Research- Magazine Covers!!!!!!

I am analysing a varity of magazine to covers to help me establish how i want my magazine to look like. I have chosen this cover with Oasis on the front as it shows the two main singers and as my up and coming artist will consist of a duo i need to figure out what the best camera shot and angle to use and ideas on how to position the image with the layout of the cover. NME magaizne is aimed at a target audience of around 16-24 which is the same of mine, however it is more aimed at males than females so i will need to take into consideration what featured articles, colours etc will be different on mine.

Firstly this is a striking cover as it attracts your attention immediatly, bright, bold colours have been used to make the cover stand out. The leading caption definatly dominates the page here as the word is in capitals and is coloured in white which contrasts with the mixture of colours in the background. A lot of red has been used in the straplines, featured articles and the title of the magazine which instantly draws your attention to them and the main primary colours, red, white and blue have been used as these are genually classed as "boy" colours which resembles the target audience. I particularly like the dominating image of the celebrities as it overpowers the page and as the faces of Liam and Noel Gallagher are situated near the Title we instantly recognise them as much as we recognise the name of the magazine.

I have chosen this magazine to also analyse as Miley Cyrus is a worldwide phenominum and appeals to a wide variety of audiences, however as Elle magazine is aimed more at people in the age range of 16-24 and females it is a similar to what i am basing my magsazine on.

This cover is suited more to an older audience than the typical young audience many think Miley is suited to, this can be seen throught the colour palette that has been used, this being neautral colours, the use of pink and "girly" colours havn't been used to show a more adult appraoch to the magazine. I really like this as it isn't too "bamn" in your face but it still stands out as the colours are unusual for a front cover and the big amounts of white space enhance the picture making it stand out more. This shows that for my magazine i will have to combine feminine colours with neutral colours in order for it not to look too young but i will have to add more interesting and in your face features like the NME magazine in order for it to be eye-catching. I have noticed also that the title's of these mags are all filled in with colour so i will definatley have to make sure i use a font which enables them to be filled in as previously shown in my prelim task. InDesign you are totally ruining my chances of getting a good grade with your non fillable texts!