This is a music magazine contents page analysis

1. George Pierce

2. The layout for this “KERRANG”
contents page is quite basic. For
each of the pictures used very little
text is used and only give a very brief
statement on that particular article so
then the readers are forced to flick
through the pages and may even find
some more interesting things that will
make them want to buy the
magazine. The layout of the page
numbers goes against the common
codes and conventions as in the
majority of the time the page numbers
are placed on the left, but in this one
they have been placed on the right;
which also shows how slightly
rebellious Kerrang is. The images
used take up the majority of the
space on this page, the reason for
this is, is people prefer to look at
images than read large chunks of
text; especially if they just to have a
little read of something they like and
want to realx.
The colour scheme is very basic, it mainly
consists of a very light blue background and
black and yellow; the colour yellow is used to
highlight certain articles that hold some
importance or are exclusive; this makes them
stick out so the reader can easily see which
ones they would want to read about.

3. The layout of this “MOJO” contents
page does not follow the common
codes and conventions as the
magazines name is at the top instead
of a “CONTENTS PAGE”. Having this
in bald will attract the readers eye to
it; also underneath the title there is a
small list of cities in which some of
the music from this issues come from.
The main image stands out the most
as it is the biggest notable thing on
the page , it stands to the right of the
page and stretches all most the entire
length of the page; the way in which
he is displayed (being so noticeable)
it hints to the reader that he is going
to be one of the main stories of that
issue of the magazine.
The colour scheme to the contents page is quite basic
and only mainly consists of the light blue background
and black and orange for the text. The orange to make
the page numbers and some of the more important
words to stand out; so the reader will easily be able to
pick up on them and continue through the magazine.
The colour used for the image is in direct contraction to
the light blue (or) faded green; making it much more
eye catching to the reader.

4. The layout is very basic and consists
of the usual image to the right which
takes up the majority of the contents
page’s page. The image shows the
reader who is going to be the main
focus of this particular issue of Q
magazine. The main articles are
placed on the left hand side and also
give a brief description of what that
particular story is about so the
reader can decide if they want to
continue on to that page.
The colour scheme is fairly basic and
only consists of white and black and red
for the text as well as for the borders.
The “Q” is in the same place as it was
on the front cover but this time its red
background stretches across the entire
width of the page, the red makes it
almost instantly eye catching in
comparison of the white back ground.

5. The name of the magazine is at the top of
the page as well as “THIS WEEK” which is
very different to the traditional codes and
conventions, where it would normally say
Contents page. It’s appearance resembles
that of a tabloid news paper; the main story
in the centre further shows this by looking
like an article from a news paper, especially
with its bald tag line. The page numbers
also are not really following the common
codes and conventions as they are on the
right side of the titles for the pages, instead
of the traditional left. Also the way they are
set out is actually hard to see and shows
that these are really not the important
stories that need to be seen; this makes
the main story they are trying to show that
much more appealing to the audience and
might get them to buy the magazine.
The colour scheme for this issue of NME is
basic and the only main colours are the
white fro the background and the black and
red for the text; the red being used to
highlight the separates stories as well as a
few of the key words; so then it would stand
out to the reader and make it slightly more
noticeable.