Analysis of 2 music magazine contents pages you must analyse the NME.

Analysis of magazine Contents pagesContents 1.NME Sept 2009

Dizzee Rascal Edition

Contents page NME (SEPT 2009) ANALYSISThe banner is to advertise and show what this page is.

the date is featured at the top, so its easy and clear to see.

Sub heading is separated in black rectangle boxes. This introduces a new topic.

Brief summary of the magazine and what’s involved inside the magazine. But it also gives us an extra featured as a plus. This essentially gives the target audience more for there money.

NME MASTHEAD SAME COLOUR CODE AS FRONT

Main image is a medium shot of the editor by a travel bus. The bus is the same colour as the colour scheme, which is really good because it keeps everything together.

Bands are listed in red with page number in black

Image is edited so it looks like a photograph. This is appropriate because it makes the magazine original and personal. Making it more visually pleasing to the target audience.

Editors introduction to contents of magazine, giving a summary of the magazine, its features and what music to look out for.

Previous NME magazines are featured below so that it give you a follow up of what's happening now.

ANALYSIS OF LAYOUT/DESIGN FEATURES OF CONTENTS

PAGE Date news

This image has been edited to be visually pleasing to the audience.

radar

reviewThis is an editor summary on there perspective of the magazine and the music artists that are at interest in this day and age.

live

feature

Previous NME magazine covers

MASTHEAD AND WORD CONTENTS –BOLD AT TOP WITH DATE/ISSUE NUMBER

ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS PAGE 2 (Title/date of magazine analysed)

ANALYSIS OF LAYOUT CONTENTS PAGE 2

This Masthead displaying the Contents page. Is very interesting in the way it is presented under each other. And the white fill colour really goes well against the burgundy red background. The font is really effective in its simplicity, and its boldness.

Its great how the logo for the magazine is presented in the top right corner of the magazine, this also promotes the magazine when suggesting it to friends/family.

This image is really significant because it advertises the RnB genre. Also the connotations of his chains and gold teeth really fit the stereotype he is going for. The basketball cap worn at the side shows that he is being a stereotypical bad bog/gangsta.

This imagery and text on this contents page shows that it is maybe targeted at the male target group and fits the ages of around 18-25. The lifestyle segmentation for this is YUPPIE (young urban professional).

The simple text displaying the page numbers of different topics in the magazine, is shown to be sophisticated and presented in an organised, neat manor.