Sunday, 2 October 2011

Magazines and Audiences


Here is an NME magazine cover, NME usual target audience is a range from 15-20 year old who are into music and going to concerts. I think this front cover will appeal to men and women, men find her very attractive and women would aspirer to look like her. Although she isn't doing a raunchy pose or wearing seductive clothing, her intense catches your attention and it is like her eyes are looking straight through you. Also, her vibrant, red hair catches your eye and your immediately drawn in. One coverline states '2 of 10 special edition covers.' which makes readers interested to see what artists are on the other front covers. the 'left third' doesn't have much on it but there is a quote from the celebrity on the cover from an interview NME did with Florence which if Florence readers saw this and read the quote, would probably buy it. The theme is simple but attention grabbing, the only colour is Florence's hair and the text is in simple black and white. NME use serif font for the masthead and coverlines, but with quotes and small font text, they sometimes use sans serif font. The magazine has its dateline and price in the top left hand corner. Plus, at the top of the magazine to the right it says 'introducing the new NME which could attracted new readers but could also have a back firing effect, if the readers who used to buy the old style NME's don't like the new layout.

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