Front cover analysis

Melissa chin

Front cover analysis

Melissa chin

Mast head

Barcode, Price, website and Dateline

Main cover line

Explanatory text

Cover lines

Main images

Selling line

Model credit

This front cover is not like all the other types as it does not meet the normal conventions meaning that their is an extra fold out page

added to the front cover. This makes the magazine very unique.

Fold out page

The model credit shows all the cover models names on the

magazine.

When I look at the

magazine the eye flow starts from

the Masthead and then it moves to the cover

lines in the corner and down to the main cover

line and then to the barcode.

Masthead I like the masthead of the magazine because it is short and snappy, however as a

normal convention of magazines the model will

sometimes cover up part of the Masthead. However, for

new readers this might confuse people and it will

make it unclear. The font itself is a Sans Serif font.

Selling Line The selling line is good

because it shows off the genre of the magazine.

Main Cover Line & Explanatory

text. The main cover line font is serif

and is used for decorative headings. I like the look of this

main cover line because it relates to what the issue of the magazine

is all about, and that is the 10 years of music published in the

NME music magazine. The colours of the explanatory text are good because it keeps with the colour scheme of the whole magazine,

the explanatory text is in serif font and it is very attractive- it also matches with the selling line.

Barcode

The barcode is very important for this magazine because it shows the Price, the website and the dateline. I think that it’s a good idea to have the website feature on the front of the magazine as it will be easier for frequent or new readers to go online and find more

information. However, I don’t think than having the important features of the magazine- dateline and price are a good idea

because it isn’t very clear and the reader may get confused and unnoticeable.

Overall...

Overall I think that this magazine is very

appealing to the reader because of the

uniqueness of the fold out which extends the

main cover of the magazine.

However, I don’t think that having the date and price on the barcode is a good idea because it’s

not very clear to the reader and they might be

misled.