1. Analyzing contents pages of music magazines
NME
BAND INDEX
Highlighted in red text
so it stands out from TITLE of magazine is still identified even
the rest of the black though its not on front page. Putting ‘NME’
text. Easy to find and and ‘this week’ in bold and caps lock indicate
easy to indicate the this is the contents page. NME has followed
artist you are looking the colour scheme on this page too.
for, with a black page
number next to it.
This is all the
audience need to
. A HEADLINE is placed here and also a DROP CAPS to
locate themselves
indicate the beginning of the paragraph. Also the small
around the magazine
sample of one of the articles is included on the
contents to lure the audience to that page. The
contents looks more interesting and jam packed
Trying to make more profits by instead of it having just a simple list of pages.
ADVERTISING to go onto the
website, get more web hits and
earn more money by getting
people to subscribe to the
magazine. Suggesting how cheap
it is will also help them to do
that. This is eye-catching as it is
placed in a black box which is The pages are split into CATEGORIES. This
contrasted to the grey makes it easier for the audience to locate
background themselves to the page they are looking for.
Previews are also shown underneath each
one that make the reader want to read more
and so would make them turn the page. The
Sneak peek IMAGES categories are made to stand out by putting
for an insight of them in a black box
what is going to be
included
FLASHER to promote the ‘gig guide’ calling it the ‘UK’s number DATE so readers can keep up to
1’ is also suggesting it is unique and will persuade the readers to date with what issue is which and
turn to this page. Red arrow stands out from the rest of the what order they come in
page too.

2. Analyzing contents pages of music magazines
VIBE
TITLE evidently Quite a plain design
telling us that this compared to other
is the contents contents pages.
page. Placed on
the page in the MAIN IMAGE
corner so the Glamorous, sexualised
celebrities. Aimed at men and
image can take women. Suggesting they are
important to this magazine or
the minority of this specific issue. Could be
an article on them later on in
the page. the mag. Taking up most of
the page shows importance
and how superior they are to
us as they are standing up
and it looks as if we are
Pages again put into looking back at them looking
powerful
CATEGORIES to make
it easy for the
readers to locate the DATE at the
pages they want to bottom so readers
read can keep up to
date with what
Grey/white background issue is which and
brings out the 2 women as
they are dressed in dark Photo CAPTION and what order they
colours. They are the first
thing we see again showing name of photographer were published in
their importance

3. Analyzing contents pages of music magazines
Q
The plain white Title of
background really magazine is
brings out the repeated on
images dotted each page to
around the page. keep its
identity
List of page numbers to throughout
indicate where to find
each topic. Images
match up with the pages Instead of a date we
to tell us who they are have the season and
and that they are the
most important. the year, perhaps
suggesting the
The review is like a
magazine only gets
contents list but
more summarised. published monthly
This gives the rather than weekly.
readers a more This also helps the
clear idea of where readers to keep
to go. The more updated with which
important issue comes first ect.
articles/pages are
shown at the top by
the images, and the
less important are
shown at the
bottom under the
review