The document analyzes the layout and design of contents pages from two music magazines. It discusses features like placement of the magazine title, date, artist listings with page numbers, images, and advertisements. Overall, the contents pages are designed to clearly guide readers to find articles of interest and entice subscriptions through prominent display of upcoming content.

1. Analysis of 3 music magazine contents pages you must
analyse the Nme contents and then choose any other 2
contents you like )

2. Analysis of magazine Contents pages
Contents 1.NME Sept 2009
Dizzee Rascal Edition
Band index Contents title
Page numbers
Images
Columns
Advertisements

3. Contents page NME (SEPT 2009) ANALYSIS
NME MASTHEAD SAME
COLOUR CODE AS FRONT
TO SHOW THEIR BANNER
PROFESSIONALISM AT TOP
Main image has been
purposely taken like DATE
that as its showing a
rockstar looking
women in front of a
SUB HEADING
tour bus BLOCKED OUT
Bands are listed in INTO BLACK
red with page SUB SECTIONS
number in black
BRIEF HEADING
+SUMMARY OF
Image is edited so it
CONTENT WITH
looks like a
photograph. This is PAGE NUMBER IN
appropriate RED
because it links in
with the text
beneath it. So this PREVIOUS/FUTURE
could look like a EDITIONS OF NME ARE
sort of blog, an SHOWN WITH DETAILS
update of what the OF WEBSITE/PHONE
popstar has been NUMBER ETC SO THEIR
up to recently AUDIENCE CAN BE THE
FIRST TO KNOW AND
Editiors introduction to contents of magazine NOT HAVE TO WAIT

4. ANALYSIS OF LAYOUT/DESIGN FEATURES OF
CONTENTS PAGE
MASTHEAD AND WORD CONTENTS –
BOLD AT TOP WITH DATE/ISSUE
NUMBER
BANDS LISTED WITH PAGE REFERENCES
SUB-
Image HEADING OF
WHAT WILL
BE IN THE
MAGAZINE
A QUICK SHORT
RECAP OF WHAT
AN ARTIST HAS
BEEN UP TO
LATELY, MAYBE
ANNOUCING TOUR
DATES OR
TALKING ABOUT ADVERTISMENTS TO
THEIR TOUR PERSUADE THE
READER TO
SUBSCRIBE AND GET
ALL THEIR LATEST
MAGAZINES

5. ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS PAGE 1
(Title/date of magazine analysed)
The title on the content page is placed right at the top
dominating the row, so that it is clear for their targeted
audience to see. Its in red because its representing the
color scheme as red is used thought the magazine
especially on the front cover
The date is just underneath the title, which you can clearly
see contrasting with a black box. This is important
because the audience will be expecting an update on
their favorite artist

6. ANALYSIS OF LAYOUT
CONTENTS PAGE 1
• The layout of the contents page is very clear as you
straightway know what where things are placed as its
displayed very professionally and isn’t messy.
• At the top the title dominates that whole row which is
important as it’s the name of the magazine and also to
know that this is the content page. On the left is a list of
artists that appeal to the genre and to the audience, the
middle section is of an artist that discusses what she’s
been up to lately and on the right side is what will be
included in the magazine, what articles will be featured.

7. ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS PAGE 2
This contents page
features a light red
(Title/date of magazine analysed
back round with a large The title of
'v' positioned directly magazine
above the main image.
Date
The letter V is
designed to stand out The word contents is broken up
more than the other which enables it to take up a
writing as the letter V bigger proportion of the
stands for vibe which is magazine to draw the readers
the name of the attention to the fact that it is a
magazine contents page.
The content of what will Main image in the middle but near
be featured in the the bottom of the page of a male hip
magazine, the font hop artist which links in with the
style is different to the theme
style of the “contents”
this is more girly, which
could suggest its
aimed for both genders
and not just men The
contents page shows
six features of the
magazine and enables
the audience to know Page number and
what to expect in the date in the footer
magazine and what
page to expect it on.

8. Analysis of layout contents page 2
Name of
magazine/
date
Contents title
What will be included in the magazine
Main image
Date and the publisher