1. Thiscontentspage containsmanytypical
conventionsof othermusicmagazine contence
pages.For example ithasacolumnof all the
relevantpagesandstorieswithsmall simple
sentencesunderthemtodraw inthe readereven
more than the coverwill.Italsocontainsa picture of
the maincover storywiththe biggestpage number
nextto itto helpemphasisethatitisthe most
importantpart of the musicmagazine.
The coloursthat’re usedin thiscontentspage are
verydull andmutedand thenthe redcolours
juxtapose greatlywiththissothattheystandoutto
the readerand so that itdoesn’tall justblur
togetherandbecome toodull. Simarlyinthe other
contentspage the coloursare verydull andsimplistic
withthe onlycolourbeingonthe artist andthe title
of the page whichisthe Contentsthisdraws
attentiontoitbecause itis the biggestwritingonthe
page and because itcontrastswiththe dull back and
greybackground.
In bothof myexamplesof contentspagesthe
writinghasbeenputintocolumns,withthe bigger
writingfollowedbyasmallertextunderneath (likea
small blurbtohelpthe readerout).Thismakesitseemverysimplisticsothatit doesn’tholdthe
attentionof the readerforlongso that theycan continue throughthe magazine andonlyreturnto
the page whentheyneedaspecificpage number.Howevermanyinmanyothermagazines(and
slightl inQ) the contentsissplitupintoInterviews,reviewsandnew aspectsof the magazine,these
magazineshave more onthis contents page andperhapswant people to lookatthemlonger.
There are notmany imagesusedonthe contentspage because the mainfocusison the page
numbersandtext.The imagesthat’re usedare normallythe maincoverimage andmaybe a second
or thirdimage that isone of the lesspopularstoriesbutare alsoimportant.
The overall the effectof the twoexamplesof contentspagesthatIhave chosenbothhave a very
edgylookto themthey’re alsoverysophisticated.Thiswillhelptheyappealtotheirtargetaudiences
and allowthemtomaximise theirsales.