NME, Front Cover, Contents and Double Page Analysis :)

• Conventionally with music magazines, the colour scheme is simple using Black, White, Yellow and Red.
• The white background helps the text and the other images stand out
• The use of both male and female artists on the front page shows the magazine is aimed at both males and females.
• NME is aimed at teenagers, this is apparent by the use of modern music. However it won’t appeal to all teenagers. Only those interesting in the music associated with the main feature.
• Lily Allen has been used on the front cover because she was popular at the time. Unpopular featured celebrities are not going to sell magazines.
• The line "Lily Allen takes on the world" makes her seem like a strong female which is very appealing to the reader.
• The main feature is bigger than the others and looks like it is cut out of a news paper. This makes it less formal and therefore more appealing to the young audience. This could also link to the fact the NME used to be a newspaper.
• At the bottom of the page is a list of bands and artists this is used to attract more than one type of audience.
• Above the masthead there is a black strip with yellow writing, concerning the Arctic Monkeys" This connotes a rock genre and is again used to attract more than one type of audience.

 
• The simple colour scheme is continued from the front page.
• The contents page is easy to read as it is split into sections (News, Radar, Reviews, Live and Features)
• Again the white background helps the text and the other images stand out, it also keeps the reader from being distracted
• On the left hand side there is a list of bands and artists featured in the magazine this makes it easier for the reader to quickly locate a feature on their favourites.
• The Content section, headings stand out again making it easy for the reader.
• The page numbers are in red which helps them to stand out.
• In the centre of the contents page, there is bold writing which highlights the main feature of the magazine.
• The image of the main article is the biggest and one of the only images on the page.

 
 

   

 

• The plain colour scheme (black, white and red) is again consistent of the rest of the magazine.
• The white background and the same font as used on the front cover helps the pull out quote "people think I’m an attention seeker but I’m just honest" stand out even more.
• Underneath the pull out quote is a brief introduction. Lily Allen being in red helps entice the reader further.
• The layout of the page is very conventional as the image on the right hand page over laps to the left and the pull out quote on the left overlaps to the right.
• The only image on the page is of Lily Allen herself, it takes up most of the left hand side which shows her importance in the magazine.
• The pose is very informal promoting a casual image and showing it to be a casual interview.
• Her wrists are turned outwards to show her tattoo.
• The red checkered shirt is not only used to keep the colour scheme consistent but to make her image stand out against the dull black and white writing.
• The text is separated into four side-by-side columns in order to make it clear and easy to read.
• The pull out quote taken directly from the interview is used at a title. This is effective in informing the reader what the interview is about and allowing them to quick make up their minds as to whether it interests them.
• The text is affective as it is simple which allows the audience to stay with it, rather than get distracted by anything else.