Analysis of magazine front coversCover 1.NME Sept 2009

Dizzee Rascal Edition

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THE MASTHEADOften red , white & black colour scheme representing the seriousness of the magazine but is contradicted by Dizzee Rascals face expression to show that life can be fun.

THE HEADER/STRAPLINEBlack font standing out in white background “Autumn Page Special” is more bold than “16 Page” to suggest the wildness of the front cover linking with Dizzee rascals face expression and gesture also giving interest to the reader.

COVER LINESMixture of red & black words attract the target audience/reader

THE MAIN IMAGEFlamboyant face expression and gesture aiming at its target audience as Outgoing and expressive through music making them feel closer to the celebrity “Dizzee Rascal” Main image also relates to content and background.THE MAIN COVER LINE“DIZZEE RASCAL” telling us who the celebrity is and the use of slant on words suggest his crazy life also relating to the language of other content used and main image.

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USE OF A PULL QUOTELinking with the main image the pull quote seems full of joy and achievement and it links with Dizzee Rascals gesture of wide open arms - Around The World Man”

BACKGROUNDThe graffiti symbolising Dizzee Rascals childhood growing up in London influenced by grime music which originated from those streets and has that theme.

USE OF A FLASHERSuits the story of this magazine special “Wowee zowee” very bubbly language suiting the main image of Dizzee Rascals face expression and gestures and caption giving the target audience the same excitement

TARGET AUDIENCEThis magazine special suggests that the target audience are part the urban community with musical interests such as: rap, Hip-hop, Grime or Street Garage. Their favourite artists might be British due to the use of language used and how it is presented.

Mainly male aged 15 - 20 due to the theme of the magazine and background, also Dizzee Rascals lifestyle and gesture in this magazine shows a sense of male flamboyance and physicality.

Main methods used to attract the audience are: the language used, very expressive and flamboyant “Around The world man!”. The font sizes and structure and how the main image takes up the whole background. All of these methods link to Dizzee Rascals face expression and gesture giving the target audience a sense that the magazine get the theme/point across to the reader.