NME contents analysis

1. NME contents analysis.
Rhianna Fox.

2. NME contents analysis.
The title- The title of this magazine is on the contents
page to remind the audience the name of the
magazine. Also, it says ‘This week’, to show you what
is in the issue that you have.
The magazine has a ‘Band Index’ which lings into the
musical genre of the magazine. Also, the list shows
there are lots of bands inside, and it stands out as it is
in red which watches the colours of ‘NME’, showing it
links in with the magazine.
The main image- The central image is of 2 men
(kasabian). The image doesn’t look prepared for, and
wasn’t a photo shoot. This suggests that there will be
behind the scene/backstage gossip inside that you
wouldn’t normally find out if you didn’t read the
magazine.

3. Main coverlines- Main coverlines are used to categories the different
articles into different sections so its easier to find them and read them.
Coloured text is used for the page numbers, bold text is used for the
titles of the articles inside and smaller text describes the contents of
each article featured. This is good because you can identify what you
want to read much more easily.
Graphic features are used which appeal to the target audience, and give
the magazine a more modern and youthful feel. Older people would
not expect to find arrows in a magazine that they would buy.
Advertising- Advertising is used which appeals to the readers as they
want to purchase the magazine again after reading it once. Also, the
colours used here don’t go with the rest of the colour scheme, making
it stand out. The colours used suggest danger (yellow and black) but
this contradicts the text as it is a good thing to buy a subscription to
the magazine as you would save quite a bit of money.