NME Cover Research

I don't Like this NME cover because i think its too loud and full with too much going on. I dont like the colour scheme red and yellow it reminds me more of a fast food restauraunt advertisement.. I Think that this isnt a good cover because it is that full i dont know where to look first and i dont think it looks very profesional cover photo wise.

This is a cover of an issue of NME magazine. On the cover is The singer from the band 'Florence and the machine' The appearance overall of the cover looks incredibly profesional, with the cover photo being very clear,bold and eyecatching. I like the way the actual design being the style and colour of the text is black and white, however the photo stand out incredible with the bright red hair of the singer, which attracts an audience to the cover photo by contrasting the bright vibrant colour of her hair with the white and black text.I will also be influenced by the style of NME in my magazine design. I like this cover especially as because it is very simple, clear and bold. The images are placed on plain backgrounds, and the text has been placed around the image well making it stand out, yet also very neat and organised whilst not taking too much focus away from the cover photo. NME magazine is aimed at a younger audience, im guessing teens early 20's so the actual content will be quite similar to this. I also like the actual name of the magazine - NME. I like how the title is not streched the full way across the magazine cover, it allows more focus and attention on the cover photo whilst still having a bold contrasting effect to the short catchy title. The three capital letters is memorable, bold, and effective. I might choose a 3 lettered name of my own as I know it will be effective to see on my magazine cover. The magazine uses good clear fonts, contrasting with short snappy bold parts to attract more attention to the text, such asd "the state of music today" which is more bold than the rest of the text to draw more attention to it. I really like this technique because it means the more important stories are focused on whilst varying the size and boldness of the text avoiding the magazine looking boring with the same sized text throughout. Another thing i like about the text is the quote above The title 'Florence@ along the bottom. This is a quote from the singer advertising her interview inside the magazine drawing attention to it and inviting people to buy the magazine because they can hear more about what the singer thinks. I think this is a very affective technique the magazine uses to attract people to read further inside. I may use this technique on my magazine. All of these aspects adds appeal as it means the audience will prefer to buy this magazine, rather than any other so I will use techniques like these on my front cover.