Front cover and masthead analysis (task 3)

The masthead for NME (new musical express) is in a very bold block font, which is very recognisable because they use the same colours red, yellow and black and the same font for all their mastheads. The way they have used capitals will have a greater effect on its audience as they stand out more.

The title of this magazine is always in the same place in every issue, which helped it get their brand identity.

The front cover always features one specific band with a big bold cover story about them. They also have small stories up the sides to show what else the magazine involves.

This magazine has influenced my idea for a front cover because the masthead is in red, white and black which are also colours of some famous festivals such as reading and leeds, i could do this for my magazine as it is about festivals.

The main thing i could not do for my magazine would be that this magazine has one main band on the front whereas for my magazine i couldn't just have one because their normally isn't one specific band everyone wants to listen to their is a line up of the bands so i would have to show more than one.