Contents Page Signs and Signifiers.

1. Contents Page Analysis.
Poppy Thompson

2. Blender Contents Page
This contents page is very simple with very little text on it
and hugely focused on the main picture in the middle. The
picture is of the massive pop star “Katy Perry” she is known
for her bubble-gum pop style yet sophisticated music taste
and the magazine definitely shows her bubble-gum pop
look in this picture making her the main object on the
contents page as through her bright coloured outfit on the
pale grey background and the size of the picture.
This will appeal to her fans as they are used to her style
and music whereas the oppositional readers will see her as
“twee” and over the top which can be seen as over-baring
and weird.

3. Continued…
The magazine has very little writing on it that could be seen
as a positive thing to some readers as it is easy and simple
for them to navigate the magazine and see in one go what
it contains. However the oppositional reading could be that
the readers of that particular magazine are juvenile
because the whole page is just pictures and not much
writing.
The bold writing that says “Contents” presents the
magazine as bold and confident and with Katy Perry as the
main feature is shows their “whacky” side and that they
aren’t afraid to be different, however this could put some
people off reading the magazine such as those who are
“mainstreamers” because they will want more to be the
same as those around them.

4. In Conclusion…
This magazine uses its layout,
font and typography to attract
its target audience it uses
iconic, indexical, and symbolic
symbols, to create an informal
and relaxed effect on the
reader, also to make the
content page very simple
because the target audience of
this magazine will not be
interested in large amounts of
text but more in short pieces of
text and large amounts of
pictures.

5. Contents Page Analysis.
Poppy Thompson

6. Billboard Contents Page
This contents page is completely different to the Blender
one, it has more text and more images on it and there is a
much larger variation of colour and theme on it.
The girl in the picture is not someone that many people will
know straight off, neither are the rest of the pictures really
but they are still the main picture regardless of this. The
fact that Billboard have not just used big names as their
main attractions to achieve more readers says a lot about
their brand, it shows how established they already are
compared to Blender and that they are willing to try and
showcase new artists and their music.

7. This contents page has a lot information on it which will be
seen too those who take the preferred reading as a good
thing as the magazine is giving them what seems to be a
lot of information.
The chart on the left hand side of the page makes the
magazine seem reliable because it is an official chart and
therefore the readers will trust it and trust the rest of the
magazine. It also makes the magazine look a lot more
established, professional and trust worthy, because of the
amount of knowledge they seem to have in the topic and
genre of music that their magazine is about.
Continued…

8. In Conclusion…
This magazine instantly
offers its readers a large
amount of information in its
first page, it also uses its
layout, colour scheme and
typography to create a formal
and intense look and feel to
the magazine. I also think
that the target audience of
this magazine are very
particular and very interested
in the content inside the
magazine rather than just
flicking through it.

9. Both of these magazines are completely different, one is
very minimalistic both in the ways of text and imagery to
attract their audience and the other completely fills the
page and uses various pictures to attract their audience by
offering them buckets of knowledge. This is probably
because the two magazines are trying to create different
effects on their audiences Blender is trying to create a
careless and relaxed vibe and Billboard is aiming more for
the audience to learn something through reading their
magazine.
A Comparison…