1st Magazine contents analysis

for the contents of the NME magazine you can see that the masthead is the same as it is on the front cover, and is also in a similar place as the front cover, the top left, but it has been move slightly to the right to make room for a list.  the masthead has been put with a text of a different font which reads 'this week' to show what will be on this page and that it is for the week the magazine has been released, and there is a date underneath this to show which week it is for. the masthead has also been given a black background so that it catches the attention of the reader easily so that they know what page they are on.  there is a list going all the way down the left side of the page and this the 'band index' and it lists all of the bands that are in the magazine and what pages they are on so you can easily find a specific band you want to read about.  the colours used are red, white and black which is the usual colours that NME magazine uses and this makes it easy to read and understand and it always makes it look good.  there are 2 main photos placed next to each other in the centre of the page and this shows it is the main article of the magazine as it has the most space given of the contents, also it has a larger headline for it, they are also given a large paragraph of text underneath telling you about what it is.  underneath this at the bottom of the page is a reasonably large advert offering you a subscription to the magazine with the price and a website where you can go to to subscribe, this has been made out large so that it cathes the attention of the reader.  on the right hand side they have the rest of what the magazine includes with seperate cover lines stating what they are about e.g. News, Reviews, Features etc and then underneath each of these is the names of the articles and what page they are on.  next to a few of these is a small arrow pointing at them reading 'on the cover' which tells you that these are the articles that were on the front cover of the magazine.  at the bottom right of the page there is a large red arrow telling you that on a certain page is an important article which readers will want to read about to find out things they might want to know and this is eye catching as it has used a bright red colour for the readers interest.