2. NME
NME (New musical express)
is music publication that
focuses on the
Alternative/Punk rock genre
of music.
“The ultimate guide to the
week in music”
The target market is teens
and young adults. The
magazine is suitable for both
genders as the colours and
layout are not orientated
towards male or female.
3. NME facts
The magazine was first published in 1952
as a music newspaper it gradually started
to become a magazine in the 1980s until it
was an official magazine publication in
1998.
It was the first British paper to include a
singles chart, in the 14 November 1952
edition.
It is published by IPC.
The editor is Mike Williams
The magazine has been published weekly
since March 1952.
It costs £2.20
The magazine is sold in most
newsagents, post offices and book shops.
You can also buy a subscription online and
have them delivered to your door. They
are also sold in music/CD shops.
4. Large bold red masthead. Celebrities head
Red/Black and white
is covering masthead as magazine is a well
colour scheme. Black The cover image is of
known brand.
and white are also the band ‘Arctic
echoed in the Monkey’ who are a
background image rock/alternative band.
They are pictured in a
close up shot. The lead
Red puff with white
singer is pictured at the
and black font to
front, then the
advertise the ’20 best
drummer, then the two
dance tracks on the
guitarists. They are
planet’.
shown looking
intimidating a
Variety of font size professional.
and colours, ‘Arctic
Monkeys’ is the The main cover line is
biggest font as it has in big, bold red
a huge article/special letters. This sticks
written about them. with the colour
Font size depends on Small cover lines scheme.
importance. centred at the
bottom showing There is a barcode which is a
other articles. typical magazine convention.
5. The colour scheme is
the continued
Red/black and white Different fonts are
that was used on the used for; quotes,
front cover. Although titles and smallprints
the red is darker.
Thin grey lines used Other articles and
to separate text, page features all printed in
numbers and images. a column listed under
‘plus’
Bold black title
Issue date stated
centralised at the top
below the title to tell
of the page.
people when it was
published.
Quotes said by person
being interviewed
under the image Bold red box with
followed by a brief white text advertising
description of what NME magazine
the article is about. Bold page numbers subscriptions.
located below the bottom
right corner of the image
6. Small paragraph giving the Large bold title with
readers an idea what the the name of the band
article is about. Some words the article is written
The colour are highlighted in a blue font. about.
scheme differs
as it is black, Blue lines
white and blue added to
as oppose to, make page
red, white and look more
black. interesting
and to stick
with colour
Large blue
scheme
‘drop capital’
at the Text wraps
beginning of around ‘pull
each quote’.
paragraph.
Band looks serious and Large image that A ‘pull quote’ is
professional in image with takes up a full page featured on the right
lead singer in the front of and crosses onto the page in a different
the image and centralised other page. colour to grab
on the page readers attention.
7. Influence on my magazine
I could use the conventions I have identified to create my
own magazine;
I need to create a colour scheme (Red,black and white?)
One large image on the double page spread
Bold titles and different size fonts
If taking a band image make sure the lead singer is
centralised and at the front of the photo
A pull quote has to be featured on my double page spread.
