Analysis of full NME magazine

Analysis of NME music magazine front cover

This is the christmas edition of NME, on the front cover is Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell is well known for being the judge on the X-Factor who speaks his mind and can be seen as nasty by some people. The title of his interview is called 'The grinch speaks' which suits the christmas theme becuase in the film 'Grinch' the grinch is seen as the evil or nasty face of christmas. On the front cover Simon Cowell is glaring straight into the camera with his head slighty tilted forward with a evil grin on his face, he is also wearing dark makeup, or the picture has been edited to make his face look more evil and tinted. This evil image of Simon Cowell is contrasted by the backround which is white and grey with snow flakes falling in the backround. This normally represents happiness and christmas time. As for the clothes he is wearing he is wearing what he is known for, the white shirt with a few buttons undone. Finally there are no props used in this image as the focus is mainly on Simon Cowell and his evil glare.

Analysis of NME Contents page

The 'NME' logo is the same colour and font as it is on the front cover of the magazine. The colour scheme throughout consists mainly of three colours; black, red and white. Overall when I look at this contents page I think that it looks very much like something you'd see in a newspaper, this tells me that NME isn't just about music.

This layout is common to an NME magazine, there is the list of bands down the left, then the regular things like news, reviews and features down the right side. The main picture in the centre of the page is of the Astoria theatre, which is a well known music venue in London that has now closed down.

Analysis of feature article

This feature article is aboout the band 'The teenagers,' the main picture is of the band sitting on a sofa lazing about and relaxing which is what teenagers are known for, there are also pictures of half naked women on posters behind them. The main colours used on this double paged spread are black and blue. Taking into account the posters in the backround and the colour scheme I would definately say that this double paged spread is aimed mainly at a male audience.