Analysis of a double page spread of NME magazine

This is a double page spread from the magazine NME. the typical convention found on a double page are, that it is feature off the front cover that has been advertised. usually double page spreads have a large amount of writing either in a form of interview or written as a story, another convention of a double page spread is, that they will have a photograph or image that has some association with the article. On this double page we can see that there is a large heading, which is is the same type of text as the main front cover, with a thick black outline, the text also appears to represent a newspaper style headline, however this has been manipulated so that the letters are all different sizes, this could be another way of showing what Lilly Allen, (the main feature of the article) is about and her attitude towards peoples opinions of her. From this we understand that she has a strong attitude, also the type of text indicates that she may be sort of reckless. Therefore this represents the ideology behind this article. The image also connotates this as with the text she is also dressed in a punk, reckless, not bothered sort of clothing, the camera angle is a straight face on image, she appears to be leaning in, staring straight at the audience leading them into the article. The audience that this article is trying to attract is young people that are rebellious, this is represented in Lilly Allens costume and hair style, also the dark eye make up, which is done in a rock/punk sort of way. This may then attract an audience that have the same attitude and appearance as her.

Analysis of NME magazine cover

Another example of a magazine that features classic and contemporary rock is NME magazine, the music genre is alternative and rock music. NME stands for new music express, the magzine is a weekly magazine the mast head connotates the mast head as it is showing that the information is new, its a music magazine and also express meaning that it is fast, which could be why the magazine is published weekly. The stylistic features that represent the genre is that the overall image of the magazine is like a scrap book with the images at the top representing a collage with the images overlapping one another. The content that is typical of the genre is alternative and rock music on previous cover of NME magazine they have featured artists such as Kings of Leon, Pete Doherty and scissor sisters. The conventions that are shared between both NME and Mojo magazine, are that they both have a masthead, the reason of this is that it is continuous through every copy, this is done so that we recognise the magazine. Both magazines also have a main image, which is related to the main issue, usually the image fills the page. Another convention that is used on both covers is the use of small amounts of texts, advertising other scorelines that are including in that issue of the magazine, this is done so that people only know a small amount so that they have to buy the magazine to find out the rest. Both magazines have aimed at the type of rock audience, in my opinion i believe this magazine is targeted at both males and females. As the colours used on the front page are red and yellow and these are not really linked to any specific gender. Along with attracting both genders the magazines have to aim for an age group, NME and Mojo magazine are both in my opinion aimed at teens and older, this is because of the language that is used in the magazine, as in some articles the may include swearing. Also the way in which they write the articles, using up to date terms, also colloquial language, which a younger audience may not understand. An example of 'slang' text that is used on this front cover is "in their San Fran studio" the San Fran being a abbreviation of San Fransisco.