Research and Planning-Contents Page Analysis

 

The genre of the magazine is indie/rock. This can be easily distinguished by the bands that are featured on the page that fit this genre. The target audience is teenagers that are aged 15 to around 19 that are mainly male but also some females too. They also probably attend quite a lot of gigs and are interested in live music, I can tell that by the bottom right of the page where it says "The UK's number 1 gig guide starts p58." This feature of the magazine is put in and displayed clearly to appeal to that type of person. Across the top of the contents page displayed clearly and designed to be eye-catching it says "NME THIS WEEK". This clearly shows that everything on the page will be featured in that issue of the magazine. Down the left hand side of the page it says "band index" with a large list of bands and the page number(s) that they feature on in that issue. This tells us the magazine mainly focuses on bands rather than solo artists. It also makes it more convenient for the reader if they are only interested in reading about certain bands in that issue. 

Down the far right of the page it has different headings such as: "NEWS" and "REVIEWS" then has page numbers underneath and a brief summary of some of the articles that fall under each particular category. This also makes it easier for the reader to identify certain things they want to read about, for example if they are only interested in reading about live events such as concerts then they can just look under that heading and find the page numbers. the centre of the page contains a large imaged and an out-take of one of the main articles from the issue, in this case it happens o be called, "The moment that...Kasabian got romantic in a church" This writing is in bold font to draw in readers attention as does the imaged, its one of the first things your eye is drawn to when you look at the page. This is done to encourage the reader to read on and read the rest of the article. At the bottom of the page is an advert to subscribe to the magazine. This is bold and eye-catching and trys to persuade the reader by saying "save over £45". The page sticks to the magazine colour scheme of red, white and black. The central image is a long shot of a live performance. This also conveys that the target audience are interested in attending gigs and live music.