8/10/2019 Analysis of Music Magazine Front Cover 1
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Analysis of Music Magazine Front Cover 1 NME
ayout and Colour
cheme: The layout of
he magazine isoutrageous and wild
which is extremely
ppealing to the
pecific target
udience. The colours
sed mainly connote a
ebellious nature that
would appeal to the
eaders. This is
ecause the target
udience would relate
o that through the
ype of music they
sten to and their
ersonalities. In
ddition to this the
olours all connote a
wild and enjoyable
tmosphere for theeader.
Target Audience: This magazine
is aimed at working class males
around the ages of 17 and this is
because the music icon in the
main image would probably bewell known and the vibe of the
magazine is quite rebellious, so
they are more likely to listen to
that specific type of sub-genre of
music.
Cover lines: The magazines
cover lines focus on the sub-
genre of the magazine to
appeal to their targetaudience. They are laid out in
a wild way to go with the
rebellious theme of the
magazine. Doing this makes
the magazine more appealing
to the target audience as it
makes it less boring to look at.
Bar code, date/issue
and price are all
essential elements on
magazine if they are to
sell copies!! Itsrelatively small box and
tends to be put towards
the bottom right of the
page (out of the way of
Masthead: NME has
een placed in the top
eft corner of the page
nd can clearly be
een due to the brightolour (red) and bold
ont used. The colour
ed connotes danger
nd could is probably
eferring to Dizzee
Rascals wild
ersonality which is
learly shown through
he image. It has been
made a specific size to
atch the audiences
ttention and draw
hem in to read and
hen buy the
magazine.
Main Image: The main
image is in the centre of
the magazine and it
portrays the energetic
and liveliness of themagazine to the
audience. The model in
the image Dizzee Rascal
is focusing on the
reader as he is looking
at us and seems to be
enjoying himself which
draws the audience in
as they would find the
image much more
appealing than if it was
someone who looked
miserable.
The Footer at the bottom of
the page just lists other R&B
and Rap artists that will
feature in the magazine. The
use of the plus symbol at the
beginning of the footer
suggests theres loads going
on in the magazine.
The main sell line
anchors the main image
so that anyone can see
who the man is. Alsothe font is big and bold
with drop shadow so it
really stands out. The
caption Im spreading
joy around the world,
man this draws the
readers attention to
the main article.
