analysis of front cover, contents and double
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Analysis of Front Cover,Contents and Double Spread
from NME (Dizzee Rascaledition)
By Max Qayyum
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Red masthead
The masthead is NMEswell known logo.
Flash
Stands out on thecover and highlightsan important story.
Main anchoring cover line
Makes the main story in the magazinestand out and clear.
Barcode
Footer
Tells audience about other artists in themagazine, helping appeal to a wider audience.
Header
Tells audience about extrasin the magazine, giving themmore reasons to purchase it.
Medium longshot
Shows all of Dizzees body
except for parts of his legsand arms. He looks happyand inviting by lookingdirectly at the camera andsmiling.
Cover linesTells the readers aboutother stories in themagazine. Dizzee Rascalnoticeably stands out ashe is a hip-hop artists andthe majority of the othersare alternative/indie
artists.Pull quoteA quote from the mainarticle inside themagazine, makingaudiences want toread on.
Front Cover
House style
The prominent red and black colours are
used with the NME logo in the top leftcorner and sans serif fonts used.
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Target Audience
Alternative/Rockartists
Hip-hop artists
Whilst the majority ofartists in the cover linesare alternative/rock/indie,
the main image is ofDizzee Rascal, a hip-hopartist. Jay-Z is alsomentioned in the footer,even though the NME isknown as more of a rock-
oriented monthlypublication.
The target audiencewould be males around16-24 years old.
This issue costs 2.30.The social classes its
aimed at could be C1C2.
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Title
Reuses the logoused for themasthead on thefront cover andcontinues the housestyle.
Subheadings
Used to separate thedifferent types of articlein the magazine,allowing readers to findwhat they want quickly.
ContentsThese are the mainarticles in theissue.
Band index
A list of all of the
artists in themagazine.
A short introduction to thistouring special issue of
the magazine by theeditor.
Advertisement
An advert encouragingreaders to subscribe tothe magazine
Medium shot
Medium shot of LittleBoots (mentioned in the
introduction below),canted angle. The tourbus relates to theintroduction below.
Date of magazinerelease
Contents
House style
The prominent red and black colours areused with the NME logo repeated and sansserif fonts used.
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Mise En Scene
Bottles and the stereo/etcare used as props. The
texts wraps around thisimage.
Article title
Play on words relatingto Dizzee tagging in
the adjacent photo.
Byline
Writingandphotocredits
Drop Capital
Leads into the article.
Main Image
Shows Dizzee
standing by a graffitiwall (a big part ofthe mise-en-scene)holding spray paintand looking shifty.This is a referenceto the from tags
part of the title ofthe article.
StandFirst
Gives a shortintroduction tothe article.
Page numberand also reusesNMEs logo
along with date.
Double Page SpreadHouse styleThe same background from the front coveris used in the image of Dizzee. Sans seriffonts are used throughout and the logo isrepeated.
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Written Article
The article is about Dizzees
rise to fame as implied by thetitle and is described as his
story, written in 2009.
The article is split into 4
columns of around 100 wordseach and refers frequently tothe image of Dizzee which isadjacent.
The article seems quiteinformal and laid back withlots of observations aboutDizzees actions and
personality.