1. Contents page analysis- Ciara ‘Vibe’ continued:
The background is continued from the front cover as the black grey and white colour schemes
merges into one. The use of little props or other images allows the central focus to be that of
the image and contents list.
The main image is of Ciara as she poses laying down in heels and a body suit revealing her
legs which continues the mood that this issue will reveal information untold. The position of
Ciara has her main body against the white and light grey section of the background highlights
her and puts her at the attention of the audience. Highlighting Ciara shows the audience the
importance of her in this issue as she is clearly the main selling point of this issue.
The body suit worn by Ciara is grey fitted with a nude belt. It is often an image of large
writing of the editor which is in place, however ‘Vibe’ doesn’t enforce this typical feature
and so we are feeling ‘Vibe’ doesn’t stick to all conventions of a music magazine and that it
truly is a magazine all about the artists music and they speak for themselves.
The layout is very basic and allows all the contents features to be clear and visible. The title’
CONTENTS’ is bold and ‘in your face’. As a conventional feature the audience are made
aware of the information found on this page and can navigate through the magazine easily.
The layout of this with the words ‘CONTENTS’ broken up into three lines adds an edge to
the page and is consistent with the sleek style of ‘Vibe’ magazine.
The contents list is very basic and straight to the point with little use of subheadings the
contents are separated into two categories. This makes the magazine easy to navigate around
and avoids any complications when reading the features found in the magazine. The two
subheadings are followed by a small list of to which have page numbers as to which have a
small caption of information about that specific article. This gives the audience a list as to
what can be found on that given page and so the use of highlighted keywords helps highlight
who, what and where the certain parts of the text can be found.
The keywords highlighted in bold is a feature greatly used in magazines because the
audiences eyes will be attracted to the bold text and so they will have an idea as to what and
who the articles will be about and so audiences looking for specific information will avoid
them having to read the whole text.