Front cover analysis 4

NME front cover analysis featuring Jake Bugg

I have analysed and annotated the front cover of NME magazine featuring Jake Bugg. This front cover features a male artist and I have used this to compare with the other magazines that feature female artists in order to portray the gender differences that depend on the artist. I have found that the female artists are much more stylised and work more on sex appeal than the male models. This could reference to gender stereotypes and the androcentric society we live in today. 

Jake Bugg is dressed in a Fred Perry jacket and is accessorised plainly. He is seen holding a pint glass of a non-alcoholic beverage, this coveys the magazine and the artist himself in a positive light rather than a negative one, especially when younger and more impressionable fans are concerned. 

I am not planning to use a male model as one of my main artists in my magazine however I do plan on using some photographs of a male artist on my contents page. I plan to dress my male artist in a plain jacket like Jake Bugg’s. the colour scheme of this cover is also monochrome, I would like to use this colouring on my front cover however I don’t plan to use it on my photograph of my male model. 

Elle