Case study

NME• Type of music – The type of music the NME looks at is Alternative and indie music• The publishing company for this magazine is IPC Meida• The Editors name is Mike Williams• The first publication was 7th March 1952• This magazine is published weekly• The price of NME is £2.20• You can purchase this magazine from local shops or on the internet

NME – Cover page• Masthead – NME showing the name of the magazine• Cover lines – giving information about what is in the

magazine• Medium sized photo of a celebrity to draw attention

for people to buy the magazine• Colour system is Red, white and black• It has a simple layout which is easy to understand• Barcode

NME – Contents page• Image linking to the genre of music• Page numbers are next to each article • Masthead saying ‘NME THIS WEEK’• Two columns giving information about the

article • Bold text that grabs the readers eye• Each article has a heading above it giving you

information what it is about• It has the date that the magazine was issued

on

NME – Double page spread • Masthead telling us what this article is

about• Three images Images relating to what the

article is about• Several columns filled with text• Capital letter staring the article off• Kept the same colour system Red, white

and black• Small font size

Influence on my magazine

I will use some features on my magazine that I have learnt from NME magazine for instance;

• A medium sized body photo• Page numbers for each article• 3 columns on the double page spread