Contrast Of Music Magazines to Fashion Magazines

For homework I had got set to list the presentation devices of NME and a fashion magazine of my choice. I chose Teen Vouge ( February 2010) and showed listed the differences the fashion magazine has when compared to a music magazine.





NME Presentaional Devices


Master Head is large, dominant, bold and appealing. Use of colour is played throughout the front cover, Master head is brand's identity.


Main coverline - related to main image as the interview is about them and the use of colour shows the brands identity as well as colour scheme.


Sell Lines- Left hand side, same typography, colour and size show the features included in the magazine and the use of black typography is almost the synposis. They are also not covering the main image.


No free gifts but NME includes gig dates and festivals.


Addtional Information- another sell line at the top and in captials to attract audiences and once again colour scheme is consistent.


Background- is the main images background and uses block colours.



Teen Vogue Presentational Devices

Master Head- Two fonts, Two colours to contrast the younger audience (Teen) and the older more mature audience (Vogue), referencing to Vogue which appeals to the older audience. Also covers top page rather than just the top left like most magazines.

Main Image- Jessica Szohr who is is Gossip Girl which is also about fashion. The main image also relates to the colours used on the front page to show the season.

Main coverline- Use of different typography relates to the different topics covered in the interview but the main coverline is not dominant unless you know who Jessica Szohr is.

Sell Lines - Dominant due to size of typography and the different fonts, the use of colours also relate to the different topics.

Free Gifts- Are stated on the front cover and in the contents and includes competitions.

Additional Information- The sell lines try not to block the main image of Jessica and the barcode is in the bottom left rather than the botton right when compared to NME. The background is the background image of Jessica and the colours relate to the font colours.

Teen Vogue covers all aspects of fashion, life, music, beauty and health as well as exclusive interviews. There are much more competitions and freebies offered in Teen Vogue that appeals to thier target audience which is mainly girls of a younger age or boys intrested in fashion.

There are much more fashion related advertisements than NME and the main features are completelty different when compared to NME. The main image which is Jessica Szohr who stars in Gossip Girl , talks about her life, fashion and her love life to co-star Ed Westwick who also stars in Gossip Girl, compared to NME's main feature which is The Last Shadow Puppets - Alex Turner and Miles Kane who are both from different bands and well known within the indie scene.

The disadvantages of buying NME is the magazine mainly covers indie music rather than covering more niche music genres that appeal to all audience rather than thier target audience which is young students. You also have to be intrested in gigs and festivals as well as the main topics listed on the front page or contents. The disadvantages of buying Teen Vouge is that it does mainly appeal to teen girls and boys who are intrested in fashion. Teen Vogue also covers fashion thats is mostly expensive and beauty and health which does not feature in NME. Teen Vogue has divided it's contents based on the subheadings rather than one page for the contents.