Magazine Cover 2 (research)

This is my second magazine cover that i am researching. As you can see this is quite different to the first magazine cover. This one is different because it doesnt have a main image, it only has one small image on the left of the page. The rest of the cover is all text and headlines. Personally, I really like this magazine cover because most of it had been edited into the picture and layered so that it stands out.
First of all the colours used on the front are different to the first magazine because they are more vibrant and eye catching. They have used colours such as red, yellow, purple, black and some that we may not even see in the background. I think it affective that the title of the magazine (NME) is in one colour (red) and it hasnt been used on anything else on the page. Then, the important headlines are all in yellow or very bright colours so they catch your eye. However the not so important topics/stories are all either in black or white, but they all have different background colours to make them stand out.
What is also affective is that the text is all in different fonts and all in different sizes. This shows that the language must be informal. I would prefer this front cover to the last one I researched because the attention to detail is brilliant. They have tried to put as much text on this page as they can and you can tell that it has been carefully worked on.
The layout on this magazine cover is completely different to the first cover. Unlike the first cover the text doesnt surround the main image, it is spread out all over the page. There is a lot more text than the first cover and most of it is advertising. It is advertising that there are lots of prizes to be given out in the magazine and that would get more people to buy and read it.