something. The pink may also symbolise happiness/summer as it was issued at that time of the year. The use of polysemy conveys loyalness to the fans that they’re back and look more professional than ever before. This is shown as the colours develop on the front cover and the position the band are currently stood.

The main image is a long shot which may express that every band member is important as each other as they’re bestfriends.The image is placed in the centre to catch the audience’s attention as the main article is all about them. The main image also has a bleed as two of the band members heads are over the actual Brand Nme as this Is some sort of limited edition magazine. The secondary images are used to promote posters as the magazine is stating that it is all about the vaccines. The secondary images are placed next to each other to give a variety of interesting posters of what you can see in the actual magazine-e.g New York dolls. The anchorage used indicates the name of the band and also tells you in basic phrases why they are shown as the importance of the front cover. The body position of the vaccines interprets that they mean business and their music isn’t an act they just do what they love best.

The font size is very bold being consistent throughout as the larger size font shows the more important feature of the magazine.However,the change in colour of the writing may draw more attention as having it all the same colour maybe boring and very dull. The language used is very direct and formal being associated with the category of music but the target audience would strictly be teenagers- middle age people as the language is too formal for younger children.

The images are layed out without any backgrounds as they contain bleeds overall they also don’t have background as the images show emotion and motion so it gives more of a greater effect on the reader. The images consistently don’t contain a frame as it is the sort of style they wanted to display

The magazine has been directly done to inform and entertain the audience about the latest music and gossip around the world as many people to this day purely buy them just for their unique front covers and posters.