Evaluation

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Final Double Page Spread

Final Contents Page

Final Front Cover

Magazine Analysis

Magazine Analysis

This magazine is made by NME. Their target audience is mainly aimed at teenagers, roughly 17+, who are in to mainly punk rock music.  The cost of this magazine is £2.30 and is published every week. The circulation of NME is distributed widely by radio, TV, online, magazine and now mobile.  The main way of circulating their magazine is by publishing it every week as it is way convenient for people as they can read it where ever and whenever, however, as technology grows, they may invest in apps and advertisement on the internet.  The NRS website, (National Readership Survey) shows no information on NME apart from the fact that they have researched in to the company.

NME stands for New Musical Express which links to the fact that it is a music magazine. It could suggest that they are trying to say they are the fastest selling music magazines with the word ‘express.’  Also, in 1952 when they first released their magazine, it had no glossy cover and was very newspaper like, but now has improved to a glossy cover, which could show they are always giving ‘New’ ideas and news.  There is a small strap line underneath saying ‘New Musical Magazine.’
The main image of the magazine is of James Allan, who is part of the band ‘Glasvegas’ wearing pale trousers and no top, but instead has writing on his body- taken from the film, Blade Runner. His facial expression tends to be straight and serious which contrasts against what he’s wearing as he’s wearing pale, calmer colours, whereas his face and body language- leaning against a wall with hands in pocket- show attitude.  This could relate to the target audience, as they like the artist therefore might want to follow them.
There are many other images on the magazine but are much smaller and have less effects. This is to give the reader an insight on what else is inside the magazine and to draw them in.  They also promote ‘Free posters’ written in a bold, red font to attract readers. 
Throughout the magazine, they use the colours red, white and black. Red, being mainly the background and white and black being bold text.  The language device is mainly formal and slightly informal, as it needs to be suitable for all age types to read.

There are 66 pages in the magazine, out of this; there are 15 pages of adverts. The products sold are clothes and gig tickets which are luxury items. The articles are mainly about the bands and their personal lives/ experiences as well as interviews.
Altogether, there are 7 double page spreads, which are about the artists, e.g. Glasvegas talk about how the man went from drugs back into music.

There are no advertorials in the magazine as everything is clearly layed out.

The magazine achieves a unified ‘house style’ as it uses the same font through out the magazine and the red front cover is used again for the double page spread. Furthermore all the other pages have a white background, which makes it all look the same. In addition the layout of the writing/images are also similar.  This is appropriate for the audience as red is seen to be a violent/dangerous colour and rock is seen to be a violent hardcore genre.  The assumptions made about the target audience would be that they are down to earth, and like their ‘rock and roll’. 

Textual Analysis

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Flat Plan Draft

The two images above show my two inital ideas for my music magazine. The one i am most likely going to use is the second image as it relates to my questionaire more, therefore is most prefferable for my target audience.

 The image above shows my flat plan draft for the contents page. I prefer the second image as it relates more to the magazines i have researched and the target audience.