NME Double Page Spread Analysis

This a double page spread from an edition of the NME magazine. The layout of this double page spread follows conventions of a magazine. One way in which i does this is by having the picture on one side of the page and the main article (the main piece of writing) on the page adjacent to it. Also the the positioning of the title is very clever, this is because it overlaps the crease of the magazine, therefore it is present on each page. The title again is typical of the NME magazine, as it is very bold and clear and has a colour around the font itself. Like the NME masthead on the splash is red with white around it, the masthead on this page is a plain black font but has blue around it. These colours have been chosen deliberately as most of the readers of the NME magazine are male. The theme of black and blue is continued for most of the text on this double page spread. For example in the 'NEED TO KNOW' section and to highlight an important quote in the main article. This continuity gives the whole double page spread a sense of togetherness and the reader knows from this that it is all one piece.

Another common feature is the 'NEED TO KNOW' section. This is common in all of the NME magazines. It is another clever feauture that shortens down the main artucle and gives facts about the band. The reason why i believe that this is so clever is because the average age of a reader of NME is 25 and the target market is people ages 17-30. Generally the readers if this magazine may not choose to read the whole article but still wish to know about the band, this is why i believe this feature was created. Little features like this just help to create a magazine that is modelled well around its target audience, which ultimately sells more magazines.

The image NME have used an image that has many connotations. The picture is of the band 'The Teenagers' and is set in a bedroom with the band members slouched back on a bed. Behind the bed are various posters, what would be expected in a teenagers bedroom. This image connotates stereotypical teenagers and the way that society percieves them as having a laid back attitude and being very lazy.