1. The document analyzes the contents pages of two music magazines, NME from September 2009 and Q Magazine from October 2008. 2. For both magazines, the contents pages use consistent colors, fonts, and layouts that match the overall branding and style of the magazines to help readers easily navigate to sections of interest. Key information like dates, page numbers, and images with captions preview the featured articles. 3. The NME contents page highlights a Dizzee Rascal cover story with images of the artist and editor. Sections are grouped by color-coded artist indexes and introductions. The Q Magazine contents focuses on an Oasis special feature separated in its own box for emphasis.

1. Analysis of 2 music magazine contents
pages

2. Analysis of magazine Contents pages
Contents 1.NME Sept 2009
Dizzee Rascal Edition

3. NME Masthead
Contents page NME (SEPT 2009) ANALYSIS
Same colour and font as Banner at the top
front cover, running house
theme so you can recognise To direct you to the contents page,
it same font as the other headings
Main image Date
Image of the editor, linked To locate when the magazine was
throughout the rest of the from, same font as other headings
magazine as it is a tour
special and there’s a tour Sub heading blocked out
bus into black sub sections
Band Index
To make it easier to locate but
Using colours of the also tells you want the main
magazine (black and features of the magazine are
red) makes the band
names stand out Brief heading and summary of
content with page numbers in
Image made to
red
look like a photo
Page numbers stand out in red and
Looks distressed and the headings gives you a brief
vintage to fit in with overview about what’s in the
the not clean cut feel magazine and what’s it about
of the magazine
Editors introduction to contents of Previous/future editions of
magazine NME
Introduce you into the magazine and page
Box for text Has details about how to get
numbers so you can go straight to the parts you In the style of luggage for music previous issues and how to
wants to read equipment, the Mise-en-scene fits in subscribe (advertising) yellow font
with the touring special theme to stand out from the rest

4. Analysis of magazine Contents pages
Contents 2. Q magazine – October 2008

5. ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS PAGE 2
Q Masthead
Same contents and colours as (Title/date of magazine analysed) Date/issue
the rest of the magazine, number/website
running house theme. Bold Vital information for the
and stands out at the top magazine, website so you
can contact the magazine
Subheadings Main image
Bigger headings and smaller Takes up 2/3 of the
font for summary underneath. magazine, bold and image is
Page numbers in red so they anchored with the name of
stand out and you can locate the band and quote, even a
the features. Same font as the page number to find the
rest of the magazine feature in the magazine
Running colour theme
Oasis Special There is a running colour
Header and page numbers in
theme throughout the
gold to give it a superior part of
magazine and on the front
the magazine and make it stand
cover (black, red and white)
out from the rest. In it’s own
this brings the magazine
separate box as well to separate
together so you can recognise
it from the other features.
it, also looks professional
‘Every month’ Q Review
For regular readers to find Separate box with different
things that they know will be page numbers, again so its easy
there every month. At the to locate features you want to
bottom and separate from look at, another image
everything else so it’s very anchored with text to tell you
easy to locate who the man is.