Magazine Analysis

In class we have been asked to highlight all the conventions on a magazine cover, here i have demonstrated an understanding of what makes up a magazine cover and labelled them, this labeling is of a music magazine Called NME. The NME magazine cover uses all the conventions of a successful magazine, a clear masthead, cover stories and other conventions. The magazine is aimed at the audience of rock, which is a universal genre of music that is listened to by various generations, both male and female. I can tell it is of this genre, due to the colour scheme used, that of red and black, red being the angry, loud and rebellious side of rock and black being the darkness behind some rock music. This colour scheme can be clearly noted all over the cover and within the magazine itself, this is to maintain the overall feeling of the genre. They may also use the contrasting colours of black and red, as these colour draw the attention to the centre point of the magazine the main image which is usually that of the main story in the magazine, which in being witnessed may influence the person in purchasing the magazine. The way the magazine addresses it's audience is that of a formal and informative voice that is used to get across to its audience what is happening in the industry, which offers the reader a form of diversion and surveillance, in offering them a way out of everyday pressure and an insight into other people's life. It also allows them to form a personal use to the magazine, it gives them the opportunity to talk with eers about what is going on in say "Jessie J's" career at the moment. It may also allow them to compare what going on in their lives at the moment with what is going on in another individual's life. Overall, from this task I am able to gain the understanding of what goes into the production of the magazine, and why everything that is included on the cover is included.