Task 2 – nme analysis
- 1. Task 2 – NME analysis By Lewis Whyte
- 2. Front Cover Connotation – the background of the front cover is a wall of graffiti. This is stereotypical to the genre of music ; the idea of rap being about being rebellious therefore the graffiti shows this as its illegal (rebellious). Furthermore relating to the party scene further relating to the genre of the music from the cover image – Dizzee Rascal. Genre – Music magazine due to the cover giving hints. For example the cover lines have names of music bands therefore showing us the genre as we then know from the cover lines that the information inside is to do with music. Main image – the main image is of the artist Dizzee Rascal which is chosen as it relates to the audiences genre of preferred music. The image is important as the artist is wearing stereotypical rap clothing which appeals to the audience as they understand that the clothing is relatable to the music genre itself. Cover lines – main ; informal language used ‘man’ appeals to the audience as its relatable to rap language. The cover lines match the colour scheme of red, black and white. Furthermore there is a pull quote which implies the magazine has an interview from the artist. Masthead – the mast head is left sided which follows the conventional codes of a magazine layout – from left to right following the eye line. Model – the audience of the magazine is largely male which is why the magazine cover is a male as its able to appeal due to the same gender, the artist is also casually dressed which enables the audience to identify as its able to connote culture, identity and music style. Layout – the layout of the magazine front cover is rather messy , this isn't conventional so it makes the cover look unstructured . An example is the tilted text which essentially shows that the text is disfigured and off. Colour scheme – Red, white and black – shows quite a masculine scheme as these colours are quite dark and show no emotion therefore relating too the stereotypical male – bald and strong. Target audience - Gender – male, Age – 20’s. Relates to students more as the genre of music is suggesting being rebellious – rap and how it usually implies breaking and going against rules. Strap line – strap line says that this issue is special – this may bed due to the featured artist, recent breakout, big and popular artist. Rule of thirds – Not standard as the thirds seems to be placed in rows going across not down which isn't conventional for a magazine
- 3. Contents page Font – the font of the heading is sans serif as it’s a modern, bald and chunky font which works as a heading as its able to stand out. However is also relatable to the target audience as its modern. Font – the font of the main text is serif, this works well as the font is rather modern which is suitable as the magazine is modern which enables it to relate to the audience due to it being for younger people. Borders – the border of the photo on the musical flight case shows the image to be a ‘physical photo’ this is because there is a white border as if the picture is a physical , real hand held image. This is good as its on a musical flight case which is used to tour and physical photos would be stuck on them for memories. Language – The language used on the contents page seems some what humorous, For example the first sentence ‘thank god the sun has disappeared , eh? Which shows some informality within the language. This relates to the target audience as they're quite young and are probably not speaking 100% proper English , there may be jokes and slang used within their language a lot. Language – The language has some alliteration ; ‘masterclass of messiness’ which shows the entertainment side of the magazine, trying to create humour. Language – pronouns have been used ‘we’ to make the audience feel part of the magazine as they have been some what involved and spoken to about being a group with the writer Language – Verbs have been used, for example ‘play and listen’ which makes the action sound more realist are you are able to do it. Page numbers – page numbers are black over a white background which is useful as it makes the page numbers stand out over the rest of the information as they're the most important – where what article is etc. Main image - main image is a musical flight case as its able to relate to the purpose of the magazine which is music therefore allowing the audience to relate since its about music and what there interested in.
- 4. Double page spread article Layout – the layout of the double page spread is basic. The pages have been split quite clearly as one side is an image and the other is text. Image – the left side of the page is an image of the cover star Dizzee Rascal. His clothing is still red black and white which shows a clear and consistent colour scheme throughout the magazine. Furthermore the graffiti on the wall sticks with the rebellious theme of the magazine due to the rap genre and how it relates to breaking rules and being rebellious. Text and image – The image and text relate and link well as the article is talking about the image ( Dizzee Rascal ) Therefore helps the audience understand the article as the image gives more detail on the artist himself as we can see what he's like i.e. his actions – graffiti and how he dresses. Impression – the overall impression connotes that Dizzee Rascal is a rap artist as the photo essentially connotes that his singing links in with his rebellious lifestyle of breaking rules i.e. from the graffiti . The font- is quite bold and chunky this has been done as it makes the importance of the tile stand out to the audience.