ANALYSIS OF MUSIC MAGAZINE FRONT COVER 1 NME

Header-The special feature attracts the magazine over others as it stands out due to its hierarchy. In this case a bold black typography has been used. A change in style of font has been used to make it stand out. The various size of boldness shows the key attraction to the audience. By using text such as special makes the reader want to buy it as they will be missing out therefore promoting more of an audience. Main Sell Line- The man sell line indicates of whom the main image is of. It promotes the genre of music relating to the magazine again. Here the use of the style of typography shows this cheeky and unconventional side to the Rap industry. A double layer wouldnt typically be used but in this case communicates the style of music and in my idea links the theme of graffiti running in the background. The double layover of two contrasting colour allows a bold and stand out effect. There are few other cover lines promoted. One is a quote from what we assume is the interview with Dizzee Rascal. Not only does this once again indicate that theres an interview with this icon but also promotes people to buy the magazine to find out more from this one line. Another is a PUG of which the red alarms the reader to this piece. Pavement Reunion shows the idea of news of which people may find these an icon or exciting promoting more audience.

Masthead- A purpose of masthead is firstly, for the magazine to standout against others. In this case a bold text has been used with the colour red for the typography. For a colour in general this alarms the reader catching there attention and stands out against the plain white background. The typography has been embossed by a border to stand out even more. The style of the typography fits with the modern association of music that is the genre of topic. This bold text creates a brand that the audience associates with the magazine. It means the brand become recognisable towards the genre of music. Main Image- The main image allows the audience to known the main focus of the magazine. It promotes the genre of music magazine through the genre of artist thats featuring upon the front. Main images tend to be medium closes up but in this case we see a squatting, full length image. We assume its a long shot however its more similar to a close up shot of his body due to the position. Its through this idea of Dizzee Rascal being a fun and cheeky Rap artist promoting the idea of break rules like the way hes broke the convention here. The image comes across to us as jokey and fun. By having a celebrity on the front means more audience will be attracted to see the contents of the magazine as to some he will appear as an icon. The mise-en-scene of the shot also fits with his genre of music and therefore the magazine portrayal. From the style of clothes hes wearing to the graffiti in the background indicates the genre and therefore promotes the correct audience.

Barcode/Date/Issue Number- These are key features of all magazines as they are needed to sell a magazine. The barcode is needed in the purchasing. A date can indicate to the audience whether this is the most up to date issue the same as the issue number can also do.

Rule of Thirds- Within this magazine the rule of third is conventionally followed. Featuring upon the hotspot we see the main artist face and the main cover lines. The magazine only has a few cover lines of which is conventional. Continuing, the main areas such as the left has been filled with the typical right being left blank.

Footer- The + at the start of the footer indicates that there are a large number of more features to come. The listing of artist provides more icons for the audience to be promoted to. From the range of artist we can see that there are large genres of artist types. It indicates to us that the music magazine focuses at mature people who enjoy more than simply one genre of music.

ANALYSIS OF MUSIC MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE NME

Masthead- The mast head is obvious by the block, blacked out background. It makes anything against it stand out and being the top of the hierarchy at the page indicates importance. Firstly we are shown a smaller version of the logo. It follows the idea of creating a brand and the NME sign reinforces the context of the magazine. The word contents also features as a large heading. The white, block typography stands out indicating to the audience what the features of this page is. Underneath in smaller writing a date is shown indicating the relevance of the article and contents within the magazine to the date.

Main Image- The main image appears as a casual and natural shot. The picture itself looks polarised as if a holiday picture. This medium close up, to me, appears as if she herself is a fan by taking this picture. Her relaxed style of clothes and pose also show this. The picture being tilted to one side also shows this relaxed feeling to the picture which relates to the magazine style as shes working for them we assume. Furthermore, the pictures contents show we will get inside knowledge of artist as she is by a tour bus which links in with the idea of the music genre.

Contents List- The contents page gives the main features within the magazine a simple place to be found. The genres of articles are sectioned off. We can see a clear indication of this by the blacked out background with white text, a role reversal to the rest of the house style. Its also in a much larger size text which makes it stand out more indicating the type of topics the magazine focuses on. Furthermore the pages are given in a red text which follows the theme of red meaning alarming standing out to the audience. Selling Line- A main selling line indicates the information presented in the editorials feature. The word special is repeated from the front making it sound important and not to be missed. The white text style stands out. The design of the typography looks rugged and broken. To me it refers to the idea of the touring and on the road lifestyle. Promotional Box- Here features a box advertising people to subscribe to the magazine. It entices the audience to pay a cheaper fee for their benefit. The bold yellow and white typography stand out against the black background and usual house style colours drawing the audiences attention. Example of previous featuring magazines promote the audience once again to see the regular icons that appear within the magazine. Editorial- This section of the magazine summaries the making and features of the magazine as a whole. It allows a personal feeling from the contributors of the magazine which gives the audience a personal feeling. It engages you in the genre of music and the efforts theyve gone to secure contents for the magazine such as going on tour bus, as featured here. During the contents the point out key pages of which helps the audience to indicate main focuses of the month. A colloquial tone is used to involve the audience also.

Band Index-The band index is primarily for the audience to locate there band icons. It gives the idea of whos in the magazine and therefore allows an indication the genre of music featuring. The audience can easily find articles of icons and therefore making the magazine user friendly. The two colours used fits in with the house style of the magazine. But also allows a clear indication to the page and bands to be differentiated between.

Rule of thirds- The rule of thirds is conventionally displayed her. A classic L shape is used in the header and to the contents page bordering the main image and editorial. Hotspots are used for key features of the magazine to be displayed. The left hand column is left for the less important information. The idea of three is used with the three columns splitting up the page allowing it to be easy to read for the audience. The clever idea has also been used within the middle using a fly case in the background to link with the main article of touring.

ANALYSIS OF MUSIC MAGAZINE DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD NME

Headline- The headline of the article draws the audience into the piece by giving them an overview of what the interview will be upon. Here we see this play on words to fit with the genre of music (RAP) and the artist. It also links in with the main image next to it. The idea of the title shows how the artist, Dizzee Rascal, has come on a journey people who inspire to be like him as an icon will read it to find out the history. The idea of the text being various unconventional sizes is to link with the idea of the tag and graffiti them as if it is graffiti linking with the theme of the music.

Byline- The byline is a highlighted and bold lettering indicating to the audience a link of who the artist is. It makes it clear what the article will focus upon linking to that of the picture and title also. Standfirst The standfirst focuses upon a follow on from the headline. It focuses of key points during the article. Background information is given of the artist if you dont already know to therefore lead into the article. Others famous event and icons are used to draw other fans in and to shock us of things we didnt know already about the artist. Words such as amazing are used to entice the audience into reading the article as if they have been missing out.

Drop Cap- The drop cap is used to indicate the start of the official article to the audience. Its used in the same bold font as the headline in order to link the both together.

Credit- The editors of that who writes and took photos the magazine our given credit. We notice that the magazines efforts that going into it are need to be appreciated by someone. For the audience it can give an indication to why the style of the article or image is particularly like this as they may be renown for a certain style. We can see that the larger font for the title of the person to indicates clearly to the audience the job.

Logo- A logo is repeated once again in the corner along with a page number and issue date. It shows us the running theme that is attempting to create a brand reminding the audience who has written this and the relevance to the time period. The idea of this time link could relate to the stand first which relates that of the time date of 2009.

Illustration- The photos taken use mise-en-scene to create an image linking to the text. Here we see Dizzee firstly clearly grafftiing. The entire background of the page features the graffiti style wall. This links directly with the heading of the article. By Dizzee actually taking upon the idea of a Tag indicates the articles relation to him. Secondly, we see him in a medium long shot position looking over his shoulder as if looking if hes going to be caught. This indicates his mischief side. This idea also links to the outfit hes put in the idea of a red bomber jacket shows this bold yet naughty side to him. A focus upon the other page also indicates a idea of a glamorous lifestyle. The idea of parting is focused upon with a boom box and empty bottles. Relating to the idea that the audience of the rappers music enjoy a party and his music would be of that genre also. The idea of him being street; is shown through the idea of a boom box as its a retro style item. Furthermore the sticker on the boom box relates to this cheeky and fun side to the rapper by saying have a nice day.

WHAT LINKS THE FRONT COVER, CONTENTS PAGE AND DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD? The three are linked together by various aspects. Firstly, the same house font being used throughout. The use of the same colours as the logo and a certain style of font create a recognisable look to the brand and also relates to the genre of the magazine. The logo being copied throughout also pages shows to the audience a brand image being created allowing the contents to refer to the brand. The genre of media contents also relates the music magazine by having a similar style of music shows contents of the magazine as a whole.