Research - Cover Analysis. 01:42

Title: The title of the page is in contrasting colours; blue, black and white. The font of the title is in a sci-fi theme, which portrays the style of the magazine. The size is a lot larger than the other writing on the pages, which shows how the magazine editors have tried to make the title stand out and capture the readers attention instantly.



Images: The images are all cartoons, which makes the magazine seem less formal. The images are all of particular risks. This implies that the magazine was created to inform people and give information rather than gossip or music news.



Fonts and colours: The fonts are particularly sci-fi, which gives away the mood of the magazine. It also helps to attract the correct target audience for the magazine. The subheadings are in blue and black, this ties them in with the main title but also makes them stand out from the rest of the article. It makes it obvious that they are headings for different pieces of information on the page. If people want to quickly see what's in the article, they can clearly read the subheadings to see what is in it.




Title: The title of this NME contents page isn’t conventional, a typical contents page would have “contents” as the title. This magazine has “NME this week” as the title. They did this to make it less formal and be able to attract the correct audience efficiently. The title is in capital letters to make it stand out and so it is clearly the title.
Images: The main image on the page is also the image for the main article. It has writing over it, this suggests that the band needs an image aswell as a caption, so that the audience knows exactly who they are. The image is fairly dull, which suggests the genre is rock.
Fonts and colours: The colours on the page are red, black and white. This is so that the red writing stands out from the rest. They have used to red writing to show the band index and the NME title. The white background makes all of the writing and images stand out to attract the audience. The subheadings have a black background, this is so that they stand out and people will instantly read them.







Title: The middle of the magazine title is covered, this has been done because the magazine brand is well known and the audience doesn’t need to know the name. The colour of the title is pink. This contrasts with the background and makes the title stand out more. The title is in capital letters which also makes it more. It is spread across the top of the cover making it a conventional title.




Images: There is only one image of the cover of the magazine. It is a picture of a women posing. The pose is girly, casual and fashionable, this suggests that the magazine is aimed more at females who are fashion conscious. The model wears a purple dress which contrasts from the background but also matches the sub-title next to her.




Fonts and Colours: The colours used on the cover of this magazine are black, pink, purple and white. The editor uses the pink writing in the article analysis to emphasis certain words which describe it and attract the readers to the article subject. Purple is used once on the subheading;' first look at fall’, this is because it is the main article in the magazine so it needs to be the main thing that catches the readers attention and makes them want to read more.





Placement: The main image is placed in the middle of the magazine cover, it is done in this way so that the audience knows who and what the magazine is about. The subheadings and article analysis' are placed around the edge of the models body. This has been done so that the body and face is emphasised. The title is written over her arms but not her face. This shows how important her face is to the cover and branding of the magazine. There is also writing on her lower body, this shows that the models body is also unimportant.

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