NME contents page

This is the music magazine for NME. NME has an ideology where rock and indie music and culture is important. An example of media language that’s shows this is the images on the contents page. I think that NME target audience is young people aged between 14 and 20.

Contents pages are used to display what is going to appear in the magazine they need to be clear and precise about what is going to appear in the magazine. The title is displayed in big bold writing making it clear what magazine institute it is. The articles are under different heading making it clear to the reader what each article is about, for example New, Review.

The central article is very clear and bold this will be the main feature in the magazine. The green contrasts with the black writing making it stand out more to the reader. Also the writing in the centre is the biggest compared to the other writing around the edges.

The images on the page represent the target audience and genre. At the bottom of the page there is a promotional offer to save over £45 is you subscribe to NME now. This entices the target audience to subscribe as they think that are saving lots of money. The bands are representative of the rock/indie genre.

In the bottom right hand corner there is a box in red saying The UK’s No1 gig guide starts p58. Because this box is in red it gives more dominance over the other articles because it stands out more. It is also the same colour as NME’s logo also giving it more importance.

NME also has a website promoting bands and other various music things. Its institution purpose is commercial to make money this effects the content as it has adverts and the contents is mainly entertainment as displayed on the content page

Mixmag contents page

This is the contents page for 'mixmag' a dance music magazine. I like this contents page because its funky and different from the normal plain laid out ones in other existing music magazines.

I think the pictures are very bright and bold which catches the audiences eye. I like the layout its not to much squashed together everything is reasonably spaced out and is very clear and easy to read. Contents pages are there to entice the target audience more into buying there magazine by what is being advertised inside. The font and colours go with the genre of magazine because there bright and individual.

On the left hand side it displyes what is going to appear in the magazine including a brief description and page number. They are set out under different main headings these are in bigger writing and a different colour to the text describing what is in the magazine making ir very clear to pick out and scan what sort of things will be appearing in the music magazine 'mixmag'.

Kerrang cover analysis

The institution for this music magazine is Kerrang. Kerrang magazine follows the music genre of rock, it is mainly read by teenagers but some young adults would read it as well. The colour theme is back and white as seen in the logo. The rest of theme on the page goes with the logo colours. Kerrang shows that it is a popular music magazine to read as it has big artist’s names in bold writing, the black background and white writing helps it stand out more and catch the audience’s eye.


It is a medium shot of the band Panic at the Disco; they look laid back and are also wearing black and white cloths to go with Kerrang’s title. There is only mainly the colour red on the front page. It is advertising a free posting and the background to the text is red, this instantly catches the eye of the reader as it is the only main bit of colour on the page. Kerrang follows the main conventions of a music magazine by having the main image of a popular band on the front cover. Similar to other well know music magazines the logo is covered up by the band/artist on the front cover also displaying how popular the magazine is.

The ! at the end of Kerrang represents some of the music that is displayed through the magazine i.e. loud heavy music. Also the way you say Kerrang with the ! at the end, if you were to say it how it is spelt you would be shouting the word Kerrang like some of the music that is displayed (rock).

NME cover analysis

The institution for this magazine is NME, in this particular issue on the front cover is Bobby Gillespie he is the lead singer from Primal Scream. On front covers of music magazines there is always a band or a singer on the front cover, the more popular the artist is the better the institution is. NME has a radio station and a website this shows that it is highly popular and the radio station boosts this. Part of the logo is covered up by the singer this shows how well known NME is because people do not to see the whole of the logo to recognise who it is. After looking into NME magazine I found out that it wasn’t just on this particular issue that the logo was covered up on most of NME magazine front covers part of the logo is hidden.

On the NME website it has lots of different things to go on such as news on your favourite bands and artists. From looking at the different bands and the front covers of the magazine I think that the music genre is punk rock. You can listen to there exclusive radio station on the site, look at interviews, blogs and music videos. The website is easy to use and is nicely set out, the colours match the NME logo of red and black.

NME is very affordable at a low price of £2.20; this means young teenagers can buy it boosting its popularity. On the front cover it has many selling lines and cover lines. The main cover line on this front cover is Primal Scream; we can easily recognise the main cover line as it is usually always the biggest and boldest on the page.