1. Analysis of an NME magazine:
Dizzee Rascal
By Rina Bansal
2. Front Coverโฆ โขHeader (seriff
font)
โขMasthead
โขConsistent use of black,
white and red- makes it
โขFlash appear professional
โขColloquial and (coverline)
informal language
(โโฆwowee zowee
itโs on!โ) โขExtra advertisement
and insight of other
articles
โขLooking at the camera
(illusion that he is
looking at the โขLong shot. Close-up (can
reader/viewer) see his body position due to
how he is posing).
โขWhat he is wearing (e.g.
โขName is main focus chain, trainers etc) suggests
of the magazine- big, the genre of the music he
bold, shadowed makes/produces-
typing (sans seriff iconography
font)
โขBarcode, price and
date issued is
โขQuote used from anecdotes- from
small, unnoticeable
interview (gives us insight on the
article and what itโs about) โขFooter- suggesting other artists
the magazine concentrates on.
โขColloquial language (โโฆman!โ) &
Suggests different genres
sans seriff font
3. โขWhite outline Contents pageโฆ โขBold, sans seriff
makes the title font
look three-
dimensional
โขIndex on various
artists that are signed โขTitles outlined to show
to NME music label with the categories of
page references- shows discussion throughout
that they discuss other the magazine
music artists and bands โขRandom page
(variety of genres references to show the
therefore suitable for interesting topics of
audiences that prefer categories
other genres
โขMain focused image to
show what the article is
discussing โขAdvertisement for
โขLady is looking at the competition
camera to give the โขโSubscribeโฆโ is in larger
impression that she is font as itโll hopefully grab
looking directly at the the readers attention
reader/viewer
โขColloquial and informal language
โขSeriff font
4. โขGraffiti Double-page spread โขLarge, bold seriff font
background- may
imply the genre of articleโฆ โขUnlevel- goes with the theme of a
of music the more vibrant and indie layout
artist produces
โขAlso supports
what the article
โFrom tags to โขSmall seriff font
richesโ because which tells the
it portrays a reader who wrote
working class the article and
area who took the
pictures- so
critics and
readers know
โขNot looking at
directly at the
camera โขHeadline to give
โขWhat he is wearing the reader more of
indicates to the an insight on what
reader what kind of the article includes
music genre he is
into
โขMedium shot
โขEmpty beer bottles, glasses and a stereo box
โขArticle of the artists point suggests a party that many teenagers have-
of view and how he became maybe towards the target audience of this
successful; hence the title article
โFrom tags to richesโ
โขAlso supports the artists type of music as it is
mainly used in a party atmosphere
5. Target Audienceโฆ
NME magazines have a target audience with the age range of 15-25 years, in which only
27% are female and 73% male. This shows that a vast amount of males are more
interested in the music industry compared to females.
It is most likely that the readers of NME magazine have attended at least one, or more,
pop/rock music concerts as roughly 80% of NME readers feel that music plays an
Important part within their lives as it introduces them to new bands, artists and widens
their taste in music.
The social classes of the target audiences vary from higher, middle and working class.
As well as this, 26% are full time college students, 34% are working full time and 18% are
working part time, whom have been reading NME magazines for the last, or over, 3
years.
โขBibliography: http://www.nme.com/mediapack/pdf/nme_media_information_full.pdf
