The masthead behind the image. Bold colour. Creates brand identity

The text never covers the faces.

Main image is a featured band. The style of the band members conveys the type of music the play. Expressions convey their attitude.

Large font of the band. Capitals

Banner briefly describing the band. Written in an entertainment style to ‘lure’ readers.

Banner gives the reader an idea on why the band is featured.

(anchorage)

Magazine header banner.

Barcode

Price

Website

dateline

Cover lines indicate sub-stories and what is featured in the magazine.

Single coloured background

The masthead behind the image. Plain colour. Creates brand identity.

Main image is a featured band. The style of the band members conveys the type of music the play. Expressions convey their attitude.

Banner shows other featured bands

barcode

dateline

Price

Website

‘Exclusive’ used to lure the reader. Cover lines show what the magazine features

Exclamation marks exaggerates how exciting the feature is

Banner shows what the name of the band is. And why they are in the magazine (anchorage)

More features

This is the main article which is central and is the only article with a image.

NME is a weekly magazine so “THIS WEEK” emphasises the current articles and content of the magazine.

NME is in the same font, size and colour making it link with the front cover

The articles on the contents page have heading making it easier for the reader to find what they are looking for. The reader is also drawn towards the articles because the headings are bold making them be emphasised. The subtitles are also used to describe the magazines content.

The heading and sub-heading are in large font drawing the readers attention.

Page numbers featured.

Advertisements to persuade the readers to subscribe to the magazine. Covers a large area to make it more noticeable. The magazine promotes this to make more money

The “band index” is included within every issue of NME. And is different from any other magazine. It also offers more than magazines like Kerrang.

A message for the editor is shown here giving the reader a in site on the magazines contents informally. It also gives the reader a in site on who wrote the articles. This is different from other leading magazines like NME.

A consistent colour links the subtitles together. It is clearly labelled so the reader knows what they are reading.

Subtitle gives little detail on the article which persuades the reader to look the article up.

The large image gives the impression that the article is important and is a main story.

The images give the reader the impression on what as well as who is featured in the articles. The images convey the attitudes of the people featured and give the reader an impression of the things Kerrang features in its magazine.

The articles on the contents page have heading making it easier for the reader to find what they are looking for. The reader is also drawn towards the articles because the headings are bold making them be emphasised. The subtitles are also used to describe the magazines content.