Analysis of a double page spread of NME magazine

This double page spread of NME magazine represents stereotypical teenager boys. For example we can see from the bedroom that there is a lot of girls pictures on the wall which represents the teenage artists on the cover as typical teenagers. Also at the top of the page it says "The Teenagers" the way it is in capitals makes it sound as if teenagers are wild which is a stereotypical representation of teenagers. Under "The Teenagers" there is a sub-heading that says "Young, dumb and full of filthy....tunes". This heading represents teenagers especially teenage boys as dumb and dirty minded.
There are some conventions used in this magazine, for example we have the website at the bottom of the article, which shows that they are a media convergence, there is also a lot of images used. There is also a limited amount of colours used, if you disclude the images there is mostly white, black and blue used. The main image of the three artists does relate to the article as the article is about them.
Also direct mode of address is used as the three boys/males in the image are all looking straight at the reader and this makes the article appealing to the reader. The text is laid out in columns which is a convention as most articles in magazines have columns. For this magazine we can see that the teenagers are the audience and to make teenagers engage with the article they have made the article stereotypical, they have based an article on young artists that teenagers will want to know about. They have shown a stereotypical representation of teenagers through the mise-en-scene as they are wearing plain casual clothes, they have a laid back posture and through the posters we get a stereotypical representation of teenage boys. Also the other images are of young artists so that it can draw teenagers attention.

One of the page has only got the image of the group but the name of the article overlaps on both the pages which links the image and the article together. Some of the quotes are in bold to appeal to the reader. Also the two page seems to be in three sections for example from the left we have the image of the group in the middle there is the article and at the end there is the banner.

They have also put floating quotes like 'Of course we're a sexual band. We're The Teenagers and thats all they think about' these floating quotes are especially picked so that the readers that are just looking through the magazine and see the quote will get interested in the article and read it. Also from the quote we get a stereotypical representation of teenagers associated with sex.
On the first page they have a box which has a sub-heading 'Need to know' and this section gives brief facts about the group.

First draft of my magazine cover

This is the first draft of my magazine cover. I haven't put the title on as I haven't chosen a proper name for my magazine. I have thought of names such as Tune, Line, Beat, Sensation or Affect, but I couldn't decide which one to use.I am planning to use one of these names becuase they connote music and as I am producing a music magazine it is better to have a name that represents music or has something to do with music. I am planning to put the date and issue number at the top of the page above the title. I am going to put the big MCU of a girl in the middles and I am going to make some of the sell lines to be on top of the image. I am planning to put the barcode at the bottom right of the page and at the bottom of the page at the footer. I am planning to put some names of the artists that I am going to include in the magazine so that the magazine can appeal more to the audience.