TASK 2B

The layout of the NME magazine looks like it has been

distorted, for example the image of the tour bus, you can see
that it has been rotated. This can reflect the informality of the
music NME advertises of rock, pop and hip hop artists. This
can also reflect towards the display and use of font on the
main cover line TOURING SPECIAL. It looks distorted and
washed which can again related again to the informality of
the music advertised in NME magazine.
Looking at the layout of the NME magazine, I think its
target audience is aimed at readers within the age of 16
-24 (young adults) and British. This is because the current
artists mentioned in the magazine, hence, it can relate to
The use of language in this magazine used informal
British people who listen to these British artists.
language such as mentioned in the text thank god the sun
has disappeared, eh?. Informal language and text are
usually avoided in order the audience can clearly read and
understand the text. However, the informal text used can
reflect the type of lyrics used in the music NME advertises.
Pop, rock and hip hop songs usually consists of informal
language, hence why this magazine text used such
language. This engages with the readers who share similar
music tastes mentioned in the magazine.
The use of costume in the image can define this woman is
portraying a rock artist due to dull coloured and baggy
clothing, which breaks the expectation of a woman.