Front Cover Analysis.

Masthead- Its big and bold in
a creamy yellow, in capital                         The headline is Lennon, this is the 2nd most. Its tells us what the 

letters and spaced out a little,                   magazine is most likely to be on. Its also in a creamy yellow, like

too show that its separate letters              the masthead, its in capitals and a sans-serif font this makes it alot

not one word. its in a sans-serif                 easier to read and looks good.

font, which shows the magazine
isn't  really formal. Underneath                  A pug at the top of the page it tells you what is featured in the magazine.

the masthead there is a puff saying           Its been put in a yellow circle so the audience look at it, its been placed

'New Musical Express' this tells                 under a hook which the audience will look at first not only because of 

the audience what NME stands                   the visual syntax but because its above the masthead and the word

for and also if people don't know              'FREE' is bold and in a different colour, so the audience is instantly 

what type of magazine it is, it tells             drawn to it.

people that its a music magazine.

This is an white serif font.



There is a pug saying 60 years of                 The magazine also speaks directly to the audience which is under the

NME this is self promoting and                     headline, The magazine is asking the audience about who they voted  

lets people know that its a special              for, which is pulling the audience in.

magazine as its 60 years OF NME.
This is also classed as a coverline.
                                                                           The house style is very organised and simple, but effective and looks 
A strap-line/pull quote under the              good, apart from the different font sizes to add emphasis nothing is
headline is also making the                        that eye catching with the writing, however there is a big MCU shot of
audience interested in whats in                John Lennon, which is a very high quality image and he is showing eye
the contents of the magazine, and            contact, and as its black and white it complements the colour of fonts
makes people want to know what             and suits the simple housing style.
else they will say about Lennon in           This magazine cover shows that the audience to this magazine are 
the magazine.                                               middle aged men, who are very laid back and is a middle/working 
                                                                      class person. this is all through the housing style. they wont care 
                                                                       if its pretty or not, and if the writing is fancy, just as long as its 
                                                                      clear and easy to read, that why the audience is 30+ men.