NME Article Analysis

Analysis of NME magazine Article

This was one of the main articles in the NME magazine when it first published. With this article it includes the fact that it is in the NME magazine. In this article they have used a quite effective image that stands out and also, the writing is in a different colour around the image. They have a subtitle that they have used that you can see on the image below.  I think that this article is quite effective and the audience will enjoy reading it.

The name of the article is ‘We want answers’, this will draw anyone’s attention into this article because they may thin that it will effective them. The ‘answers’ words is highlighted in red this shows that they are serious about it and that they really do want to find answers out.

By the side of the image they have a little quote that says ‘ Our message is ‘Bring alcohol and you can hang out with us’ this states that they are a young kind and they like to drink alcohol with friends.

All the information around the image talks about what kinds of things the boys are involved in. The set-up of all the information is quite tidy and well organised this shows that they want people to read this article and be interested in it so after so many people have read it they will get some attention for it.

 

NME Front Cover Analysis

Analysis of NME magazine front cover

This magazine was not long released as being free. The masthead of NME really stands out in this front cover; this is because of the colour scheme that the producer has used. The pink with the black background really stands out. The font of the mast head is really thick and easy to read. Also, underneath the masthead we can see a little subtitle saying ‘New Musical Express’, this means that they have only just released this magazine, and inside there is more music than anything else.

The main image on the magazine is of a famous music artist ‘Rihanna’, when the magazine was firstly published as free she was the first one to be the main image of it, this shows that the magazine is all about the music industry, but when the magazine was published for free they added more things into it like films, gaming and other forms of technology that they can talk about.

The main colour scheme that they have used is a form of black and pink and then on the bottom of the main image a little bit of blue. This means that all of the things in pink are more important than the things in black this is because they are more noticeable and they stand out more on the front page of this magazine, if this NME didn’t use a colour scheme then it would look dreadful because everything would either be all the same colour or just random colours.

The subsidiary images they have used are of a bird over the top of Rihanna’s shoulder this makes it more noticeable, also, the sell lines that they use stand out because they are in the dark colour but have a white background, this means that the colours will stand out and catch peoples eye when they are looking for a magazine. The font of the sell lines is small this is because when you look around the magazine the last thing you will look at is the small sell lines, also, sometimes the first thing someone looks for on a magazine is the sell lines , this is because if they don’t they won’t know what there is to read inside.

The barcode on the bottom right is really effective because it doesn’t spoil the image in any way, its right on the edge of the page which means that if you have finished looking at all of the interesting sell lines and pugs of the magazine you will then look here to see how much you have to pay. It does interact a bit with the bottom of the main image but that doesn’t matter I think that it makes it more effective.