ADDITIONAL RESEARCH

ANALYSIS OF NME MAGAZINE – COVER, CONTENTS PAGE

& DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

COVER

Masthead – The title of the magazine. It’s the biggest writing on the cover. The logo is originally red.

Main sell line – Is bigger than other sell lines because it’s the most important. It shows the main story of the magazine that often that relates to the cover star.

Barcode – This allows the shop to sell the magazine. It’s placed in a corner and it’s not big, because it’s the less important thing on the cover and has nothing to do with the theme. So it is not meant to grab people’s attention.

Sell lines – The sell lines tell people about the good features that can be found in the magazine and why it’s worth buying. They are meant to encourage people to purchase the magazine. They are white and red so they go with the masthead and the main sell line.

Slogan – Is placed under the logo of the magazine. It simply says what the initials of NME stand for. Main cover image – On the image we can see a music artist called Joe Strummer. The picture is a medium shot of him, and It’s black and white. This was done to make the background contrast with the red writing on the cover. The picture wasn’t taken in a studio, but a different place with a suitable background. The man is in focus and the background is blurred. This means that he is a priority.

CONTENTS PAGE

Contents – The most interesting features that can be found in the magazine are spaced out on the contents page, with matching images, page numbers next to them and a cut out quote from that certain article.

Contents – The rest of the contents of the magazine are written with a smaller writing, underneath a “Plus” heading. This means that those contents are less important.

Advert – They are offering a deal for NME in the bottom right corner. It is brighter than the rest of the contents on the page to make it stand out and drawn the readers eyes to it. The writing on it is white and bold so it idally contrasts with the red background.

Heading – Is bold and has the issue date underneeth.

The layout – There are various fonts on the contents page. Some of them are big and some of them are small, depending how important the text is. There are also pictures of different sizes, the bigger the more important the article.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

The girl isn’t looking very stylish, she has a more of a rebellious look. This also links with the tatoo on her wrist.

The title looks like clippings form a newspapers letters. This might be associated with criminals and it gaves the article a rebelious look. The drop capital at the start of the article is very bold and stands out from the rest. This attracts the readers eye, and encourages him to read the article

The main three colours on this dobule page spread are white, black and red. These colours seem to work together very well.