NME Feature Article Analysis

The colour scheme is blue, black, white and red. This is because these are easy colours to use as they can be used in contrast to each other and make things stand out. They’ve used four colours so they do not go over board and look like a piece of art a six year old child has made. They have used a pull quote to point out a key quote from a band member which would usually relate to the audience, in this case it is about teenagers constantly having sex on their mind, which is a stereotype they have been fitted with. This is backed up by the posters of women not wearing very many clothes on the wall behind them. On the side it gives you things that the magazine have suggested for you, it’s almost like a ‘if you like The Teenagers, then you might like these…’ section. Also the fashion of the boys would allow the target audience to relate to them, as that is the sort of clothing that is fashionable at the present moment. The picture used is of the three boys laying back, relating to the stereotype of teenagers being lazy.