Magazine Contents Analysis

The purpose of this essay is to analysis NME music magazine. I will consider how the front cover and contents page help to inform and attract the readers. NME started in 1995
Starting on the front page, NME has a brand name, using the same colouring of red with the same size placing and framing. This quality will help people to recognise NME and become familiar with the magazine. Another aspect of the front cover is the main picture, they have used a mid-shot of the band Oasis, bleeding from the page also as the photo is so large it is above the fold, representing the connotation of Oasis being such a worldwide recognised band with a huge backing of fans and success, the picture is also a call out to fans teasing the readers to want to look inside of the magazine. They also used a darken background helping to emphasise the bold red of the NME title. There is also a light breaking through from behind the heads of the band members maybe this can also be seen as a connotation of people feeling Oasis are like a God to them. Where as on other issues, they have a lot of head lines, captions and cover lines this issue includes none of them, purely stating that Oasis are so big they need to take the whole page. Needless to say that, there are a few contents found on the front cover, for instance there is a barcode found at the bottom right hand side, people will start to recognise that this in fact is in a fixed location on every issue, leading to people having knowledge of the whereabouts.