Magazine Analysis

NME Magazine

I think that this magazine would be targeted at people aged 20-30 year olds, as it has a range of artists on the front from different generations. As the main image on the cover is of Lily Allen, howvever there is a smaller image of David Bowie in the corner.

The main image on the cover is a mid shot from a high angle of Lily Allen, it shows that she is challenging the typical female conventions for a magazine. As she is not revealing a lot of flesh, by wearing a bagging shirt which gives her more of a masculine edge. Her hair an make-up look very punk rocker, as she has messed up her hair asnd used quite sutble make-up that is dark around the eyes so that they stand out. She is looking up at the camera with a confused facial expression, which is unusal for the cover of a magazine yet effective.

The magazine has used a consistant colour scheme of black, white, red, and yellow, this is effective as it has mixed plain simple colours, with bright and bold colours. The layout of the headings are scattered around the page, using a range of font sizes, and the font is very slanted and waving to make it look more interesting. The heading 'Lily Allen takes on the world' is written in a very large font and is very bold, so it stands out. It is slightly overlapping the image of Lily Allen so makes it clear that she is a big story in the magazine, and catches the readers attention.