Magazine analylasis NME- magazine front cover

This magazine is called NME, i have chosen to analyse two NME magazines as it was the most popular magazine that people chose in my questionnaire. The NME logo is the same in every issue, except if its a special addition or a themed issue the colour of the logo may then be changed to match that. This magazie is aimed at mid to late teens and aims to deliver a sophisticated and strong use of music and up and coming artists aswell as having a laid back fun feel that will appeal to the teen market.

The band on the front of the magazine is called The Wombats, they are a cool new english band with a indie style, this style will appeal to other teenagers who are more into the indie look and style of music other than the rock grunge style. You can tell the band are a more light hearted indie rock band by the style of the photo, they are very laid back and look like they are having fun. there facial expressions are diffrent and have a interesting style and this will stand out to potential customers. They are all doing diffrent posters, the hair pulling and the jumping arroudnd entiesises they are a fun and crazy band. There is no real focal artist and no obvious leader of the band, they are all in line with eachother athough the middle band member does give off the look of the leader.

In the centre of the page in big wonky letters is the band name 'THE WOMBATS' the colour uses are yelllow and white, this is a light fun and exciting colour that isnt serious and this matches the poses the band members are doing in the photo. This also shows the magazine NME has a vaired and a wide range of diffrent genres of music in its magazine, and this will appeal to a much wider audience instead of just featuring heavy rock bands. The sub title under the main title says 'why brittan's gone silly for the lords of the indie dance floor' the word choice of silly matches the silly poses the band members are pulling and carrys along the theme with the yellow colours and laid back feel of the front page.

On the far bottom left of the page there is a bright blue pug, giving additional information and other features the magazine has in it. The bright blue stands out and carrys on with the fun and exciting colour theme of the overall page, and this will draw the attention of potential customers who want to buy the magazine but may not be interetsed in The Wombats. The pug may perswade them to still buy the magazine as the content isnt all about The Wombats. Just above that is another pug advertising another interview with a diffrent band, it also has the same bright blue colours as the other pug. This will again appeal to people who are interetsed in diffrent bands and interviews.

At the very top of the magazine there is a bright yellow strip going across the whole length of the page, this strip has aditional information about a up and coming festival called Glastombry. The line up of the bands playing at this festival will be geatly anticipated so this big yellow band will draw the attention of readers who are planning to go. In block black capitals at the begining of the yellow strip is the word 'GLASTO' that is sland for Glastonbry, this shows the magazine is aimed at teenagers and they will understand the slang and makes the magazine look cool and down with what the teenagers would relate to.