Magazine Analysis - NME

The overall image of this cover is created primarily by the confrontational manor and attitude conveyed though female artist Lilly Allen's body language. The garish colour scheme emulates the styling of the artist, and edgy text resembling the style of newspaper clippings represent her constant appearance in the tabloids, and the connotations of female power, liberation, freedom of speech and concuring success in the music industry conveyed though the title 'taking on the world' which overall creates a rebellious,non conformist and anti authority image, which would appeal to the typical target audience of NME, an anarchistic modern and unconventional music lover, but as its predominately directed at a male audience the use of a young and inspirational iconic female artist breaks the boundaries of music, and would appeal to a wider demographic, of both male and female.

The use of quotations on the cover conventionally appeals to the celebrity culture of the 21st centre who desire deeper access into the lives and minds of music artists today.

This double page spread layout is extremely conventional of a magazine, with the right side of the page taken up predominately with the image of artistic, done for visual affect as when flicking though a magazine the eye rest majority on the right side. the feature headline echoes the style of the front cover, this bold and eccentric text juxtaposes the white background and re forces Lilly Allen's loud and confrontational manner, this image also helps to appeal to the demographic of the target audience who emulate these nonconformist ideologies. Lilly Allen's styling matches the aesthetic of the article, and her masculine lumberjack shirt conveys that she does not what to appeal sexualized in the media, unconventionally portraying her as anti patriarchal, appealing to women who may not stereotypically read NME. Her strong body language and facial expressions in which she is directly looking at the reader which piecing direct eye contact conveys she is demanding attention from the reader. Additionally The headline 'people think I'm an attention seeker but I'm just honest' portrays her rebellious nature and upfront and honest personality, which appeals again to her anti conformists audience.