My analysis of NME contents page, talking about the codes and conventions and why they have been used

1. The masthead ‘NME’ has been shown again,which brands the product; it
will berecognisabledue to the repetitive use of the masthead and make
the magazine more well known if you see iton more than the front
cover. As with the front cover, the masthead has determined the colour
them meaning that it is the same red, white and black.This keeps a
theme of consistency runningthrough the magazine
The main heading ‘Contents’ is written in capital
letters and coloured in white. This combined with
the black strip acrossthetop makes the heading
stand out even more. This should be the caseas the
contents page would be easily recognisablefor
people. Then they can look for their certain articles.
The date shows when this
issueof NME came out. It is
written under heading
‘Contents’ becauseit will
catch the corner of your eye
as itis very closeto the main
heading
The main image consists of
a lady leaningon a coach.
This image anchors towards
the text ‘Touring Special’
due to the coach (That is
presumably for tours) and
‘Touring Special) is written
larger than most of the text
on the page, except for the
masthead. One convention
that is key to making
images look professional on
a contents page is that they
have a border/ stroke. This
image has that, therefore it
makes it stand out on the
page and look very neat.
Overall the image makes
the page more diverse
because if itwas not there
then the contents would be
filled with text, makingit
uninteresting for the target
audience.
The editor’s letter pretty
much explains the contents
of the magazine but in a
more conversational way.
They are not small bullet
points but sentences giving
away more information
than usual.This bigcolumn
also breaks up the
information and makes
how you read the magazine
more diverse; you can read
shortbullet points but also
longer sentences.
These few lines is a summary
of the content/ articlewhich
the page number is referring
to. This shortsentence is
almostlikea teaser to the
overall article.There arealso
page numbers to the left side
of each articlemeaningthat it
is easier for the audienceto
find the page if they are
interested in that certain
story.
The layoutof the magazine is very professional dueto the ruleof thirds and columns.The use of the
3 columns means that the page is divided into 3 longsections separatingthe brand index from the
main image/ editor’s letter and separatingthe contents from the main image/ editor’s letter. Rule of
thirds also does the same.
These two sub-headings
‘News’ and ‘Reviews’ divide
up certain articles into sub-
genres. Therefore itis easy
for the audienceto look for a
certain topic they are
interested in and it divides
this sideof the page; this
makes the layoutand
composition very appealing