The document discusses the typography, layout, and language used on various pages of the NME magazine, including the cover, contents page, and a double page article spread. On the cover, different fonts are used for the magazine title, band names, and article text. The layout follows the natural reading order, with band names at the top. On the contents page, fonts are used to distinguish page numbers, article text, and subscription information. Photos are included to showcase articles. The double page spread features a large introductory quote in colored fonts, with the article text placed at the bottom of the second page according to the reading order.
2. Cover Page
The cover of NME magazine uses different types of
typography on the cover. The title/ logo of the magazine uses
the typography of large red, bold, sans serif font as it shows
up on the sky blue background. The names of bands/ artists
are in bold, yellow, sans serif font this is used as it shows up
on the sky blue background and it separates the title with the
names of the bands/ artists in the articles. The text under the
names of the bands/ artists above the logo are in black, sans
serif font, this is used as it gives the reader a small bit of
information about why they are featured in the magazine.
However in one piece of text under an artists name the text is
in bold, white, sans serif font as the article is about the reader
themselves as the "your" part of the description is underlined
as it emphasises the word to attract the reader. The name of
the cover story of the magazine is in very large, bold, red, sans
serif font as it carries on the colour scheme of the title of the
magazine. Inside the "T" of the title of the article has the word
"the" inside it in small, white, sans serif font this is in the "T"
as the band are called "The Slone Roses". The introduction to
the cover story has the typography of black, serif font as it
shows on the white of the snow and attracts the reader to the
cover story as the font is different to the rest of the cover
page. Under the title of the cover story there is information
about the article in yellow, sans serif font as it continues the
theme from the rest of the page and shows up on the white
snow background.
3. Cover Page
The layout of the cover of the NME magazine by the use
of the root of the eye and the terminal areas on the
cover. At the top of the cover shows the names of the
bands/ artists that feature in the magazine. This have
been placed hear as its the first thing to be seen by the
reader by the use of the root of the eye, this would
attract fans of the artists in to buying the magazine as it
has one of readers of the favourite artists in the
magazine. In the top right corner the is a selection of
posters shown that are inside the magazine. This has
been placed hear as is not the most important section of
the cover though it is in the top corner as its one of the
first things to be seen by the reader as its towards the
beginning of the root of the eye it would attempt to get
the reader to buy the magazines as it states that the
posters are "free". The photo of the band that features in
the cover story covers the hole page as it attracts the
reader to the cover story as in the main optical area
shows two of the band members which would make the
reader to look at the rest of the page to see its contents.
The text to the cover story is in the bottom part of the
page as is one of the last things to be seen by the reader
so it is the last part of the cover to attract the reader to
by the magazine.
4. Cover Page
The language of the cover is formal as its
address its audience in tone of which
everyone can easily understand and
suited for the target audience of
teenagers and onwards.
The photo in the cover page is a long,
wide shot of the four members of the
band on a mountain rag. The long shot is
used to show all the members of the
band holding hands, this shows a
connection between the members which
seems unbreakable and that they just
have each other in the mountains. The
men are wearing jeans and warm coats
and jumpers as the close they are
wearing are suitable to the climate of the
cold mountains.
5. Contents Page
The typography of the contents page of NME
consists of black, bold, sans serif font which is
used for the page numbers on the side of the
photos that show the contents within the
magazine and quotations of the articles on the
top of the page as they are closer to the
beginning of the root of the eye. There is also
the use of smaller, black, sans serif font which
shows the information about each article
inside the magazine. In the other parts of the
contents page there is the use of black, serif
font which show quotations from the article
made by the people in the article. In the
subscription part of the contents page has the
typography of white and yellow, snas serif
font. The information about the subscription is
in smaller text as its has the main information
about the subscription of the magazine.
6. Contents Page
The layout of the title "inside this week" is at the top of
the page as is at the beginning of the root of the eye and
is one of the first things to be seen by the reader on the
page. The main article of the magazine is shown in the
main optical area as is the part of the page that is most
seen by the reader and is in the middle of the root of the
eye. The other articles are shown in the terminal areas
of the page as they show the reader the other articles
inside the magazine, theses are in the terminal areas as
they are the last things to be seen by the reader as they
are added parts of the contents page that are used to
attract the reader in to reading the rest of the magazine.
The subscription part of the page is in the bottom right
corner as is the last thing to be seen by the reader by the
use of the root of the eye, this has been position hear as
it is separate to the contents page as it is about a
different topic to the magazines contents. The "Plus"
part of the contents is at the bottom of the page as it
page as it shows the reader the rest of the contents of
the magazine that is not shown in the rest of the page by
the use of the photos, this is place hear as is one of the
last things to be seen by the reader by the use of the
root of the eye.
7. Contents Page
The language of the page is informal as the text is wrote in
first person as the quotations are of people talking about
themselves. The information part of the text is quite formal as
its uses simple descriptions about the articles.
The photos used in the top two articles of the contents page
are mid, wide shots of bands with four members, the shots
have been uses as it shows all of the members of the band in
the hole size of the photo. The photo in the mid-right terminal
area is a long shot of a guitarist on stage in fount of a crowd at
a gig, the long shot is used to show the reader what some one
on stage could see at a gig. The photo in the main optical area
in a two, mid-close up of two people who are shown in an
article inside the magazine. The photo in the bottom left
corner is a long shot of four people around a table, the table
is use as it shows the people have an important roll within the
magazine. The photo in the left terminal area is a long, wide
shot of four members of a band, the long shot is used as the
band members are at different highs. In all of these photos
the people shown in the photos are wearing normal, casual,
everyday closes as it shows that the people are there same as
the rest of society and the readers of the magazine. The photo
on the bottom of the page is a close up of the female artist,
the woman is wearing a colourful costume, the red of the
woman's hair makes the costume seem more casual as the
colours fit more together.
8. Double Page
The typography of the into of the article is a
quotation about the article on the double page.
The quotation is in white, red and yellow, bold,
sans serif font, the font is in white as it shows up
on the black background. The word "dangerous"
is in yellow as the colour connotes warning and
danger as warning sings are in yellow. The word
"berserk" is in red as berserk means to be violate
and violence connotes the colour red as violence
is linked with blood and blood is red. The text
under the quotation is a small description about
the article is the same colour as the quotation as
the colours in the description as the words that
are in the colours of red and yellow as the words
have the same definition of use as the words in
the into. The typography of the kicker is red, bold,
sans serif font the "C" is in bigger size than the
text as it attracts the reader to the article. The
typography of the text of the article inside the
white box is black, sans serif font as it is a default
font from a computer.
9. Double Page
The layout of the double page is set out
by the use of the root of the eye. The
photo fills the hole of the left page as the
photo is of the person that the article is
about. The photo is on the left page as its
the first thing to be seen by the root of
the eye and is the thing that is seen the
most by the reader by the use of the root
of the eye. The article of the double page
is in the bottom of the right page as its
the last thing to be seen by the reader.
This has been placed hear as the reader
sees the rest of the page before the
article as the intro and photo is used to
attract the reader into reading the article
in the bottom of the page.
10. Double Page
The language of the article is
informal as it address the reader
in a tone that is easily readable
for everyone to read and
welcoming to the
reader.
The photo on the left page is a
mid shot of the woman, the mid
shot is used as its shows the prop
that is being held by the woman
and the dress the woman is
wearing. The dress the woman is
wearing is a mixture of dark
colours, this is worn as the
background of the photo is black
and the dress carries of the dark
theme.