Brief magazine analysis

The NME has quite a large target audience as it covers many genres of music such as; indie, rock, alternative therefore ppretty much anyone could find NME appealing, i'd say NME is targetted at 16+. This NME stands out as it is very contraversial, due to the striking image of Beth Ditto being naked. As Beth Ditto is  is a larger lady it stands out as it goes against the social norm because you normally would only see an image of a naked skinny celebrity as that is normally what is viewed as the acceptible way to look. The fact that Beth is happy to appear naked makes her a positive role model for anyone who may be larger as she is happy with the way her body looks and doesnt care what other people think the sell line 'kiss my ass' reinforces this view. A lot of the language in NME is informal which makes it appealing to a young audience as it makes it more intreasting to read because reading an interview that is all formal can get boring and make the audience loose intreast. The layout and colour scheme of NME draws the readers attention as the colours compliment each other and if the magazine was on display in a shop you could easily tell that it was NME as the scheme is consistant through out the different issues.

Which breif?

I am going to create a music magazine. I will be looking at the Metal genre for my magazine.
I will be looking at a number of different images with varying camera angles. I want my magazine
to stand out as you dont see many Metal magazines on sale in shops. I want my final product to look
professional and to be done to a high standard.
Below are some actual metal magazines available on the market tha i'd like my magazine to look like:

I like how the image's stands out and take over the magazine which draws you in & makes you want to read more.