The title block for this magazine is very unordered and irregular. This maybe a way of showing that this magazine does not conform to usual and popular music and that it will be commenting on a very different and maybe unusual type of music. The colour in this title block is black. This is a bold and outstanding colour. This colour may have been used to show that the magazine content and the bands in the magazine are bold and they are not afraid to do something new. However it may be using the connotations of the colour black to reflect on the magazines genre of music. It may be saying that the music that they listen to is dark and sad. The font used on this title block is both broken and disturbed and this may be a way of commenting on the genre of the magazine that it is very disturbed and emotional and maybe this is how the type of music in this magazine is concentrating on. The name of this music magazine when said aloud it could be said sounds like the sound you would get from a guitar. This is effective as it shows that the genre of this magazine is likely to be rock and it is also useful as its harsh tones stand out to the reader. Due to the name and the design of the title it could be suggested that this magazine is for more outspoken and rebellious characters as it does not conform to normal design. This would suggest that the age group in which it is aimed at is generally teenagers as they are stereotypically seen as a rebellious group.

The design of this Title block seems to be very simple and sophisticated. The design seems to be very regular and does not seem to be outrages or non-conforming. This shows that the magazine will be about popular music as this design is likely to be popular with people who are not interested in more different music genres. The colours in this design make it seem very “clean cut” and elegant. This may suggest that the magazine is generally aimed towards people who have a higher reading level and do not focus on gimmicks like other magazines. The font that has been chosen shows is a very ordinary flowing font. The design and the font are both very simple making it very ambiguous to the reader as they are not sure of the meaning of the “Q”. This further backs up that this magazine is for more intelligent reads as it does not obviously tell you what the title is.     

This title block is very bold and outstanding. This would suggest that the music genre within this magazine is going to be outstanding and different. Also the design looks bright and new this is relevant towards the magazine as NME is a magazine that looks for new bands and analysis them. This is futher backed up by the caption beneath "NME" which says "New Musical Express" showing that this magazines focus on new music acts. The main colour in this title block is red. This is a very bold and outstanding colour which would suggest that the music is as well. It could also be a symbol to show how there are bright new stars. The font is similarly outstanding in its size. It has a very large font which makes it very noticeable and grabs the reader’s attention. The name of the title itself does not leave much to the imagination as it spells it out in the caption below. This would suggest that the readers of this magazine are maybe younger and find it harder to understand more complex literature.