Front Cover Research

This NME’s cover attracts it’s audience because the colours on the cover are bald and stand out such as the red on the cover. Also it appeals to the customers because most people that read NME are interested in ‘Arctic Monkeys’ so the bald writing of the story is Alex Turner saying “the record that changed my life” which would also appeal to NME’s audience because people are interested in was inspires and influences Alex Turner.

This also appeals to the magazines audience because it is a pop magazine and ‘Eminem’ is a very popular music artist that people want to read about. Also, the white logo with the background makes the name of the magazine to attract attention to shoppers. Also, the articles on the left side also will attract attention because they are in white and green fonts which stand out from the black background. 

This magazine cover appeals to its audience because ‘Kerrang’ is for rock fans and stereo-typically they like dark colours and this magazine shows dark colours to appeal to them. Also, ‘Green Day’ are arguably the biggest punk/rock band in this era so that also appeals to the audience. Lastly, this cover appeals to the audience because the other stories on the left stand out as one says “WTF” in a big font which will attract customers to want to read about it.