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The masthead ‘NME’ being in bold red capitals stands out and amplifies it on the white/grey background. It also ties in with the red/yellow theme with the main heading being ‘THE LIBERTINES’ following the Reading and Leeds Festival colours showing straight away to the audience what the issue is about.

The mode of address from this front cover we can tell is obviously ‘The Libertines’ fans or more so people who are attending Reading or Leeds Festival. The skyline and subheadings help entice and target the magazine at a bigger audience.

The main image is a mid shot of the band ‘The Libertines’ looking straight at the reader giving a direct mode of address or an eye line match making the reader feel special. Also indicates to the reader that this issue is about ‘The Libertines’ .

This magazine also uses Buzz words such as ‘first’ and Teasers such as ‘First report from Albert Hall show’. This techniques are primarily used to entice and make the reader that they are getting the best they can out of this magazine.

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The masthead ‘KERRANG’ has been covered by the main image which takes up the majority of the page showing the importance and significance of the image to the reader. By covering up the masthead it indicates to us that it’s regular customers who buy ‘KERRANG’ so they don’t have the importance to show the whole masthead. The main image is an eye line match or a direct mode of address to the reader, enticing the reader and making them feel special.

This magazine uses lots of techniques in attempt to draw in and grab the readers attention, they use techniques such as; Buzz words ‘PLUS!’, Teasers ‘THE INSIDE STORY’, slanting story to give the cover a quirky look, skyline to give extra exciting information, Graphic features such as smaller images to give an insight to the reader and finally puff and pull techniques.

The mode of address is quite obvious for this magazine issue. Firstly ‘My Chemical Romance’ fans have been particularly targeted along with any other music that fits along with that genre.

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The masthead on this magazine cover is ‘METAL HAMMER’ yet ‘ARCHITECTS’ could be mistaken for the masthead as it’s in the same font and a very similar size. Moreover the masthead, main heading and main image all keep in touch with this issues red/orange fire theme immediately grabbing the readers attention.

This magazine cover uses techniques to amplify itself to the audience such as; Buzz words ‘WIN’, Pull quotes ‘The MORE PEOPLE HATE, THE STRONGER WE’LL BECOME!’, and Teasers such as ‘HOT LIST 2011’.

The mode of address for this magazine is obvious. It’s a regular niche target audience of heavy metal music lovers. The subheadings and skyline show to the niche market that they can exactly cater for there needs with what’s inside.

The main image is a close up taking up the majority of the front cover. The man is looking straight out to the audience giving them a direct mode of address and an eye line match grabbing the readers attention. By putting the image and text onto a black background it immediately stands out to the reader jumping of the page at them.

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The bright red masthead stands out straight away to the audience indicating what magazine it is. With this being the only red on the front cover it immediately stands out and is one of the first things you look out.

This front cover uses techniques such as; Graphical features ‘ZANE LOWE’, Buzz words ‘NEW’, and Pull Quotes ‘I FEEL SO ALONE’ all to grab and pull in the readers attention.

The mode of address is not completely specific with this magazine. Although we know it’s targeted at music lovers, it targets a large range of music lovers from indie rock such as ‘Florence and The Machine’ to X Factor mainstream Simon Cowell. Showing this magazine has to cater for a very large musical audience.

The main image on this front cover is a very poignant image it’s an extreme close up, also giving the reader an eye line match and direct mode of address. By Florence wearing blue eye shadow it ties in with other subheadings etc. Going on around the page drawing them to the readers attention.

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The classic red ‘RollingStone’ masthead immediately grabs the reader. With this being pretty much the only red on the page it really jumps out to the reader straight away. Also by giving the masthead shadowing at the back it makes it look 3D it really does jump out at the reader.

The main image on this page is a close up of Adele, who is a very popular artist and also very well known attracting the readers attention. By Adele looking straight out through the page giving an eye line match and direct mode of address it immediately connects with reader making them feel significant.

By using sub-headings, it gives an insight to the reader of what is inside the magazine, hopefully making them want to read on. This front cover also uses ‘Buzz words’ such as ‘PLUS’ and Teasers such as ‘THE MOST HATED GIRL ON THE INTERNET’ to entice the reader.

The mode of address is not extremely clear with just Adele on the front as a range of music lovers like her. Yet as we look closer at the magazine the Skyline say’s “BEST OF ROCK 2011” indicating to the audience that this weeks issue is directed at rock lovers.

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