Analysis of Contents pages

3 Magazine contents pages

Main Image: The main image is of a woman in a
movement shot, in the image the woman is The headline: At the top of the page it says ‘contents’ in a bold white
dancing, which fits in with the coverline the image
font, which does not follow the house style from the front cover,
is anchored with, the coverline is a feature in the
however is still in the colour scheme, so we see the resemblance. Also
top left hand corner of the front cover. They have
along the top of the page they have feature the issue date, and name
written the page number in bold white numbers
of the magazine.
on top of the image and the explanatory line
Image: This image is of a man who seems to be outside
underneath, declaring what it is about.
a venue, which links with the explanatory line just
underneath the picture. The coverline however, was not
Language: The language used on this featured on the front cover, which means they may just
page is associated with the genre of the think its one of the more interesting, eyecatching ones
magazine, and music within it. They use out of the general list of contents. It is also included with
informal words to relate to the target the page number in bold white writing underneath the
audience, as they are terms that they image, for easy navigation
would understand. The contents: they have used a list
Promotion: At the bottom of titled ‘featured’ for the contents of the
this contents page the magazine magazine, they may have chosen to use
has included a thumbnail image this word because they do not list every
of the CD that was bundled with page of the magazine they have only
the magazine and an extra chosen particular sections. Also when
description about it, the talking about music the word featuring is
description contains a bit about used when describing a supporting artist
the genre and the general reason in a track, perhaps this was used on
for the CD, which is promoting purpose to link the language in more with
two artists that have been ‘ the Colour Scheme: The colour scheme, is unusual the genre of the magazine. The list is
beating heart of the club land’. It for a magazine, because it doesn’t follow the direct made up of mostly white font, which
also lists all its tracks from 01-14 scheme of the front cover. On this page the follows the same font as the rest of the
using the artists name and the background is made up of black which is opposite page, although they have used it in bold
track name. The font used to the white used on the front, however, there are for the kicker line of each page, and then
follows the rest of the page a few elements that follow trough, for example the a normal style for the explanatory line.
aswell as using the glimpses of use of yellow and white, although, there is no use Accompanying the titles of each page is a
yellow for the track numbers to of pink, which was one of the main 3 colours on small yellow number, showing what page
follow the colour scheme. the front. each of these are on, this is vital
obviously for the navigation of getting
around the magazine.
Band index: NME also has a
‘Band Index’ on the contents
page, this again is for the
convenience of the reader and
for one off buyers that were
attracted to the bands listed on
the front cover. There are also
arrows next to some features
which indicate to the reader
that these appeared on the
front cover. The headline of it
is in a bigger, bolder black font
to get the attention of the
reader, so they are able to
recognise what the list is for
instantly. The rest of the list
follows the colour scheme
using a small red font for the
band names.
Main Image: The large image of
Astoria is of importance and features
on the contents page because it is a
featured coverline on the front cover,
but not as of great importance as the
featured headline itself on the front
cover. The text below it anchors the
picture down, to describe why it it
there, and what page you are able to contrast and stand out on the white background,
find the artiicle about it on. There is a
white background that overlaps the
picture, and a black font on top to
contrast, they have done this instead of
using just a font on a top layer of the
image, because this wouldn’t stand out
as much and may be difficult to read.
Headline: The headline is consistent to the front cover of the
magazine, in the sense, the name of the magazine is in red on a black
background in the same font. To show it is a contents page the
headline states ‘this week’ which means it’s listing the articles on this
week, it is in bold white font on the same black background, which
dissociates itself from the NME but still follows the colour scheme, to
create a title. Contents: The contents are set out in
a list , which are divided into sections
to make it easier for the reader to find
what they would be particularly
looking for. The section headings are
black strips with a white font to
contrast, they attracts attention to the
different sections, to make navigation
for the magazine easier. They then use
a small black font on a white
background to explain what is in those
sections. This layout is very simple, to
bring ease to the reader, as well as
using simple colours and fonts, so it is
easy to read and understand.
Layout and colours: The layout of the
contents page is simple considering the
quantity of information it is holding, they
have set it mostly out in lists which are all
Banner: The banner, is promoting the magazine split into sections, all of these including
subscription, they have used a black banner to the use of the colours make it easy for the
readers to navigate around the magazine.
aswell as following the colour scheme by using white The colour scheme is consistent with the
and yellow fonts to tell us about it and how to get front cover, using the 3 main colours of
the subscription, this is important to stand out black, red, and yellow. The white
because they are trying to convince the readers to background was successful in which it is
subscribe, therefore would have to make the reader easy for the reader to concentrate on the
feel as though it is worth the subscription. text rather than a complicated
background.
Headline: They have used red as the background of the headline, Colour Scheme: The colours used follows the same colour scheme
with ‘contents’ printed in black on top of it , this will allow the adapted from the front page, following the three main colours of red,
reader to notice automatically they are looking at the contents page. black, and white, these are all typical colours of this genre of
This follows the front covers house style in the sense that red is magazine. Throughout the contents, red white and black are used in
always used as ‘Q’s’ masthead, this means that regular readers will
reverse of eachother, to maintain the artistic look to the magazine.
soon come to the conclusion and establish that red is associated
White is used for the background of this contents page, to maintain
with Q magazine.
the attraction of the mature target audience, the white also allows the
Main Image: The main image, is contents to look clear in order to make it easy for readers to quickly
the largest on the page, it is an navigate there way around the magazine.
image of Cheryl Cole, the main
feature of the magazine, which
was also the main image on the
front page , however, on this page
Other images: They have used images to
represent the featured stories of the magazine as
they have used a different photo
opposed to using writing, this allows the contents
to make it more interesting and
to seem more eye catching and appealing to the
not repetitive. She is posing in a
reader. Many of the images on the page consist
sexy manor, which follows on with
of rock bands, which relates to the genre of the
the style on the front cover, this
magazine. However, they have used images of
will reinforce the attraction of a
older artists such as, dean martin who would
male audience. Although she is
appeal to an older or slightly more mature
dressed fashionably in wet look
audience.
ripped leggings which were a
massive fashion statement at the
time aswell as looking like a Layout: The layout of this contents page is unusual compared to the ‘normal’, because it is set over two
rebellious rock image. Dressing in pages rather than only one, this will show the reader that there are many features of the magazine,
fashionable wear would attract a maybe more than others, so they have got their moneys worth of it.. The bar at the top of the page
larger audience and would set off consists of the heading contents, and the issue number which reinforces that the magazine has been
an appeal to younger women who going for a while, and is a success. The writing on the page is structured neatly around the images to
like to stay on trends. The photo represent a professional look to the reader, as the target audience for this magazine is slightly higher class
of Cheryl Cole is in black and white than the target audience of magazine such as NME and KERRANG!. Also, images of what are included in
to establish it from the others, the magazine are scattered around the page to make it look more interesting instead of a page that is full
emphasizing to the reader that of writing, the page numbers are placed in bold over the images so the reader can immediately see where
Cheryl Cole is the main feature of the stories are. The image of the magazine front cover is placed at the top of the page, an effective way of
allowing the reader to continuously associate themselves with what issue of the magazine they are
this issue.
reading.