Analysis of contents page

• The contents page plays and important role in the magazine. It informs the reader the subjects to read about and it helps the reader find there way through the magazine. 
·        The main image is placed in the middle again which relates to the front cover.
• NME always include a band index, which could be the main reason to why people buy the magazine.
• They include a little article to give the reader a slight idea to what the magazine is about, this gives the reader a choice all so to either buy it or not.
• They include an advertisement at the bottom of the page to make more money and because they know, people look at the content page, which increases the advertisement.
• “kasabian”, the band which was at the front cover is on the contents again because they are the focus of this weeks interest.

Language
The language used for the contents page is colloquial which shows its for the average reader.I think the language is used for a older generation of teenagers.The background is white and written in black which makes it easy for the reader to see and understand the text.

Latifa

Generic conventions - Front cover

Masthead- The masthead of the magazine cover is "NME!" Is on a white banner which makes the red and the black text stand out which contrast with the dark black clothing. The masthead is behind the image placed on the top left in a black bold title which is eye catching. Its important that its stands out to show the company logo so it can compete with other magazines in the industry. It also shows the significance of the magazine by using bold texts.


The magazine mentions other artist/musicians to attempt to sell the magazine to a broader audience. They have used a great photograph on the front cover because it is seen as the most section of the magazine. The extra information written on the side of this magazine shows what's new and exciting to read about also it is included to make the audience buy this particular magazine. The bright red is used to attract the target audience of teenagers to "NME".


Language
The language used  is not very formal to attract to the younger generation. I think it emphasises  to more males than females because its set in bold , black and red, also the male band "Kasabian". 

Latifa

Contents Pages

Analysis of Content Page

As you can see the Content Page is usually busy/crowded. They include many features

that can influence the reader to reading the magazine further. There can be images, inside info about the artist that are featured in the magazine, aswell as interesting use of launguage that will attract the reader to read on.

Latifa

Questionaire

We wanted to get some more information for our focus group, so we created this questionnaire and asked 30 students the questions above.

Beth Pritchard, Chelsea Moody, Alyssia Williams & Latifa Avenell

Focus Group 5

Focus Group 4

Focus Group 3

Focus Group 2

Focus Group 1

Focus Group Questions

Plan of questions to ask focus group:
(edit intro profile for each person)
1. What type of music are you into ?
2. Do you buy music magazines?
3. How much  are you willing to spend on a music magazines?
4. What do you do on your spare time?
5.  would you rather find out about music through reading magazines or the internet?
6. Where would the product be available to buy?
7. What is your favourite artists, band or song?

( Give an example of a magazine to them)
8. What colours attracty you to a magazine?
9.  Which part of the magazine were you instantly attracted to and why?
10. Which elements of the magazine appealed to you the most?
11. Do you think the price is acceptable for the content of the magazine?

We have created a plan of questions to ask our focus group about our magazine. This really helped us establish want our focus group are looking for in a magazine, so we will use the answers we got to help us when creating our magazine.- latifa
Beth Pritchard, Chelsea Moody, Latifa avenell, Alyssia Willams