The document provides an analysis of the front cover, contents, and a double page feature of a music magazine. It summarizes the key design elements like the color scheme, font sizes and styles, placement of images and text, and how these are used to effectively engage readers and promote stories and artists featured in the magazine. The color white is used prominently to make elements stand out, and bold colors, fonts, and headings are employed to draw the eye to important information. Larger images are featured to catch attention.

1. Magazine Analysis
Front cover, contents and double page feature
By Megan Durham

2. ‘REAL RAP’ is at the top
to indicate what the
The background is magazine will be bout.
white which makes
everything very clear to
see on the magazine.
The magazine follows a Title- largest text on the
colour scheme of magazine which makes it
white, black, red and very eye catching. It is
grey which are all bold gradient and fades to red
colours. which sands out amongst
the mostly black text.
Eminem is written in
red as it is made to The magazine is about
stand out as it is a main rap/rnb music so having
story and he is also the Eminem as the main image
main image. is a selling point for the
magazine. It takes up most
of the space as which makes
it the centre of attention.
The cover engages the
reader by asking
There are many rhetorical questions
different headings and saying ‘you decide’
which give an idea of this makes them feel
what stories will be included and
inside. They are there encourage them to buy
to make people want to the magazine.
buy the magazine to
find out more.

3. The magazine
advertises the other
The title of the magazine is stories which will be
very bold and clear so it inside. They stand
stands out. NME is a very out as they are on a
popular magazine and this yellow or
will make it stand out background. It is a
against other magazines. music magazine so
having popular
artists will help sell
it.
The writing which goes
with the main image
stands out as it’s white on The colour scheme
a black background. This used works very well
catches the readers as the white
attention and makes them background makes the
want to know more about black writing and the
the story. images stand out. The
use of red and yellow
also catches the
readers attention.
Having the plus bar at the
bottom shows readers
what else will be in the
magazine to encourage
them to buy it.

4. The background is
covered by a large V
which promotes the The colour scheme
magazine and also fills used is very affective
up space on the page. as the plain light
background makes
the black font stand
out so it is easy to
read.
The use of the main
image on this page is to
attract the audiences
attention and it also
suggests that the main
focus through out the
magazine will be on the The use of headings
artists. It is a music in bold works well as
magazine so he will they stand out and
interest them to read the the reader can find
magazine. what they are looking
The only use of colour on the
page is the red heart this for easier.
also helps in making the
page very eye catching as
the simple design is very
effective.

5. Heading is made to
stand out as it’s on such
a plain background.
Date is there to inform
Extra information in the the reader that it’s the
band down the side to latest issue.
give an insight of what
is inside.
Headings in a bold
Images linked to stories large font so it stands
in the magazine, they out against other text.
are musicians which It also separates it and
people reading this makes it easy to find
magazine are interested things.
in.
Information about the
main story in the Simple layout so it’s
magazine as it will easy to read. It is
make the reader want also numbered which
to see more. makes it easy to find
the stories inside.
Advertisement for their
own magazine to
subscribe to NME.

6. The bands name is the title for the
By putting ‘NME loves’ at the story as this will appeal to the
top advertises the story as audience and catch their attention the
being good which will engage font is bold and on a blue background
the reader. so it stands out.
Other artists
Most of the are
double page advertised at
spread is the side as it
covered by the fits with the
main image of magazine
the group as it story and
will catch the takes up
audiences space of this
attention. article.
The NME website is
advertised on this page
which is promoting the
magazine company.

7. The main image takes
up most of the space as
the whole story is about
her it also catches
peoples attention.
Nicki Minaj in
the biggest
boldest font as
it’s all about her
and also to
catch peoples Quote in bold
attention. on a
background to
First line gives make it stands
reader and out. If the
idea as to what reader reads
the story will this it will
contain. persuade them
to read it all to
find out more.
Set out in Pink background
even columns use so the black
making it font stands out on it
easy to read. and is easy to read.