The document summarizes an image on a magazine contents page. The main image shows a musician concentrating on his music rather than the camera, indicating the genre is street/music. It was taken as a long shot to emphasize the environment and was inspired by an issue of Kerrang magazine pictured left. The contents page layout uses white text on a black background to draw attention to artists, and was inspired by Q magazine's masthead style.

1. The main image of Seger Cole
not looking straight ahead gives
the impression that he is
Contents Page The masthead on the contents
page is similar to Q’s
magazine. I chose this style
concentrating on his music and because the ‘CONTENTS’ is
not the camera. The image also the superior idea of the page
gives a clear indication of what rather than the name of the
type of genre the magazine is by magazine.
the guitar and the background
giving it a street look. The image
was taken with as a long shot to
stress the environment and
scene. This was inspired
Kerrangs issue pictured left.
The use of columns breaks up
the stories and layout. This can
be seen in the image on the
This layout provided the main left hand side. I also put the
inspiration for my contents page. page numbers of where each
All of the artist’s name on the contents article could be found in bold
page are in white. This is so when a red to make it stand out for
customer opens the contents page easy access. The positioning
their eyes will immediately be drawn to of the page numbers was
the artists who are included. This inspired by an issue of Kerrang
feature is unique as I haven’t seen it in as it’s simple and effective
other magazines. The white breaks up As some of the stories have images, this gives the without making the page
the excessive use of black font. reader a taster of what is include and will also persuade appear busy or cluttered.
them to read on.