Analysis of magazine front cover/contents/double spread of

NME Sept 2009 Dizzee Rascal Edition

FRONT COVER ANALYSISFRONT COVER ANALYSISTHE MASTHEAD – This is name of the magazine in this case the magazine is called, NME, this sets the house style as you can see red, white and black.

COVER LINES – The cover lines are to give the audience of a preview of what’s inside of the magazine.

THE MAIN IMAGE – The main image is usually the person the magazine has a major story or article about and also what genre this edition of the magazine will be based around. In this case Dizzee Rascal’s facial expression is very happy and body language is welcoming which links with the pull quote.

THE MAIN COVER LINE - The main cover line links with the main image to attract the reader, this denotes to us Dizzee Rascal’s actual name however this connotates his loud personality and vibe in bold capitals.

BARCODE/DATE ISSUE/PRICE – This is conventional and is displayed on every magazine.

THE FOOTER – This is information about what is included in magazine separate from the main story/article.

USE OF A PULL QUOTE – This is out of the main story as an additional effort to grab the readers attention, which is ‘I’m spreading joy around the world, man!’

BACKGROUND The background is a graffiti image denotes that it was involved in Dizzee’s childhood however this connotes relates to Dizzee Rascal’s facial expression this gives off an energetic and loud vibe to set the tone audience of the magazine.

FLASHER- This gives an extra promtional offer this also links to the genre.

CONTENTS ANALYSISCONTENTS ANALYSIS

SUBSCRIPTION - This is acquire more customers by offering a discount on a weekly basis. This has the details such as the website, number to make this simple for customer.

BRIEF HEADING – This is the summary of content and giving the reader an insight of what’s included in the magazine, this is in black text with the numbers in red, sticking to the house style colours.

SUB HEADING –This is blocked out into separate sub sections these are the main areas of the magazine, due to the text contrasting the background and being so big.

DATE - This is conventional and you would expect to see this on every magazine.

BANNER –This is where you would expect to see Banners on all magazines, this also follows the house style.

NME MASTHEAD –This is the same colour as the Masthead on the front cover, this comes across as professional and also a consistent house style.

MAIN IMAGE – The main image is the focal point of this page as this is the biggest feature on the page, this grabs the audiences attention and relates to the article below in this case about touring. In addition the image is edited so it looks like a photograph. This is appropriate because as it looks like a collectors photograph that they may have received whilst on the tour.

INDEX - Bands are listed in red with page number in black. The effect of this is house style colours used and appealing to the eye.

DOUBLE SPREAD ANALYSISDOUBLE SPREAD ANALYSIS

MISE EN SCENE – This is created by graffiti wall background

MAIN IMAGE – This medium shot of Dizzee Rascal we are able to see his style and can connote to the us his personality and style of music in link with the graffiti background.

PAGE NUMBER/NME TITLE/DATE – This conventional and expected to see on all double page spread.

COPY- this begins with a large ‘Y’ which is a Drop Cap, you would foresee this of all magazines.

SECOND IMAGE – This is of a radio and alcohol, as you can the radio has a sticker on it which says ‘ Have a nice day’, again showing Dizzee Rascals personality which is joy and happiness. Also the background in consistent graffiti showing how much on an impact this has had on his life.

4 COLOUMNS – In the third column the text wraps around the image to show the importance of the image.

SUB HEADING – This is brief information about what is to come in the article, in this case this shows a brief insight of his success.

MAIN HEADLINE – This is a saying that has been manipulated to suit the audience of genre that follow Dizzee Rascal, this says ‘From Tags to riches’ showing the influence ‘tagging’ associated with graffiti has influenced his career.

BYLINE -This is credit for author and photographer

CAPTION – The caption saying Dizzee, is another convention feature and usually recounts the article on this page.

Key demographic groups that can be targeted through media.

• 79% ABC1• 65% Male• 50% 16-24• 23% 25-34

NME BACKGROUNDNME BACKGROUND http://www.nme.com/magazine

The NME is the longest publishedand most respected music weeklyin the world. Every week it gives itsreaders the most exciting, mostauthoritative coverage of the verybest in contemporary music. Theaward-winning www.nme.com,launched in 1996, has grown to bethe biggest commercial musicnews site in Europe.

Readership - 411,000

‘‘NME comes out every Wednesday and it's priceless. Well, it's £2.40, but you get what we mean.’NME comes out every Wednesday and it's priceless. Well, it's £2.40, but you get what we mean.’

Editor - Krissi MurisonThe main genre NME is based around is Indie, however the magazine has featured many artists that cross the over Indie and many other genres.

So far I have completed tasks to improve my knowledge of a music magazine and what is involved with the magazines such as features and characteristics that would be included in specific magazines. I have answered questions and defined particular features. Additionally I have completed an analysis of a front cover, contents and double page spread, identifying particular features that are included in the magazine

By answering questions and using a visual scheme to answer will enhance ideas at the later stage of the main task to finish the main task to the best of my ability and from concluding this has given me an understanding of what is conventional and diverse within a magazine.

Next I will go onto analyze two more magazines in order to give me a different perceptive of what is produced in other magazines and what stays the same.

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