NME’s content’s pages are often very eye catching and stand
out compared to others, shown in this issue. The title ‘inside this week’ is
positioned in the center of the page at the top, standing out in the edgy
newspaper-like serif font. The layout is image dominant, packed with lots of
artists cramming as much in to entice the reader showing them how much they
have to offer. Although the images appeared to be scattered and chaotic they
have obviously been placed with thought, placing certain images where the
reader will be drawn too. For example the center image of the new issue’s of
NME is instantly what the reader will look at encouraging them to buy other NME
magazines. However as we typically read from the left therefore the image of
Shaun Rider also stands out, intelligently placed to grasp the reader’s
attention making them want to find out about that certain artist. The summary
for the artist is in the form of a direct quote from their article, enticing
the reader making them want to discover what they are talking about. For
example Anna Calvis quotes “there were 32 of me”, the majority of readers
wouldn’t understand this quote therefore they want to turn directly to that
article to find out what it means. This tactic used by NME is a very good idea and
I would therefore think about incorporating this into my magazine as I think
that the quote excites the reader, making them eager to read on.
Like many
magazines NME has the page number of each article on the image of the artist or
article topic. This sticks in the readers mind allowing them to see the artist
they want to read about and see the page number instantly without having to
look at the information. I like this idea and would like to use this in my
magazine however I don’t think I would have the white box around the number
like NME has and would work to make the page number stand out in a different
unique way.
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