Research - NME Magazine Analysis

• Main focus of the front cover is the main picture – very little information puffs – only one with a rhetorical question about the subject MIA.
• Picture is a close up of MIA and her hand, sticking her middle finger up at the reader. Gives the impression she does not care what people think of her. However facial expression does not come across as aggressive.
• Whole front cover is in colour co-ordination. The red ‘NME’ logo matches MIA’s hair colour, whilst her eyeliner is the same green as the ‘M’ block. Followed by a pink ‘I’ block, the same colour as her lipstick, and the last block, an orange ‘A’ matches the colour of her nail varnish. This follows a co-ordinated pattern down the magazine. There seems to be little reason for this, but it is a creative design.
• ‘You just can’t take her anywhere can you?’ suggests that the reader knows MIA well – rhetorical question also involves the reader, makes them feel directly addressed by the magazine, interactivity.
• Also little tabs by main ‘NME’ logo – mentions who/what is also included in the magazine, but does not give information. The fact that the magazine does not tell the reader what’s inside may entice them more to buy it and have a look. This could also let the magazine down though, as the reader may not feel they are getting anything out of buying the magazine.
• The photograph pixelates MIA's middle finger, but also the edges of the green puff below it are pixelated. This links the text and action together, so the reader knows that the puff is about the artist featured.