Magazine Analysis NME

1.) talk about who its aimed at.

2.) The design of the magazine (language, images, articles, offers,
colours and fonts

3.) construction of contents how stories are presented, the type of

information, the layout and captions, the relationship of images to
text)

The writing style is

colloquial to the social
The header conveys
group,the
itsNME
written in slang
logo which is always
in the it shows us
and therefore
same place andthat
thethe
same
target audience is
colour, it promotes
the younger
generation as
front
cover aNALYSIS
consistency and
makes
the
this
will be
easier for them
magazine easily
torecognisable,
relate too and perhaps
rather than saying
it
evencontents
understand.
Its
we will notice the image before we read the text naturally. Underneath
we can
the
record
that
m
says NME
thissee
week,
it
keeps
obvious to see thatchanged
the
the magazine fresh. The two
colour contrasts of black and
white in the title make it easy
to see.

kari is known to have far more male supporters than female since theyre lyrics are quite belittling to wome

The colour palette follows the

conventional magazine style
of NME red, black, white,
yellow & gold. The colours are
used to contrast certain words
in the text such as the
subscribe today for Just 5.57
a month, its written in yellow
with a black background. Its
written in vibrant colours and
in bold to associate the
magazine with that sort of
lifestyle that the readers are
supposed to have, a
flamboyant and out-going type
of person.

The layout is very similar to

other NME Contents pages. Its
very clear because its all
sectioned off and divided into
the contents. The heading in
the middle is clearly the main
topic of the page, there are no
images associated with it
This is a double page spread
of NME Magazine, the double
page spread is mainly an
image of the band associated
with the text below, and the
purpose of having a large
image is that we will instantly
see it rather than a snippet of
text.

It is obvious that this

One of the persistent
features
magazine
is not
that commonly occurs
aimedisatthe
the Urban
band index. The or
band
is this is
Popindex
Genre,
a useful feature because
if athrough
also shown
reader saw bands
they
liked,
the
colour
scheme,
it may influence they
themuse
to buy
red and
the magazine. black which is
associated with
danger
and in
also
There is a small
article
a rock
music,
along
with
text box in the corner of the the
picture where again it is most
likely to be seen due to the
contrasting colours.

The picture follows the

colour combination of
white, blue and black,
you can even see that
the bands clothes in the
image, match this colour
coordination, this is
subconsciously
satisfying to the reader
as there are no
contrasting colours. The
lead singer is placed at
the front of the image
for the simple reason
that they are far more

The simple heading gives a

bold and professional look to
the double page spread.

Questionnaire:

Next to every page

number the magazine
have put their logo NME
in the corner.

1. How old are you?

10-20
20-30
30+

2. What do you dislike about NME Magazine?

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3. What do you like about NME Magazine?

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4. How often do you read this magazine?

Never
Sometimes
Regularly
Often
A lot

5. Are you male or female?

Male
Female

6. Do you have a job/what is it?

Comment here:

7. What age range do you think its targeted towards?

10-20
20-30
30+

8. What gender do you think the magazine is targeted

towards?

Male
female

9. What magazines do you read?

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10.

What makes you want to read this magazine?

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