Front covers



Masthead: The usually red masthead has changed to grey in mourning of John Lennon. Alongside the masthead lies the reason that they have changed the colour scheme for people who hadn't yet realised. "The day the music died" is taken from Don McLean's "the day the music died" A song written about the death of musicians. This is fitting for the theme of this edition of NME. Beneath the masthead it says "National music express" This is NME's real name.

Cover lines: There aren't many cover lines but there are a couple on the right hand side of the cover in a small font. This is so they can emphasise John Lennon properly and as much as they deem fitting. The main article lies on the left hand side and it is about John Lennon so it is relevant to the cover. The cover lines match the three colour palette being used in this edition.

Three colour palette: The three colour palette used in this magazine is Grey, white and black. This has been used as they are typical mourning colours and NME is mourning John Lennon. They have used a tiny bit of red however, I imagine this has been done to keep relevant to NME's usual image. The lines at the top are red and this matches the cover line below the main article on John Lennon. The rest of the writing is grey, white and black to keep in the same line as the central image.

Central image: The central image is of John Lennon, it is all the original image and hasn't been cut out or placed on a different background. In this edition the image has set the three colour palette and the cover lines and the masthead have had to follow suit. The black writing in the colour lines all fit to his clothes and the white to his skin. The NME masthead grey fits in with the black and white picture. The bar code also fits in with the colour scheme.

Language: The language is simple and list like. Keeping it simple so the focus is put on John Lennon and his picture. The font is all the same, again to keep it simple.