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Analysis of magazine front coversCover 1.NME Sept 2009

Dizzee Rascal Edition

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THE MASTHEAD:New Musical Energyor enemy 'it's a play onwords, its modern,rebellious and urban.

THE HEADER gives thereader more information. It isvery common in magazines.

THE SELL LINES/COVERLINES tells the audience whatwill be in the magazinebriefly, usually use excitingfonts to grab attention.

THE MAIN IMAGE shows that themagazine is hip hop and covers theinside features. The canted angle

conveys his bright and welcomingside. His eyes are looking straightat the audience as if intriguing youto be happy.

THE MAIN COVER LINE it tellsyou about the main article in themagazine. The thick font goes wellwith his character and stands out.Even the detail of the z beingwonky

BARCODE: the barcode is in theright hand side and I the issuedate is in 2009, and it is 2.80,suggesting

THE FOOTER: is symmetrical to theheader, it talks about other bands,

the font is clear and the colour issimple as to not detract from themain image.

USE OF A PULLQUOTE: works wellwith the pose ofDizzee Rascal, friendlyand welcoming. Thecolloquial use of theword man suggestshis culture.

BACKGROUND: graffiti inbright colours, suggestingurban, illegal, anti-establishment. The black andwhite floor suggesting adance floor, the black andwhite colours eludes the

audience. The clashing of thecolours give are effective,coveys his own style.

USE OF A FLASH- Itadds something extra tothe magazine, it is for thetarget audience.

RULE OF THIRDS/The eye level of Dizzee is in the first thirdwhich is level to the readers natural focus. The main cover line is inthe middle third anchoring the image of Dizzee.

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TARGET AUDIENCE OF THIS MAGAZINE

METHODS USED TO ATTRACTTHIS TARGET AUDIENCE ARE:The title NME is large and bold,the theme of red and blackthroughout attracts people thecolour connotes with energy.

Target audience Profile(possibly add image)

Musical interests/favouriteartists etc : Hip-hop and R&B,home-grown music. Artistssuch as Dizzee Rascal, Jay-Zboth American and British acts.

Gender: Both male and femalesuggested by the unisex coloursused in the font.

Age : 15 - 25Social class (how much moneydo they have available?

How much does magazinecost? Usually lower in socialclass as it is home-grown morecultural and relatable music,the higher in class tend to bemore stereotypicallysophisticated in interest.

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STRETCH AND CHALLENGEACTIVITY-

USE THE HYPERLINK FOR DIRECT ACCESS TO NMEhttp://www.nme.com/magazine

WHO PUBLISHES THEMAGAZINE-HOW MANYSALES DOES IT: MikeWilliams. Its totalcirculation is 23,924 withover 7 million users permonth.

GENERAL BACKGROUND

HOW, WHEN IT STARTED,HOW IT HAS CHANGEDAND WHY: New MusicalExpress, was formed in theUnited Kingdom, and has

been published weekly sinceMarch 1952. It started as amusic newspaper on non-glossy tabloid paper, butin1998 it changed to amagazine. It was the firstBritish paper to include asingles chart. In the 1970s itbecame the best-selling British

music newspaper. In 1996NME.COM, was launched.

WHAT GENRE/TYPE OF MAGAZINE IS IT?DETAILS OF ITS TYPICAL CONTENT AND THEARTISTS/BANDS IT CURRENTLY FEATURES

The music magazine is associated with punk rock,home grown music and publicising noncommercial bands. The content is generally of

interviews and photo-shoots of celebrities. Thetext is highlighted in parts so that the audiencecan be selective of what content they want to read.There are gossipy pictures and quotes from bands.Aerosmith Andy Welch, Public Enemy are someof those featured in the magazine.

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