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Magazine Front Cover Analysis
Luke Finlay
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Masterhead
Main Image
Main Cover Line
Coverlines
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The Target audience for NME is people between 16 – 30 and people who listen to indie music. According to the Wikipedia page the total circulation for 2012 was about 47,000.
Masthead & Selling Line
The logo and selling line has been produced well as the colours go well with the background so they stand out which will attract people to the magazine and if they see an article they might be interested they will pick up the magazine and buy it.
Main Image
The main image on this magazine will make the magazine sell well because it is a picture of Alex Turner who has a lot of fans and people look up to him so they would buy the magazine just because he is on the cover.
Cover Lines
These cover lines consist of stories that people might find interesting about quite big and well known artists, this will make people buy the magazine.
Main Image
Masthead
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Main Cover LineCoverlines
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Main Image
The main image alone on this magazine will instantly get loads of sales because Noel Gallagher’s icon status. People think of him as a hero so people will buy it just because he is on the cover
Coverlines
These coverlines also help the magazine sell. The colours used stand out on the page so you are immediately drawn to them. The artist’s names stand out more than anything so if you like one of the artist’s mentioned you will buy the magazine.
Comparisons
The two magazines main differences are based on their target audience’s. NME’s target audience is 16-30 and Q’s target audience is 30+. The font on the front of NME is a bit graffiti like that younger people would like but people 30+ may not like that. The layout on Q magazine’s cover is all professional and in order but the layout on NME’s cover is sort of overlapped and all over the place which wouldn’t appeal to 30+ year olds. The artists featured also show the main difference. On Q’s magazine cover it features artists such as Noel Gallagher, Madness and The Human League who were big 15-20 years ago. However NME features more relevant and currant artists such as Alex Turner, Skrillex and The Vaccines.
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