Christmas Work:Magazine 1

2.  This magazine above is a well know music magazine. However this is a Christmas special as it says "Massive Christmas double issue" so this appeals to the audience who buy it every week because it’s a Christmas special so they think it going to be more music features inside.
Furthermore on this edition they got a well know music icon in Simon Cowell, they done this because it’s a special edition to the magazine and also because people who don't read 'NME' they will still get drawn in because they will know who Simon Cowell is so they might buy that magazine. As well it will make them want to read on to the contents page to see if there's more about Simon Cowell as his the main focus on the front of the magazine.
Furthermore on this edition they got a well know music icon in Simon Cowell, they done this because it’s a special edition to the magazine and also because people who don't read 'NME' they will still get drawn in because they will know who Simon Cowell is so they might buy that magazine. As well it will make them want to read on to the contents page to see if there's more about Simon Cowell as his the main focus on the front of the magazine.
3.  NME uses a Christmas theme in the background with the snow over the heading 'NME' and Christmas ball balls with the special inside editions that will be inside, this shows this is a one off Christmas magazine and they won’t use the same theme for every edition. The background colour of grey gets the reader to focus on this picture and helps the title, subheadings and the image stand out more to the reader. To extend the colours used are Christmas colour for an example red and white, the white is representing the snowy theme. The main image used of Simon Cowell is representing the whole music industry, so the audience may want to buy it as they will have feature of their sort of music, so it's not aimed at just one type of music. Lastly the word 'Grinch' is used as it's a well-known Christmas film, so the image of Simon Cowell posing seriously so he reflects his image as an harsh, scary and bossy person similar to Grinch, i also feel with the word 'Grinch' being used it shows that Simon Cowell is rare to be speaking out on a magazine like this similar to the Grinch being quiet character.
4. The research that I done so far is all about this magazine as I read the magazine and then went on to reading the other editions, it is different to this one as it don't use the image in the same way and the background is completely different, also the text box's used are different to this one.