Comparison for music magazine front cover



 

I will be looking at a copy of NME and looking at the comparisons it has with my magazine front cover. One thing that i have done in my magazine is have the masthead in the top left of the magazine like NME has in a bold font and the biggest writing on the page. The reason that i have done this is because it will be the first thing that the audience will read. I have used an acronym to shortened the name of my magazine like NME. I have done this to make the name short and snappy so that the consumer can remember the name easily. Another similarity is i have used a pug. The reason that i have used this is because it makes the cover feature stick out to the audience. I also have a variety of cover features on my font cover like NME. The reason that i have done this is because it allows the audience to read these features and then decide if they would want to buy it.

The picture that i have used takes the whole of the mise-en-scene and is a medium close up, i have chosen this kind of shot because you are able to see facial expressions and the top half of their body language clearly. The facial expressions on the NME cover is non-smiling, straight faced, as well as the body language being simple and just stood up. I have made my cover stars do the same thing because it links to the iconography of alternative/indie music. To introduce the cover star, i have included a pull quote; the reason that i have done this is to give the reader a basis of what the article is about. I then have the artists name in a different colour and also bigger than the other two pieces of text like the NME cover. I have done this to highlight who the main feature is about.

I have used a banner along the bottom of the page like NME have done at the top. I have done this because it gives an extra cover feature, but it stands out more because it's a black banner on white writing. This is to break up the page in a professional way so it doesn't look messy. I have also used all the codes and conventions, such as the barcode, issue number, price and date. The reason i have put these in is because it's what the audience expects to see.