Media Language of a Music Magazine

The font that is used on the cover of NME is all the same font, it's not a fancy font. Just a simple one. I think this is just show that NME isn't a fancy magazine, just a simple one which informs it's readers on any upcoming new bands, interviews with existing bands, album reviews and gig details.

The fonts are all the same size apart from the plugs at the bottom of the cover, which are the smallest plugs. The rest of the type is the same size. The title and the main headline are the same size type. The main headline will catch the readers eye as it is in a bigger font, also any fans of the band featured as the main article in NME will buy the magazine.

All the type on NME is in a bold font, this is to once again catch the readers eye.

There is only two photo's on the cover and one of them is a poster of a Grand Theft Auto the game. The main photo takes up most of the cover.

The people in the main photo are the two members out of the band MGMT. Both are male, there is no mix of gender on the front cover this week. But usually NME do feature bands with girls, but most of the time it's bands with men in them.

The page elements are set out like most other music magazine. There are plugs at the top and bottom, a title underneath them,then the strapline, then the main photo with the main headline across it and the barcode too.

There isn't really that much white space on the cover. The space is used to advertise plugs and the title is also in the white space too.

The colour which is used the most on the cover is red. Black, white and yellow are all used. But red is the more dominant colour. I think the colour red is used because it is more of a unisex colour and it isn't aimed at just one gender.

The images and the text don't really relate to each other, the only picture which is on the cover is of a male band, the text on the page doesn't really relate to this.

The cover gives the reader an insight to how the whloe magazine looks, the rest of the magazine uses the same colours and the same fonts as the front cover does.