NME Contents Analysis

The NME contents page gives off a fairly formal and calm impression to the target audience as each different contents information is boxed off so they are kept separate from one another; this could also helps to bring across the fact of all the articles being different within the magazine. The boxed off style design also gives off a tidy, organised and professional look to the magazine, this style could interest more of the mature reader because there looks to be less ‘madness’ and more of a serious read and the target audience will have more trust in what they will be reading. Some of the pictures used on the contents page do give off more of a lively, friendly and enjoyable vibe compared to the feature article photography/image on the front cover which makes the magazine come across as a serious read. This could be a positive and a negative for the NME magazine as it will be able to suit a variety of different target audiences but it may lose them also because the audience may not look within the magazine and just assume that the impression they get from the feature article photography/image is throughout the whole magazine. The title for the page is clearly shown as it is a large font and is at the top centre of the page, this style design quickly informs the reader what this page is about (what is within the magazine), and it also contains subscribing information for the magazine which stands out the rest of the page so would draw the audience in. The NME magazine have also managed to keep the same theme style from the front cover with the type of fonts used to illustrate the images of the page, the use of the colours for the contents text (red, white and black) this idea does allow the reader to be able follow on from the front cover easily as the pages do not change their appearance or look. The main part to the page in the image in the centre as it is larger than the others featured on the contents, this automatically highlights to me that this article advertise is more important than the others, therefore I would read it before the others as I would be interested in why NME have made the decision. Once this is happens the reader will want to continue to read the rest of the magazine. Even though the other images on the page aren’t as big the candid style images makes you more excited to read on and the posed images are following the theme of the front cover so the target audience know there is a range/variety to the NME magazine.