Analysis ofFront Cover

Contents Page&

Double Page Spread of magazine

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MastheadThe logo of a magazine. In the top right of the magazine so that it is visible when stacked on shelves.

FlashStands out from the rest of the magazine, adding a little extra

Main imageThis is a canted angle medium long shot, that advertises the main story of the magazine. Dizzee is also looking into the camera to make it seem like he’s looking at the audience.

BarcodePositioned bottom right, so it’s easy to be scanned.

Main anchoring cover lineMain cover line that relates to the front cover image.

Footer

General contents of magazine

HeaderTells us about extras in the magazine

Cover linesTells us contents of magazine.

Pull QuoteA quote from the article on Dizzee Rascal

House StyleThe house style consists of Sans Serif fonts along with the colour scheme of Red, White and Black. This helps appeal to their target audience.

Front cover

Target Audience of NME

• The main target audience are alternative rock/indie, as you can tell from the artists named on the cover (Kasabian, Muse). However in this issue the front cover features Dizzee Rascal who is a Hip-hop artist as well as an article on Jay Z. Focusing on the social class of C, C1,D. This is mainly aimed at a teenage audience (unisex) from 13 – 23. You can tell this from the cluttered eye catching layout of the cover.

Title

AdvertisementsAdverts on the contents page is a good place for advertisements, as most readers will see them when they search for articles they’d like to read.

Date IssueThe date the magazine was issued.

ImageThis is a canted angle medium shot that relates to the short introduction to the magazine.

Introduction A short introduction to the NME magazine. Anchors the image.

List of key contents / cover linesThese are key article of the magazine.

Band IndexThis allows the reader to know about articles on certain artists.

House StyleThe pages of the magazine stick to the general house style of the magazine which has derived from the logo of NME. As you can tell via the San Serif fonts and Colours.

Contents page

TitleTitle of article ‘From Tags to Riches’

Main ImageThis is a medium long shot of Dizzee Rascal. With a background representing his own background from when he was younger.

ArticleThis is the article based on the topic, in this case it is Dizzee Rascal’s career.

Stand FirstA general introduction to the article below it.

Mise En SceneThis shows general outline and lifestyle of Dizzee Rascal’s. Eg. Beer bottles and boom box, represents how he’s a bit of a party animal.

By lineCredits to authors and photographers etc.

FlashDizzee Rascal flash so that people can see when flicking through the pages that that page is on Dizzee Rascal.

Page NumberThe page number is written on the bottom right corner of the page so that it is easy for the reader to spot whilst going through the pages. It also relates to the contents page so readers can find the articles they search for.

Double page spread