NME Front cover analysis

This a typical front cover for a NME magazine, the colour scheme for the logo is the usual red letters with a white outline it is located in the top left corner. It is near to the top so that the potential buyers will see the name of the magazine so that people who buy NME on regular basis will see it. This is also called the masthead, it is kept the same as the first NME so that is more reconisable by the audience. This would also draw attention away from less important details of the magazin like the barcode.
The first thing that the potential buyers will see though however is the banner across the top of the cover. This is a headline that is intending to grab the persons attention and entice them to buy the magazine. It offers information in to 'how pete's coping' this will hopefully have the effect on the reader that they want to find this out.
Other colours that is used for this front cover is light yellow and is used for the cover lines on the left side of the cover. This makes the writing stand out better against the darker background and clearer to read. Also it is telling the reader what the magazine contains and tries to draw them in but doesnt give away the main points so that they need to read the magazine to find out more details.
The main feature that takes up most of the front cover is the main image this of the band The enemy, the picture was take from a slightly lower angle to make the singer look more authoritve to the reader. It also show him performing and singing the reader can tell this because of the position of his mouth. Also their a beam of light from behind the singer to make him stand more off the page, making the reader feel like they are at one of their concerts.
And finally the bottom banner includes more bands that the reader may find interesting if they may not be interested in the featured artists. It goes over a range of different artists in a last attempt to persuade the potential buyer from 'Scott Walker' to 'The Ting Tings'