Magazine Analysis - NME (Cover 4)

These are the cover lines on the front cover of NME. Cover lines show some of the different stories/articles that will be inside the magazine. The cover lines for this magazine shows the line up for the NME tour in 2011 and a comeback interview with an old band. The name of the band is in bold to make it stand out of the page to the audience. The other cover lines showing the line up for the NME tour does not stand out as much as it is white on a pale blue background. However, this coverline will attract a lot of attention as they are hosting a tour with a lot of famous people in all different genres of music meaning some people who do not normally buy the magazine, may buy it.

The font cover of NME is all in a sans serif font, excluding the writing "New Musical Express". It is also all in capital letters, this emphasises everything making it all seem very important. The font produces a non-formal image and appeals to a younger audience. The title of NME is placed infront of the main image whereas in most magazines the main image would be infront. The words "my chemical romance" contains a drop shadow around it to make it stand out from the page on the dark background of the singer's top. The main colours on the front page are red, white, blue and black. The red and black work together as if to show danger whereas the pale blue and white work together to show purity.

The language features used on the front page are the use of a quote from the main interview, this entices the reader as they now want to read more. The cover also contains adjectives such as "amazing". They also use a pun with the word red. The article is obviously displaying the singers new image (his red hair) and beneath the main image says "Gerard sees red". This could mean he is literally seeing red (his hair) or that he is angry about something. This would engage the reader as they want to know why he is angry.

The other two magazines that I am comparing NME with are Q and Kerrang. NME has lot brighter colours than these other two magazines. Q is a very plain front cover with very little cover lines whereas Kerrang is a very busy front cover. NME seems to be in the middle of the two covers when it comes to the amount of cover lines. Looking at fonts, Q has a variety of serif and sans serif aswell as Kerrang. This shows that they have a versatile audience that appeals to different ages. Kerrang and Q seem to enhance their titles more than NME, for example Q has a bright red background behind the name to make it really stand out on the page. I think that NMEs unique selling point (USP) is that it looks more friendly with it's variety of colours than the other two magazines as they have very dull colours in the magazines.