Textual Anaylsis - Front Cover 3

On the front cover of this NME magazine 'The Wombats being represented in a exciting and playful manner. They seem like they are childish and having fun by posing in the way they are as one is jumping around, another is messing his hair up and then another is pretending to look up at something. They are being represented in this way due to the fact that the main cover line is 'The Wombats. Why Britain's gone silly for the lords of the indie dance floor'. The idea of being childish and playful is the fact that 'Britain's gone silly' so the band are showing us this through their actions.

The colours on the that are on the front cover are all bright and happy colours which would attract the audience due to the fact that it stands out. The main cover line is in a yellow colour which connotates excitement and happiness which is also accompanied by vibrant blues that are in the other cover lines allowing the magazine cover to attract attention. The masthead is red with a white and black outline which causes to stand of the page and slightly overwhelms the image. This could be seen as both good and bad as if people generally liked NME magazine and the masthead stood out they would recognise it straight away where as if they didn't but they liked The Wombats I personally think that the masthead would draw attention away from the image. All the text and its colours signify to the audience happiness due to the fact that they are all bright colours.

The costume that The Wombats are wearing in the image are casual and informal clothes which signify to the audience that this is a very informal magazine that is friendly and chatty. It also tells us that the magazine is very likely to use friendly language that communicates to the audience in a way which they would speak to their Friends rather than how they would maybe speak to someone of high importance. The costume also represent the band in the same way as a friendly group of people that are chatty and far from being formal. This is a good way to appeal to audiences as a great deal of people use magazines as a way of getting away from the real world and they use them as stress relief.

The camera angle is also the same as it is on most music magazine front covers. It is simply a straight on medium shot which allows the audience to feel involved with the magazine as well as the band. The camera shows emphasises the band showing their childish side and their individually poses which is their way of trying to show themselves to the audience as well as assisting the main cover line.

I would personally say that the target audience of this music magazine, judging by the front cover would mainly be the older teenagers around the age of 16 - 17 both male and female. I think this because the image is what all older teenagers like doing, having fun and being with their friends and generally being rebellious and getting into trouble which is all part of their life at that age. I also think it is aimed at this specific target audience because it is very informal in its appearance as well as the text it uses. The magazine cover also contains the names of popular bands at the present time making it more appealing to the teenage target audience as all teenagers like music and like listening to it.