1. Analysis of magazine front covers
Cover 1.NME Sept 2009
Dizzee Rascal Edition

2. THE MASTHEAD – It is
in big bold letters. ‘NME’
THE HEADER -
– ‘enemy’ suggests that it
fits in with the type of
FRONT COVER ANALYSIS
music, hip-hop and rap. It
isn’t formal this suggests
that magazine is urban THE SELL LINES/COVER LINES -
style. This isnt the type of By adding the bands/artists names
magazine that an upper on it, this draws attention of the
class person or an older target audience. It shows a little
age person would read. insight to what's going to be inside
the magazine. The audience will
what to read about the artists/bands
featured on the top of the magazine.
THE MAIN IMAGE – The main image
USE OF A FLASH- dominates the page. The image is
(offering something extra canted angle, this makes the image
more urban and hip-hop style.
to T.A) Dizzee’s facial expressions show that
he's having fun, nothing serious. He
looks like a jolly happy guy. It also
shows the mood of the magazine how
BACKGROUND its positive, happy upbeat mood.
THE MAIN COVER LINE – ‘Dizzee
Rascal’ this is anchored on the
USE OF A PULL main image of Dizzee Rascal this
makes it clear to the target
QUOTE audience who the image is of.
Barcode-
RULE OF
THE FOOTER date/issue/price
THIRDS/THE
LEFT THIRD

3. TARGET AUDIENCE OF THIS MAGAZINE
Target audience Profile –
Musical interests/favourite
artists etc METHODS USED TO
Gender – Both male and ATTRACT THIS TARGET
female read the magazine. AUDIENCE ARE:
Male 66% & Female 34%
Age
Social class (how much
money do they have
available?
KEY STATS Male: 66% Female 34%
How much does magazine
Median age: 23
cost?
Student 35%
ABC1: 61%
Circulation: 23,924
Readership: 289,000

4. STRETCH AND CHALLENGE
ACTIVITY-
USE THE HYPERLINK FOR DIRECT ACCESS TO NME
http://www.nme.com/magazine
WHO
PUBLISHES THE
MAGAZINE-HOW
MANY SALES
DOES IT MAKE
WHAT GENRE/TYPE OF MAGAZINE
IS IT? DETAILS OF ITS TYPICAL
CONTENT AND THE
ARTISTS/BANDS IT CURRENTLY
FEATURES -
GENERAL
BACKGROUND HOW,
• DETAILED ANALYSIS OF
WHEN IT STARTED,
HOW IT HAS CHANGED ITS TARGET AUDIENCE
AND WHY

5. MORE DETAILED RESEARCH INTO NME MAGAZINE
http://www.nme.com/magazine