Magazine front pages

This is a front cover taken from NME magazine, featuring the White Stripes. The colour scheme used is red, black and white, which has always been associated with rock music and The White Stripes in particular, who always wear red, black or white clothing when performing.
The photography used has been done in a photo-shoot, rather than a live performance.
The magazine has the mast-head “NME” written in the top left hand corner, also in red, white and black which reflects that it is an indie/rock magazine. There is also a list in the bottom corner, giving the audience an idea of what and who else is featured in the magazine. This helps to attract readers who may not be interested in the band that are featured on the cover. Also on the cover is a free gift (A White Strpies CD in this case) which is another method often used by producers.
The fonts used are very simple, using capitals for almost all the text on the cover. This gives the cover greater appeal and gives it a certain authority. Continuing with the colour scheme of the cover, the text is all black or white.
NME magazine is published by IPC Media which is the British branch of the American publishing company, Time Inc. This shows that they have years of experience in multiple different genres of magazine, and have therefore tried to appeal to multiple different target audiences.