Brain Storming Ideas for Magazine

• Chart music (variety of different styles featured)
• Elements of women's lifestyle magazine to cater to target audience of females aged 16 - 24
• Main Bold Colour (typical female: pink) contrasted with others (blues, greens etc) to reflect variety of music and artists.

Possible Magazine Names:

Alternate                      Chart That
Applause                      Only Chart
Years                         
Crunk

Possible Front Cover Features:

• Introducing new artist/number 1 on Charts
• Tour by band
• Losing weight articles (element of women's lifestyle)
• Music Awards gossip (Grammies?)
• celebrity relationships

Magazine MUSTS:

• Website
• price/barcode
• date and issue
• Strong strapline
• Buzz words

Deconstruction of "From The Editor"

Deconstruction of NME Masthead

The masthead of NME immediately sets the house style of the magazine. The bold colours of red, white and black compliment each other brilliantly for this particular genre of magazine. The colours are very specific and sharp and the double outline of the letters emphasises the crudeness of the letters. The playful font style and colour signifies the fact that the target audience is the younger generation of 15 - 19.

The sharpness of the masthead makes the magazine recognizable and memorable for the audience so they can then help the magazine be promoted. The specific colours, the specifc style and the specifc placement at the top left corner of the magazine is all NME's trademark - an identity - that no other magazine has.

Deconsruction of InStyle Masthead

The bright, striking fuschia pink colour of the masthead signifies the typical woman's lifestyle magazine - featuring fashion, beauty, health, celebrity gossip and men. The name InStyle is directly relevant to the magazine considering it is a fashion based magazine. The middle of the masthead is covered by a member of a girl band Girls Aloud. The fact that a section of the brand name is covered suggests the producers are confident in the popularity of the magazine in the sense that they know it is well-known and recognized; therefore, despite the fact the name cannot be fully seen, the audience will know exactly what magazine it is simply from the font and style of the masthead.

The house style is incredibly simple - pink and white - however effective. The pink gives the masthead a bold and eye-catching appearance but it is not too shocking. This is due to the juxtapostition of the colour white - symbolising a calm and rational woman. The two colours together work well in selling the product.

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