I chose ‘NME’ magazine for analysis for a number of reasons. Firstly, its bold title and use of 3 main primary colours, throughout the title and the magazine, gives a simplistic but strong feel, with it expressing a deep connotative idea of rock and roll, which is developed from ‘My Chemical Romance’.
The main master head uses these 3 main colours and is used in a bolt assertive way. This connotative meaning grabs the customer straight away, with its bold outline of white and black, with a fill colour of red, screaming out to people to at least look at, and hopefully buy.
The featured article has followed the master head, with it also being developed in capital letters. Like the title, red and white have again been cast on, and have been split with the title of band in white and the description of the article in red. They’ve also released a puff line from the article, and this quote of ‘No more rock opera!’ a meaning that their new album has changed and they’ve got new music for the world to see and listen too. This will intrigue people into knowing what they’ve changed about their music, and whether this new album will be as good as the last.
The deeper connotative meaning of the article name, signifies that the use of capital letters demonstrates’ My Chemical Romance’ as a big band in the world of rock music, with an immediate comeback reckoning. This signifies that their ‘Punk comeback album’ will once again come back onto the top of the rock music world, dedicating them to many as the No.1 band.
The right hand side of the magazine has 3 main snippets, each having a name and description. Red and white are again conceived as the main colours, being used for the heading and dexscriptions on all of thr snippets. This vast amount of reading will attract the reader, with the price of £2.20 seeming reasonable to the buyer signifying that the magazine has a lot to offer to the public.
The use of questions in the first two snippets also signifies to the reader, a thought of intrigue and curiosity. This will want the reader to find the answer, with the question of ‘But where’s Bernard?’ when talking about Suede reform, wanting the client to buy and therefore read.
A plug line is also available at the top of the page, and offers Gorillaz art and interviews as a plus to the reader. Denotation is shown as just an interview and a pull out art picture, however, connotation reveals an extra to the reader, with it being located at the top of the page signifying a extra to the reader for the price their getting it for.
