NME Front Cover Analysis

The masthead is in a big, bold red font. It stands out and draws the audience into wanting to buy the magazine. This magazines audience is older teenagers to people in their early twenties. And it is also appealing to people who listen to indie and rock music. The pull quote “Black Eyes & Smashed Guitars” is a violent image, relates to the lead article. And it is used to make the audience want to read the magazine, and therefore buy it. The skyline mentions another band and a new stoner scene, this is used to try and encourage the audeince to buy the magazine. The main image is of the Gallagher brothers from the band Oasis, and it links to the pull quote “Black Eyes & Smashed Guitars” which is talking about the fights the brothers had whilst in the band. The colours that are used are black, red and white. The black and red are contrasting to the white. Also it fits in with the magazines ‘house style’. The lead article “Rock’s Messiest Bust-Up” is in a big bold font and in contrasting colours, black and white. This is used to symbolise the contrast the difference between the brothers. Also it makes the audeince want to buy the magazine, because it is eye catching and they want to find out what really happened. The cover lines try to encourage the target audience to buy the magazine with the promise of more bands inside the magazine. The left third has the masthead, which attracts the reader’s attention and the image of Noel Gallagher, both of which are in red, which draws the target audience further into wanting to buy the magazine.