NME Front Cover.

Color

The colors on this front page are very simple and normal colors, they use red, black and white/grey. The red and black are used to separate the different band name in the background. The mood it sets is a slight vibrant mood because of the big red colors but also it's chilled because the colors are simple and not very bright and in your face. The impression that this magazine would give would be that their are important bits in this magazine as there is a lot of red, and red is normally used to point out something, which could be important.

Design

The images and words fit together as the smaller images are in like an box, and the writing is wrote underneath it. The main image of the artist Jamie T is has it's writing over the top of the image of him. It also tells you what the article on Jamie T will include on the inside of the magazine. The fonts that are used to list the bands are all wrote in capitals so it stands out more to the audience, also they are wrote in bright red so this also catches the reader eye more.

Images

The three images on this magazine all stand out, but the main one would be of Jamie T. The image is from a slight higher angle so as a reader you would be looking down at him. The two pictures in the two backgrounds, of Paramore (Top left) and Liam (Bottom left) both attract different target audiences, Liam would attract a teenage boy audience, and Paramore would attract teenage boys and girls. The images are just normal medium close ups of the artists and bands, so there is nothing to aspire them for, because they are not doing anything, and the readers can not see the whole of their outfits.

Pose, style, hair and make-up

The main image of Jamie T is looking at us, (the reader) and is half smiling, and because he is looking up at us it makes the readers feel more important, Jamie T hair and makeup is not done and just left normal as that's what most people like about him for his "don't care' attitude. Liam (Bottom left) has a medium close up of him and he looks like he is looking up at Jamie T who is in the main bit of the magazine front page, Liam hair and make up is done normal so he looks causal. Paramore (Top left) is posing in her weird way, as that shows her normal representation of herself being different and strange. Her make up is done very nice and natural also, her hair is dyed a bright color which also shows off her personality.

Words used on cover

The main name of the magazine is hid behind Jamie T's head, this is because the magazines core audiences know that it's NME magazine because it is a popular magazine. The words that are used under the names of the bands and the picture gives a brief description of what is going to be inside the magazine, so instantly the readers get interested and then want to know more, so therefor they by the magazine. Also the words used across Jamie T's picture is "Borken Britian" as an English audience this would attract people more because it's something to do with the public instead of just about the musicians, it is more specific and targeted to the audience.

Overall impression

This front cover was good because it gave you a clear indication to what would be inside the magazine by the pictures and short description below, this is a lot more compare to over front covers of different magazines. This front cover appeals to a lot of different readers because they mention a lot of different bands/artists, also different genres of bands/artists, for example mentioning Lil Wayne on the front attracts a Hip-Hop genre as well. As the other indie/rock bands it would attract such as Temper Trap and Paramore. It also appeals to both genders for example having Paramore on the front cover attracts the female target audience because it has a female lead vocalist but also because she is attractive it appeals to male readers. Readers that are more into rap and dance music would not be attracted to type of music because mainly it is not their type of music that they would listen to, also it wouldn't attract younger kids because in Jamie T's section, it mentions drugs and violence, this is not something that would be sold to younger kids.