NME• The magazine is a indie/rock magazine that focuses on band interviews and band news• NME are published by IPC.• The editor is Mike Williams.• The first publication was the 7th march 1952.• The magazine is published weekly. • The magazine costs £2.40.• NME is sold in most news agents and major super markets.

MastheadThe mast head is big and bold and sticks to the red and brown house style.

Price and issue number

Cover stories also show genre

Cover starThe cover star is covering the mast head which shows the magazine is established.

Cover lines show genre

Barcode

I intend to imitate the simple colour scheme and laid back structure.

Medium shot

Direct mode of address

Direct mode of address.

Cover line shows genre of magazine

Doesn’t stick to the same colour scheme as the front cover.

Page is split half and half between picture and text.

The band members have connotations of indie genre.

Q Magazine

• The magazine is a indie/rock magazine that focuses on band interviews and band news.

• Q is published by Bauer.• Andrew Harrison is the editor of Q.• The first publication of Q was October 1986.• The price of Q is £3.99.• Q is published monthly.• Q is sold in most news agents and major super markets.

The mast head overlaps the main image.

Cover line is in the position of where the mast head is on a normal magazine

Direct mode of address

Cover stories show genre.

barcode

Date and issue number

Red and white house style.Bold text

Close up of cover star.

I intend to use the black and white image.

Direct mode of address

Cover line shows genre.

Doesn’t stick to the same colour scheme as the front cover.

Medium shot of the band to show the instruments which indicates genre.

The page is dominated by the main image and there is not a lot of text.