Grab Quote: the grab quote fits in with the main dominant colour of the magazine which is ‘pink’, as the quotes has a pink outline and the size of the quote dominates half of the main picture

Barcode/date/price is in a unusual place as it isn't on the corner of the page but is nearer to the left

Serif font is used on the magazine

Masthead: the masthead is in pink, but the first word ‘smash’ is in a lighter pink, whereas the second word ‘hits’ is in a darker pink , but the words are put in together which makes it more appealing to the audience

Puffs: two puffs have been used in this magazine, the first one is right at the top and is in the shape of a circle and there has also been graphical device used, the puff has been used to get the readers attention and tell them that they have ‘ 6 new song words’

The second main image also dominates the front page, and it is shown as a normal page on top of the front cover, and we know this because the magazines main colour is pink but this images has a yellow background.

Main Image: the main image is related to the main heading of this magazine, also the image used is snazzy and eye catching as the character ‘Shayne’ is making direct eye contact with the reader and his hand is on top of his hat which is a gesture of saying hello

Front cover is very busy and no space is left out

Footer: the footer tells us more about what the magazine features without looking in the contents page & for every ‘+’ sign the colour is in yellow which is the main dominant colour on the front page

Header: the header in this magazine tells us about an event taking place on ‘Wednesday 13’, this would get the readers attention who are aware of the event and want more information on it

Masthead: the masthead is going across on the top of the page under the header, it goes well with the magazine as the letters look like they have been smashed and goes well with this ‘rock’ theme magazine, is similar to the ‘Smash Hits’ magazine as the head covers a bit of the masthead

Main image: the main image dominates the front cover, and is taken as a medium shot, you can see that the colour of the shirt is red which doesn’t have no effect with the colour of the text of the magazine, but they do go well,

Strap line: the strap line fits in with the text colour of the magazine which is yellow, also it is over dramatic with the ‘!’, on the end of the line

There are two images on the front cover, the second image is a medium shot of four people who look like they are in a band, this is effective to the audience because they will know that the kerrang magazine would also feature an article on another ‘rock band’

Barcode is in its usual place

Masthead: the mast head in this magazine is smaller than the others, but it is still bold, and the colour is red which is also the dominant colour on the magazine

There are 5 extra images used with the main image, with anchors to describe to the audience the other musicians the magazine will feature

Footer: the footer here tells us more what the magazine will feature, just like the kerrang magazine. It uses / signs whereas kerrang used + signs

Header: the header here tells the reader that this magazine is a ‘special’ issue which will attract the audience to the magazine

Puff: a puff has been used, similarly to the smash hits magazine , the colour of the puff is red which is the main colour theme of the

magazine, the white writing is bold and will attract the reader, there is also another puff next to the barcode but this one is slightly different and graphical techniques have been used to make it glow out

Cover line: the cover line in this magazine can be m

Main image: the main image dominates the front cover like the other front covers, but this shot was taken live at a event, whereas the celebrity's shots on kerrang and smash hit were taken at a professional studio

Logo: the magazine logo is also show on the contents page

Title: the word ‘content’ is also featured on the

magazine to tell the audience that the magazine features are all on this page.

Majority of the contents page is covered with pictures, this is done to focus the audiences attention on the picture so they know there will be an article related to the picture

Puffs: puffs are used in the contents page to get the readers attention, as three of the puffs say ‘win’ on it and it will get the audiences attention as they will believe this magazine offers more than I needed

Layout: the layout of the contents page is similar to most contents page, it has a ‘ index’ to tell the audience what the magazine features, then on the left hand side of the ‘index’ it has a section with a Grab quote in it to get the readers attention and on the right hand side it is covered with images and cover lines.

Issue and date: the contents page doesn’t have the issue or date on it, but this is hardly recognizable to the reader as the contents page has used all of its space

Title: the contents page has the title on the bottom of the magazine which is a unusual place to put it whereas the other contents pages have there title at the top, this doesn’t make the contents page stand out to the audience

Headline: the magazines headline has used three different fonts and colours, which make it appealing to the audience

Colour: the main dominant colour of the contents page is similar to its front cover page as they are both pink

Overall contents page is effective as the index column has ‘ Pink’ headings to make it easier to understand

Images: the main image doesn’t refer to the front cover of the magazine, as the main image here is ‘west life’ and on the front cover it is ‘Shayne’, this is effective to the audience because if the audience don’t like the main article about ‘Shayne’ they could look at the contents page to see who else might be on there that they would like to hear about

Logo: the logo isn't that vibrant compared to the one on the ‘NME’ magazine also the logo is on the right hand side whereas it is on the left hand side for the ‘NME’ magazine

There has been smash graphical element used on the title of the ‘contents’,

Logo: a logo hasn’t been used on the contents page, whereas the other contents pages have used a logo to make there contents page more lively, however the contents page doesn’t have any free space

Index: the index is not in a straight line compared to the other content pages, the index on this page stretches from the left to the right and doesn’t go all the way down

Issue and Date: the issue and date is used on the top page similar to the NME contents page, and is put in a appropriate place

Images: the main image is also used as the background of the contents page, and alongside this four other images have been used on the top of the contents page

Headlines: the headline has a similar smash graphical element used on it

Overall the contents page isn't that effective compared to the other content pages, as the layout of the index page isn't that effectual , and overall the contents page looks dark and not vibrant

Image: the double spread also has a dominant picture covering the pages, and also has 9 extra small pictures along side with it, the double page spread should have more text in it and less pictures

Text: there is only small amount of text used on the double page spread as it is dominated mostly by pictures, this isn't that effective as the audience will want more text to know what the pictures are doing

Anchor: there is also anchor used with the images to explain the images better, this is effective as images are not just given out but also interpreted

Logo: the logo is also used on the double page spread, most double pages spread wont use the logo but ‘smash hits’ has used the logo to keep on advertising there logo onto the magazine

Title Anchor: the title anchor used on the main images is effective and gets the audiences attention, as the magazine shares a day trip with the boy band and this will get the readers attention as it is a sneak peak in the boy bands day out

Over all: overall the double page spread is effective, However it has used too many images as other double spread pages on magazines just have one of the side with a image and the rest with text.

The double page spread is very busy and no free space is left on it, it has reviews on music DVDs associated with rock, a lot of text has been used on the double page spread and a right amount of images for the audiences like

Images: The main image is taken at a rock concert, it is placed on the top of the left hand page and doesn’t cover up the whole magazine, the second image is slightly smaller and placed on the right hand side of the page this rock band are posing for the picture and are making eye contact with reader, the third image is smaller and placed at the bottom of the page near the middle, this image is similar to the Main image as it is taken in a rock concert which is effective to audience as they want to see who were performing live and where?

Date: the date has also been used on the double page spread but is hardly visible, the magazine has put the date on the bottom so if the audience wants to see when the magazine was published they would be able to find out without going back to the front cover of the

magazine

Sub Heading: a sub heading has been used for every review the magazine is doing, the sub heading is Bold & Black which gets to the reader so they know what each review will be about without reading the whole review

Just by looking at the double page spread you can tell that this magazine is associated for audiences who are in the ‘Rock’ genre

Title: Two titles have been used on the double page spread, both are bold, white and at a large size font, this is effective as it gets the audiences attention on the main article reviews

Image: one main image has been used on the double page spread, it is covering most of the left hand side, this is effective as magazine producers can put all there text on the right hand side and have the image associated with it to the left hand side. The artist on the main image is also making direct eye contact with the audience and the picture is taken like he is holding the camera, which will lure the reader in

Colour: the dominant colour on this magazine is red, just like the logo of the magazine is red ‘NME’ have chosen to keep the primary colour onto the double page spread

Drop Cap: the drop cap of the ‘A’ has been used, and the colour of it is red which is effective as it gets the audiences attention onto the main article straight away

Main Title: the main title is bold and has been used with two types of colours black & red, this is effective as it gets attention of the audience and catchy with the word ‘importance’ connotation that the article will be important

Two secondary images have also been used, one has been used next to the text with a grab quote but is fairly small, this gets the readers attention as they will look at the picture then read the grab quote.