NME

NME is a weekly music magazine which focuses on indie/rock music although has some articles about film, fashion, TV and also music festivals around the world but the main focus of the magazine is music. The editor is Luke Lewis and the first issue was on 7th March 1952. the price of the magazine is £2.20 and you can buy the magazine from any shops.

Masthead – New musical express

Main cover lineBarcode/ issue number

Date of issue/price

Close up image of the cover model giving eye contact to the audience and also the background is blurred out to focus more on the model/cover lines

Smaller cover lines to tell the reader what's inside

NME in bold red font to catch the readers attention

Simple colour scheme of red white and blue on a white/black background makes the cover lines and masthead stand out

NME front cover

NME contents page

NME double page spread

This example I found of an NME double page spread is a really good example. I like how the quote is in different size font and is interesting which makes me want to read the article . The colour scheme used on this double page is very simple and stands out, they don’t clash with the image of the artist and the clothes he is wearing, instead the colours match his hair, glasses and clothes.

Large image of the artist covering the left side of the page

Paragraphs set out in four columns

ARTROCKERArtrocker magazine is an independent London based monthly publication, concentrating on Cutting Edge Music and Style, the editor in chief is tom Artrocker and the editor is Nicholas Burman. The first publication of the magazine was back in 2004. The magazine also has its own record label and a club night where they show new bands such as the yeah yeah yeahs. The price of the magazine is £1.49. you can buy these magazine from their website or you can have every issue sent to your house.

Masthead in bold white font to stand out against the background

Cover models looking in different directions

Cover line underneath the main cover line.

Barcode/issue and price of the magazine

Simple three colour scheme as not to clash with the colour of the clothes/hair and background of the cover image

ARTROCKER front page

Main cover line in large black font

Letter from the editor on the left hand side of the page

“contents” in medium large font at the top

Pictures of other artists/bands on the contents page to make the reader more interested into reading more

This is an example of a double page spread from artrocker. What I like about this example is that the colour scheme is simple(black and white) and the image is of the band but none of them are making eye contact with the reader but it stills works

Image of the band covering the double page spread

Quote from the interview in large font so it can stand out

The transparent white outline writing works, it stands out on top of the image of the band

ARTROCKER DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD