Title Block Analysis

Target audience for this magazine are people in the 15-24 age range although the official readership is 15-44, there are faint chances of getting people from over the age of 30 to read it. As the target audience is rather young, the title has to be able to appeal successfully to them. The worn out style text relates to the genre which is rock, highlighting the hardcore, vintage nature of it. There is a style of shattered glass again relating to the raw, hardcore nature of Rock. The text is done rather formal but due to the style in which it is edited in, breaks down the formality into this rather hardcore influence.

Big bright yellow colours add to the vibrant feel created by hip-hop music.

The name implies that it is the main source of all the latest Hip-Hop news and gossip.

The bold text helps it stand out and again emphasizes its content and how much information you could expect from the magazine. The bright yellow used here makes the text stand out from the black background.

The NME logo is big, bright and bold and as the colour used for the text is rather bright, and standsout from the black background. It is done in this way so it is easily remembered. NME stands for "NewMusical Express" as though it takes it's readers on a journey.