Textual Analyzsis

 Denotation:This magazine is made up of a fully coloured photograph of a very successful well-known rapper Eminem, the photograph is not covering alot of the front cover just mostly the middle.The man is in an upright position where his head is facing upwards with his mouth wide open and has no eye contact with the camera. The photograph is a medium shot were his legs are not shown. i believe that the magazine has three main focuses the masthead, the photograph and the main cover line. The masterhead of NME is on the left hand side of the front cover and on both sides are cover lines.Also there is a very large heading where its stating the name of the artist which is making headlines. There is also a bar code at the bottom right hand side.Also the magazine is made up of a red,white and black colour scheme which has deliberately been done to express the mood and tone of the magazine and gives the audience a head start in knowing whats exact in the magazine.


Masthead: The masthead of the magazine 'NME' is very large and bold which makes it one the main focuses on the front cover.The font colour used is pale white which although isn't the best colour, the colour it self is very eye catching when contrasted with a black background  and very simple but powerful it has allot of meanings to it which makes it attractive also the way in which the colour got changed to white from red with and white outline just comes to show that this magazine itself is exclusive .The name for the magazine 'NME' first started as a newspaper in London and then in the 1980s changed into a international music magazine.The name itself means 'New Musical Express'  which straight away shows the audience its musical based and that everything to do with the magazine is new and exclusive.

Character: The artist shown is Emenim and international rapper, which is mostly famous for the fact that hes the first ever white successful rapper.

Composition: Emenim is in an up right position with his hand on his sides holding a microphone.hes head is tilted upwards and has no eye contact with the camera, also hes mouth is wide open to show that hes shocked about something, or it could mean that his fans or others might be the ones who are shocked about what has happened. And also it could mean that the image is contrasting the the main cover line in the front cover.
Costume: Hes costume consists of a normal and casual wear, which includes a hoodie, cap, chain, and combats this is all something a typical rapper would wear, this might just show that emenim is just like us and not different just because hes famous.

NVC: The posture from the neck to below shows being laid back and relaxed, but hes head posture shows him shocked and concerned. to the audience it tells us that something is happening something new.
Lighting: In the image there is very little lighting, the only lighting shown is off the whole image this might be done to make the picture stand out more than anything.
Setting:In the image theres isn't allot of setting, but to me it looks like hes on stage getting ready to sing because theres a spotlight on him and some lights from behind and also in the image hes holding a microphone which gives enough evidence to show hes on some sort of stage.

Coverlines:The cover lines in this magazine mostly consist of new artists in the UK.The main cover line is about Eminem which says 'From rehab to recovery to T Eminem the comeback that's stunned the world' This is the story where he surprisingly turned up at the T festival which everyone was shocked about because Emenim hasn't been producing music for years so hes come back shocked the world.

Target Audience: Though out everything, iam made to believe that the target audience is people who are into a mixture of music, the age i would put this magazine is 16 and over.