DETAILED CLASS ANALYSIS OF MUSIC MAGAZINE ONE NME

ANALYSE THE FRONT COVER, CONTENTS PAGE AND DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD OF MAGAZINE 1 (NME DIZZEE RASCAL EDITION, SEPT 2009)

Front Cover

Main Image

Flash

Masthead

Main cover line

Pull Quote

Date/Barcode/Price Footer

Header

Left Third

The masthead is written in red to show that its an updated version of the magazine and contains musical news (like a newspaper tabloid).

The footer starts with a `+` to show that the magazine has a lot to offer and is worth your money.

The price is written in small font as it shows that the fans will buy the magazine even if its expensive. This shows that the target audience will get attracted to the magazine without looking at the price.

The main image takes up most of the page and the body language of the artist is drawing the audience in as it shows how fun the magazine is and that the artist will be personal

`16 page` attracts the target audience as it shows that it short, fun and contains gossip on some of the famous artists. It also shows that it’s the latest magazine as it contains the word `autumn` which shows it’s the magazine from this season. The word special shows that it contains the most fun and exciting news from the music industry.

a quote that attracts the audience shows that by reading the magazine you could be part of the joys of the world and that the magazine is full of fun original and unique facts.

It is the title of the magazine which shows that its attractive and fun this is what attracts its target audience and allows people to pick up the magazine. Also the title is the name of a very famous artist this shows that its exciting and very fun to read and that their will be many facts in the magazine.

Most of the information is on the left third as its stacked like that on the shelves of shops so it attracts the audience so if the headings are catchy then audience will want to pick up the magazine.

The flash contains the main gossip/news as its highlighted and people will want to buy the magazine to read the news/gossip further.

Audience

• Who is the target audience for the NME? The target for NME is:

Men:17-30 but the average age group is 25.

• How does the NME attract it’s audience? The NME attracts the audience by putting the famous bands (at the moment) at the front cover and containing a bit of gossip about them on the front cover indicating that the magazine will contain all the information on the artists.

Contents Page Masthead/Contents Band Index

Main Image

Drop Cap

Copy/Editorial

Subscription Box

Contents/Headings/Subheadings

The main image is bold and daring as it shows that it’s a touring special and dares the audience to read the magazine as it will contain challenging, daring information.

The band index contains all the various bands that are contained in the magazine and as the band index is long it shows that the magazine is full of excitement.

The drop cap is 4 lines down as this catches the readers attention as its like an opening of a fairy-tale or an exciting story. A drop cap shows that there's a lot of secrets in the magazine as the image and the text are at the back of a suitcase/treasure chest.

The copy/editorial shows that the magazine has articles and contains a lot of facts and gossip and that the magazine wont bore you.

Mast head shows what the page will be about so this page will state page numbers and heading of all the different gossips and bands.

Contents/headings/subheadings are contained in the magazine as they need to be catchy and original so that the reader reads on further so that they are updated with all the latest artists. Subheading contain all the facts that will be in the article under the correct heading.

The subscription box is there to sell the magazine and to allow the target audience to keep up with the magazine from home and it also helps the business make money to produce more magazines.

Double Page Spread

• The elements that connect the 3 different parts of the magazine:

• Are the font styles as the font styles are the same throughout the magazine which shows that it’s one magazine but with different pages.

• Are the images as the images need to be attractive as the magazine needs to have images of the artists so the reader carry's on reading the magazine

• And it needs to contain interesting facts so that the reader stays engaged.

• Launched in 1952, the New Musical Express is the world's greatest and most influential weekly music magazine, known globally as the NME. Since those early days we've been responsible for:

• Creating the first UK singles chart

• Hosting The Beatles, The Rolling Stones & The Kinks at our live shows

• Bringing punk to the wider world

• Breaking acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, The Cure, The Stone Roses, Nirvana, Blur, Oasis and the Arctic Monkeys

• Pioneering funny, critical and truth-telling music journalism

• Ultimately we remain the world's most recognized and iconic music magazine!

• From stunning features through to our unique inside information, NME has a proud and colourful history.

• The break-up of The Beatles? We were there

• The death of Elvis? We splashed it on our cover

• The Sex Pistols? Hey, they sang about us!

• The birth of Acid House? We told you about it when everyone else was running scared

• Then we helped a grieving alternative music nation through the death of Kurt Cobain, partied with the Britpop elite, and fell in love with the exciting sounds coming out of New York at the start of the decade. And we told you about it all through swaggering prose and iconic, ground-breaking photography.

• We're still doing it today too, recently covering such matters as the rise of dub step, the new US indie invasion and the rebirth of slacker-rock. If some epoch-making scene is breaking, we're there to tell you about it first. We're covering, and making, musical history every week.

• We're the magazine that bands read. There isn't one magazine guaranteed to give an as truthful, honest, informed account of what's going down in music as NME. And we do it because we don't want to be lied to either – after all, this is rock'n'roll we're talking about, it's too important for that.

• reference link http://www.nme-magazine.com/about_us/