This NME mag cover has a lot of features which I like.
The colour scheme looks very neat and professional. The red, blue and yellow contrast each other brilliantly, even though there isn't a lot of colour. The magazine sticks to 4 main colours which stops it from looking messy by using loads of different colours. I really like the way they have changed the colour of the backgrounds of the text rather than the text colour, it makes it simple yet effective. I will definitely be doing that for my magazine. I really like the red, yellow and blue colours and I will be likely to use those 3 colours on the front of my mag.
The cover also includes most of the features which I included in my previous post about the conventions of a magazine cover. The picture of Van McCann (the lead singer of Catfish & The Bottlemen) is a mid shot which is typically used on front covers. Catfish is an indie-rock band and the way the singer is posing shows that he has a "bad boy" attitude, shown by the tilt of the glasses. This is further proven by the quote "Am I the bad boy of rock, then?". I don't really like the idea of just having the lead singer on the front, I'd prefer to have the whole band but if the lead singer has a good 'indie' persona then I would't mind just having the singer/lead guitar.
This edition of NME is mainly targeted at rock music fans. The other artists featured on the sides of the cover are all rock bands. Brandon Flowers is the lead singers of The Killers who are a huge rock band. The loyal fans of Oasis and Liam Gallagher will also want to buy this magazine as the magazine says that Catfish have the same attitude as Liam Gallagher which most of Oasis fans love. I will try and include another band on my front cover to draw in fans of that band.
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