Music Magazine, Front Cover Analysis 2

The masthead "NME" is placed in the left corner stating which magazine it is. Next is the main image this is of crystal castles, this is used to show that NME are focusing on that particular band or person. Next are the subsidiary images on this specific cover there are two placed on a band at the bottom these are used to inform readers about the contents of the magazine. Then there are the sell lines, all together there are six sell lines on this cover this also informs the reader of what is inside the magazine. This issue of NME has a colour scheme of red, black and white, these are the original NME colours. The audience targeted are at an age group of 18+ we understand this from the use of language such as "murder" and "drugs".