The document discusses the design elements of a music magazine's contents page. It notes that the masthead is prominently displayed and helps brand the publication. The band index uses a red background and alphabetical ordering to make bands easy to find. Puffs throughout provide information about prizes and subscription discounts. Including a short message from the editor could help make the magazine feel more personal. The date above the contents helps give context to the timeliness of the stories. The target audience is likely lower/middle class teenage males interested in rock and metal music.

1. The Masthead is also shown again in
the contents page which is easily
recognisable and shows the branding
of the company, however it’s a lost
clearer on this page since there isn’t
a main image/cover line that grabs
your attention before you see it. Also
the white and black border that is
used in the masthead’s colour
scheme helps it stand out so that the
masthead doesn’t blend into the red
background.
The band index has a red
background like the title has which
could represent that this part of the
magazine is just as important as the
main title section of the magazine.
The page references are ordered
alphabetically rather then
numerically which makes it easier for
the reader to find their favourite
bands amongst the many other
bands featured in the magazine.
Several puffs are also used in/besides
the band index. The puffs in the index
give information about prizes that
readers are able to win while the puff
towards the left of the band index gives
information on how to save 20% on
your next issue of NME.
A picture of the editor and a few
words from him could be used to
make the magazine more real.
Rather then it just being something
just put together it shows someone
who worked on the magazine and
made it all happen giving some life
to the magazine they’ve created.
The title section of the magazine
contains the masthead (Talked about
on the left) and introduces the
section of the magazine this is in
white bold text to stand out (which is
the contents page). The date is also
displayed in a much smaller font
above the word ‘contents’ to show a
rough time slot of when the stories
of these bands came out since the
magazine would try to be up to date
with their information so you would
expect to read stories about what’s
happened in the last month.
The target audience for this magazine
would probably be for teenagers
(mainly males) who are lower/middle
class. These teens may be in a gothic
or mainstream type of social
group/lifestyle and would be mainly
interested in rock/metal music.