NME GlastonburyAnalysis and Research

FRONT COVERMastheadThe masthead NME is located in the left third which is where the audience will automatically look. It’s in bright yellow, as opposed to the usual red colour. This is because it is a special glastonbury edition and the colour also attracts attention and an audience. The issue was published in the summer and the colour yellow is usually associated with this season so this another link.

HeaderThe header on this issue of NME ‘special glastonbury preview issue’ entices the audience to buy the magazine as glastonbury is a large and popular music event that covers many different genres of music. it is located as the top of the magazine as this is where customers are most likely to look when they are scanning the news stand.

Main Imagethe main image on the front cover of this issue of NME is a compilation of lots of musicians, all from different musical genres. They are all singing and represent a music festival. this image is in black and white which created excitement for the readers as it is a Glastonbury preview.

Left ThirdOn this issue the left third includes the masthead, the beginning of the header and a strip of familiar faces (musicians).

Mick JaggerMick Jagger’s face is directly next the the NME logo. he is a very well known and popular musician from a world renown band, The Rolling Stones. The magazine have probable put his image next to the logo as after you see the logo your eyes will see his picture too. The location of the image is a persuasive technique.

FooterThere isn’t a written footer at the bottom of the page but the is however a line of musicians faces. People will recognise them and therefore be persuaded to buy the magazine is they see them.

Anchor‘The ultimate guide to the greatest festival on earth’. The anchor helps to attract audience and keep them interested in the magazine. the words ‘ultimate’ and ‘greatest’ are persuasive and suggest that there is nothing better about glastonbury than in NME. the magazine are trying to say that they have all of the most important information and that their magazine is the best.

Contents PageMain ImageThe main image on the contents page is located in the middle as this is probably the first thing the readers will see when they turn the page. The writing under the image is in italics, which attracts attention. the caption mentions famous names like ‘Amy Winehouse’ and ‘Kate Moss’ which also get people’s attention as they are people that they like or will have heard about via other forms of media. Differences

There is no editorial on this page. This may be because the issue is a special edition. because there is no editorial there is therefore no drop cap either.

Masthead ContentsThe is masthead is in bold, large writing but is very different to the previous issue i analysed. There is no magazine name mentioned and the wording is different. There is a small date below the masthead but is is very small and just used for additional information.

Contents HeadingsThe contents page numbers are very big and in bold red lettering. They are written this way so the readers don’t miss them. The box that they are written in takes a chunk out of the image for that article. This makes you look harder at the number instead of just scanning the page.

Subscription BoxThe subscription box is the only part of the page that is in a large variety of colours. this is os that the reader is guaranteed to see it and the editors want this as it is one of their main money input systems.

Double Page Spread

TitleThe title ‘Glastonbury 2013 lets Get rolling’ is part of the build up to the festival. the magazine is creating suspense and hype for the event and the issue is published before the 2013 festival. The bold red ‘Glastonbury 2013’ is in bold because it tells the reader the main focus of the article. Then there’s the text underneath in the narrower text as this isn’t as import and the editors want the audience to read it after the bolder writing.

ClothingThe singers are wearing plain clothing, allowing the audience to focus on the audience to focus on the music. Their clothes are typical for the genre of music, the skinny jeans, headbands and scarves.

ActionThe people in the image are performing and look as if they are concentrating hard on what they are doing. this shows that they are dedicated to their work and want to impress their fans.

ArocapThe arocap recreated Glastonbury’s famous Pyramid Stage with the red triangle. This is a very cleaver bit of graphics as it is recognisable to anyone interested in music and so will attract also of attention.

Side IndexThis side index includes a variety of different artists, again showing the crossover on genres within the magazine. it gives little bits of extra information to keep the readers engaged and interested in what they are reading. it also adds colour, with the yellow, to the page.