Case study NME

Cover page

Image

 In this front cover of NME magazine lady gaga is the focus mpointand she is wearing a netted outfit with zips on her private parts. This would make the audience feel the need to see what is going to be unzipped in the feature article.

Page layout

The layout of the page is quite busy, lady gaga's name is the biggest text there showing that she is the most important thing in the page. There is a pull quote which has a swear word on it. NME magazine picked this one quote to draw in the audience to make them feel interested in what's going to happen. there is a different house style on this front page as NME is known for the red black and white but in this edition it is blue yellow and white. This is very eye catching and brings in the audience also.

Language

The language used is quite risky as they use a swear word. This could be to connect with the audience as they may be familiar with those types of words and NME purposely put it there to attract their audience because they'd want to know what's going into the magazine.

Contents

Image

In the contents there is a picture of a rock band which is appropriate for the target audience of NME magazine. There is also images of different issues of NME magazine at the bottom as adverts.

Layout

It is laid out with the image taking up most of the space and the contents with page numbers is one side where as band index is on another. it is all sectioned in different subheads of the magazine e.g. features reviews etc. The font is quite bold this could make their readers more intrigued to read what's going to be in the magazine.

Language

The language is quite formal yet fun to fit with the target audience, there is some exclamation marks which suggest shouting and rock songs are quite loud their selves. However it isn't too formal.

Double Page Spread

Image

The image takes up the whole of the left hand side and even leaks on to the text, Lily Allen is wearing a red check shirt which goes with the theme of The contents page. She is posing with her hair scruffy like punk rock people fulfilling the typical look.

Layout

The layout is quite consistent with the columns all being equal lengths and widths. This makes the magazine more professional and organised making it easy for people to read. Both the text and image leak on to one another's page. This could be because they're both as important.

Language

The language in this is friendly to appeal to the audience, However it is also written properly. The font on the headline it is very cut and paste as if it has been stuck straight on the page from other places. This keeps it funky and different. However it leaves no room for the article it self so she may be contradicting her self as she says he doesn't attention seek yet she's centre of attention in the double page spread.