Main Article Analysis - NME

The first thing that grabs our attention from this is the floating quote which takes up half a page, it says “people think I’m an attention seeker, but I’m just honest” the typography used for this is of different sizes, each letter seems to be of a different size font. It also looks like the letters have been cut out from newspapers and stuck together suggesting she is always on the newspapers and twisting the quote as she is saying she is not a attention seeker yet she is always found on newspapers suggesting she in fact an attention seeker. The image they have used looks like an image of a rebellious girl who always seems to get her way. The way she has slightly tilted her head sideways represents her as having an attitude, her scruffy hair and the way she is posing by holding her waist also represents her having an attitude and that she has no care in the world but is rather chilled back and taking life easy. Her eye makeup looks very dark and stands out as she has used a lot of black eye liner which suggests she is a rock artist, the dark colours she is wearing also suggest this. The shirt she is wearing stands out as it is a check shirt and seems bright against the plain background although it is not very bright. They have kept the background plain so that the focus is kept on her suggesting she is very important. Lilly Allen is looking at the audience in the image which drags the audience in as it seems as though she is addressing them and getting them involved. The fact that she has very little make up and barely any jewellery on makes her stand out from other artists and look rather unique as most other artists are shown wearing tons of makeup and lots of jewellery to try and show they are wealthy whereas Lilly Allen seems to be just herself and not following the crowd as she seems to have no care in the world but herself.

From looking at the layout of the magazine we would think that the magazine is aimed at a slightly older audience between the age brackets of 17-23 as the layout seems to be quite simple and straightforward, something an older audience would look for. Although it is laid out in a rather simple way they have managed to keep it looking lively and interesting to catch the audience’s eyes. They have not used too much text as this would probably end up boring the audience as they would not want to read something that has too much text but rather something with a bit of text and gives the important information that will keep them interested. They have managed to use the space very wisely, focusing it mostly on Lilly Allen as she stands out the most. They have not used too much and made it busy but instead kept it rather straightforward with one floating quote, a large image of the artist and a short article.