Analysis of music magazines meaning: NME

NME is aimed at the teenage audience and is typically mainstream. The musical genre covers all popular types of music, focusing on the indie rock style. The bold language and capital letters imply a masculine style but it is aimed at both male and female teenagers. The language is colloquial to appeal to the younger generation and is fairly simplistic.
The slanted image boxes and randomly coloured words is appealing to teenagers because it is not neat and proper, it is non-conforming.
The colours are quite bright and florescent which again appeals to teenagers; the magazine is totally focused on the audience.
The masthead of the magazine is shown to be less important because it is slightly hidden behind the top of the picture.
The main image of the front man of a popular band doesn’t conform to the rest of the front cover; instead of being brightly coloured it is in black and white which makes it stand out amongst the colour.
There is only use of four colours which amplifies the simplistic style, however this simplistic style is contrasted in the way the magazine is set out; this is because it looks quite messy and packed in, this gives it a contrasting complex look.
The main story is splattered across the middle of the page and is in a different colour, this makes it stand out.