Analysis of contents page of a music magazine

Rock/Indie magazine

The title of the contents page:In this contents page the title has the name of the magazine and with the added title for the contents page “this week”. The font is similar to the masthead of the magazine. The size of the title is as big as the masthead to illustrate the importance of the contents page. Moreover, the title of the contents page is placed at the top of the page to highlight to the audience what type of page it is.

Subscriptions: The subscriptions are placed at the bottom, for this magazine it is at the left hand side. The subscription is where the audience can subscribe to the magazine and give feedback plus have contact with the magazine company. NME offers this to attract and enhance the popularity as the viewers have a feeling that they can ask the magazine and feel part of the magazine with being able to have response from the magazine.

Index:In this magazine the index is shown to the right hand side, with the page numbers and little information about each article that is presented in the magazine. The index features from news to live features.

Pug:The pug on this contents page of NME is at the right hand side near the index. These arrows help direct to the audience where the articles are and attracts the viewers to read about them. It also refers to one of the most exciting text for the audience to know.

Main picture:The image that is in the middle of the contents page dominates the text. The picture is a medium shot or a long shot. For this magazine you can see that the image is a medium shot. The shot is a picture of a artist or band that is linked to the genre of music.

Page numbers:These page numbers on placed with the index, they are a different colour to the rest of the stories. The page numbers are there to inform the audience what page the particular article they are interested in.

The extra text that links to the title above that refers to the image. This text is in a easy font for the readers to view. The size of the text is smaller from the title above to show the difference.

Colour scheme: The colour scheme links with genre of music and the front cover magazine. The colours are red, white, black and yellow. These all make a connection to the target audience