This double page spread from NME is quite different from others. For one, there is no mast head saying David Bowie but a pull quote from the article as the mast head. This works really well here because Bowie is such an iconic figure in the world of music that he doesn't need a title saying who he is because everyone knows what he looks like. This feature works well in this magazine but it wouldn't work well in mine because my band aren't successful worldwide and not all of my audience will recognise them.
The picture of Bowie is very effective and looks very iconic. It links well with the headline because it looks like he is stressed out over what is 'dragging him back'. The black and white effect also links in with this because Bowie is normally full of colour and life but here he is washed out. I like this effect because it contrasts well with David Bowie's personality. However, in my mag I think I will stick to a colour photo, maybe even liven up the colours even more with some effects using Photoshop.
NME always use dotted lines to separate their paragraphs of text. I think this looks better than having a straight line to separate the text so I will most likely add a dotted line in as well.
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