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Analysis of Front Cover,Contents and Double Spread

from NME (Dizzee Rascaledition)

By Max Qayyum

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Red masthead

The masthead is NMEswell known logo.

Flash

Stands out on thecover and highlightsan important story.

Main anchoring cover line

Makes the main story in the magazinestand out and clear.

Barcode

Footer

Tells audience about other artists in themagazine, helping appeal to a wider audience.

Header

Tells audience about extrasin the magazine, giving themmore reasons to purchase it.

Medium longshot

Shows all of Dizzees body

except for parts of his legsand arms. He looks happyand inviting by lookingdirectly at the camera andsmiling.

Cover linesTells the readers aboutother stories in themagazine. Dizzee Rascalnoticeably stands out ashe is a hip-hop artists andthe majority of the othersare alternative/indie

artists.Pull quoteA quote from the mainarticle inside themagazine, makingaudiences want toread on.

Front Cover

House style

The prominent red and black colours are

used with the NME logo in the top leftcorner and sans serif fonts used.

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Target Audience

Alternative/Rockartists

Hip-hop artists

Whilst the majority ofartists in the cover linesare alternative/rock/indie,

the main image is ofDizzee Rascal, a hip-hopartist. Jay-Z is alsomentioned in the footer,even though the NME isknown as more of a rock-

oriented monthlypublication.

The target audiencewould be males around16-24 years old.

This issue costs 2.30.The social classes its

aimed at could be C1C2.

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Title

Reuses the logoused for themasthead on thefront cover andcontinues the housestyle.

Subheadings

Used to separate thedifferent types of articlein the magazine,allowing readers to findwhat they want quickly.

ContentsThese are the mainarticles in theissue.

Band index

A list of all of the

artists in themagazine.

A short introduction to thistouring special issue of

the magazine by theeditor.

Advertisement

An advert encouragingreaders to subscribe tothe magazine

Medium shot

Medium shot of LittleBoots (mentioned in the

introduction below),canted angle. The tourbus relates to theintroduction below.

Date of magazinerelease

Contents

House style

The prominent red and black colours areused with the NME logo repeated and sansserif fonts used.

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Mise En Scene

Bottles and the stereo/etcare used as props. The

texts wraps around thisimage.

Article title

Play on words relatingto Dizzee tagging in

the adjacent photo.

Byline

Writingandphotocredits

Drop Capital

Leads into the article.

Main Image

Shows Dizzee

standing by a graffitiwall (a big part ofthe mise-en-scene)holding spray paintand looking shifty.This is a referenceto the from tags

part of the title ofthe article.

StandFirst

Gives a shortintroduction tothe article.

Page numberand also reusesNMEs logo

along with date.

Double Page SpreadHouse styleThe same background from the front coveris used in the image of Dizzee. Sans seriffonts are used throughout and the logo isrepeated.

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Written Article

The article is about Dizzees

rise to fame as implied by thetitle and is described as his

story, written in 2009.

The article is split into 4

columns of around 100 wordseach and refers frequently tothe image of Dizzee which isadjacent.

The article seems quiteinformal and laid back withlots of observations aboutDizzees actions and

personality.