Friday, 18 November 2011

Masthead analysis NME MetalHammer

These are two mastheads from magazines of different genres of music and display their genres in different ways.

NME:- displays its genre with a simple design and a bright red on white with a black outline this represents the music because it tends to have a happy feel to it which can be linked to the bright colours used in the masthead of the magazine.

Metal Hammer:-  Displays its genre with the font of the text which gives a sharp deadly feel to it which is emphasized by the blood spurts on it and its metallic colouring on a darkened background. This gives insight to the music as it has an aggression to it that represents the pace guitars and vocals