Research and Planning - Analysis of Music Magazine Front Covers

NME is a popular music magazine in the UK, the magazine focuses on the Punk Rock Genre. The publishing company of the magazine is called IPC Media. NME has a mass audience as it focuses on a big range of punk rock artists. The layout of the magazine is packed with coverlines to show the magazine is filled with exciting articles and features. The magazine has used puffs on the front cover to grab the audience’s attention and is used to make the magazine look interesting and exciting. The masthead of the magazine is behind the central image which shows the magazine in well-known and popular enough to cover their masthead to still be recognised. The masthead is the magazines Brand Identity as the NME title never changes where it is placed on the magazine and the stays the same styled font. The central image conveys a stereotypical Punk Rock band by having serious facial expressions. By having serious facial expressions it shows they are rebellious and serious. The central image portrays the magazine focus on Punk Rock.  A cover line says ‘EXCLUSIVE NEW TRACK’ by saying that it exclusive it saying this is only available in this magazine. The colour scheme of the magazine also portrays the magazine focus on Punk Rock. Even though usually pink is associated with girls here it associated with a genre of music. The language used is informal which could suggest this magazine is for a young generation. By having the language in informal it could be suggesting the rebellious side of Punk Rock. The font is simple and in capitals, the font uses a housestyle that is common to NME readers.