Anaylsis

The colours featured in this cover are very simple , and are used solely to allow the writing to stand out from the background.

The dominant figure in the cover is Nicki Minaj, the way she is represented is made by her stance, clothing which all connote sex or sexual related attitude ad thoughts.

Judging by the colours, figures and font and anchorage it becomes apparent that the target audience is aged around 16-25/30? But however the gender is not very clear, this is because the figure featured is clearly to attract men however the anchorage font is very feminine and in pink, a often stereotypical female colour.

The layout suggests that Nicki Minaj is the main focus and is what the reader is meant to be focused on , the title is covered partly by Nicki and this , I believe adds a sense of confidence and arrogance considering the reader will recognise the magazine without seeing the whole title, however this is only assumed by the publisher.

The type of language used is very important and also can relate and give away who their target audience is, for example the term ‘ya’ is used this insinuates the target audience is young and understand the use of slang or text talk.

This music magazine’s dominant figure is Lil’ Wayne, in this he comes across to look ‘hard’ and/or anti-social, also he is topless which connotes that he has self confidence.

The colours used stand out very well from the background and are very easy to read, the orange colour that is used is very calm and but however still does the job of attracting the reader to it.

Considering the language the target audience comes more apparent, I believe the audience to be early 20’s, this is because the language is simple yet does not feature any slang or colloquial terms.

The title in this cover is slightly blocked by the dominant figure, this tells me that the magazine feels confident it does not need to show it whole name in order to be recognised and will therefore still by brought due to its customers being

able to recognise it.

The background is very plain is simply white all over this draws more attention to the character featured rather than anything that

could be in the background, the colours also follow this theme of simplicity, there are only black, white and orange.

The fact that the magazine also mentions about such things as global warming means that the magazine knows exactly who their target audience is and the things that interest them, also the magazine suggest that their reader is educated and not necessarily aimed at the

younger generation.

In this cover the colours are very vibrant and immediately draw

attention to itself, and therefore also to the dominant character

who is the lead singer of Glasvegas , the fact that the

majority of the page is red and the where he is standing is

white draws attention away from the background and towards

him.

The fonts used are very simply, easy to read

and sans-serif, this is also helped by the

colours used, the fronts are black and write and when put in front of the

red it comes easy to read. The masthead

and cover line re also all sans serif and are

clear and easy to read . The lyrics on his chest show he’s indifferent . And because he is semi naked it shows he has nothing to hide and his lyrics are honest, this also connotes that he is rebellious and doesn't care what people think.

The magazine also offers free gifts within the magazine, this then attracts the reader and suggests the magazine is generous or maybe appreciates there buyers and therefore rewards them.

The posters shown in the

magazine anchor the magazine’s

genre.

The writing on the cover has all been aligned in order to look neat and create space, for example the writing on the right hand side has been aligned to the right so that the left part of writing makes a small space for the photo, however the left side of the covers writing has all been centred this makes the writing look neat and looks like a strip.

First of all, this content page uses bold letters and a clear

san-serif font for its masthead, the colours of the

font also attract he reader by being red however the small black writing makes

the page look like a

newspaper.

The layout of the writing is in columns and therefore

also looks like a newspaper’s page, this is

also encouraged by the location of the photos and

masthead.

The colours schemes, fonts and font size and amount of writing leads me to

believe that this page and therefore the magazine and aimed towards a older audience not necessarily mid

30’s + but simply older than what another magazine is for example Vibe

which I believed is aimed at 15+ , which is a much younger audience.

The arrows in the side of page draw attention to themselves due to the colour of them , this then allows the reader to be intrigued as to what the arrows might mean and if it link to a page what the page features, this is a great was of making the reader subconscious wanting to buy the magazine or just simply keep them interested and wanting them to read on.

The fact that the header is This Week and is larger than ‘NME’, I believe this is similar to the point earlier of the reader recognises this magazine is NME and therefore the is no need to keep the title of NME large.

The colours Red and Black, work really well together not only in the sense that they stand out from each other but also in the sense that , it creates and add to the sense of Goth or rock and roll.

This contents page uses a attractive girl in the photo to keep readers interested and to draw attention to what they want you too see in the photo.

The colour schemes and layout of the page’s writing and photos, make the page the look like its a newspaper this allows the reader not to feel alien while reading the page.

The side bar features pages that you could and are advised to visit, the pages are about music artists and/or their albums. Names of Artists are written bold as to attract the eye of the reader.

The layout of the page makes it look like a newspaper and therefore allows the reader to feel more at home with reading the contents page and can relate to it.

Part of the page features a photo and what looks like a notice board, this also makes the page not look like a page, this maybe because the producer might want their magazine to look unique.