Music Magazine Cover analaysis (NME)

The magazine has all the basic conventions such as, a masthead which identifies the theme of the issue, we also have a the main logo of the magazine (in this case NME). The main logo also lets us identify the institution if the magazine. As we know NME is popular we will also find that they have a TV channel and a website to boost their popularity. Again identifying the institution of the magazine and its media products.

The main image of the magazine is a image of an artist (La Roux). This is trying to drag the audience in to reading the magazine. The model has been made to look like she is looking directly as us, the audience, giving us a sense of curiosity.

The magazine features cover lines, again trying to drag us into reading the magazine. These cover lines are written in bright, vibrant colours to make them more appealing. We can also see a bar code and a date issue. The main cover line informs us further of the issue.

The audience of this magazine are the consumers, these people need to be identified as a target audience. A magazine can do this by looking at the audiences ideology and their culture and genre of music they enjoy. By doing this the magazine will be successful. In the case of NME, they mainly focus on more indie type music, which is appealing to many people.

The representation of the magazine, means we get our views and ideas (Cultural) given back to us. Is shown through the use of the main image and cover lines, the main image (La Roux) represents the type of artist the target audience like to listen to, we know this as the artist has had a number one, therefore its a positive hing having her on the cover. On the hand the coverlines, 'The Future 50' allows use to find out about up and coming artists, of the music genre the audience enjoy. The magazine also features a barcode and date of issue which is a basic feature of a magazine.