Friday, 30 September 2011

Masthead: NME
The Left Third on this cover only contains the Flash of the Reading & Leeds logo's.
The Kicker is then locater just right of this, so that you know what the main feature is. All of this makes up the Skyline.
Just bellow the Kicker you will see the Cover Lines, these tell us what is in the the magazine and try to sell it to the consumer.
Then you will encounter with the main image, and background which is of The Libertines, this also links to the main title, which is emblazoned across the page "The Libertines". This is anchored well because even if you don't know the band you may have heard of them at least, or visaversa you will know of Peter Doherty. Bellow of course you can see the Teller, a hint at what it is, and it tells you that it must be good if its the first interview in five years.
On this example, the main Sell line of NME "New Musical Express" is not included where it is usually just bellow the masthead.
The Colour Scheme immediately tells you that this magazine is a Reading & Leeds issue because of the yellows, reds and black used throughout. Also the vocabulary on the magazine is kept very simple and easy to read s its only a music magazine, so therefore does not want to discourage readers by using complicated grammar. This image doesnt use Screamers, because utilising imeratives would not work on this cover. Also
The Dateline, Pricing and Barcode are all located at the bottom right as not to encumber the image, but also because thats where it is conventionally anchored on most magazines.  

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