The document analyzes the contents page of the Clash magazine. It notes that the page lacks color, unlike most music magazines, giving it a sophisticated but relaxed look aimed at an older audience. The layout is divided into clear sections about features, regulars, covers, and fashion, making the content easy to navigate. Images are small compared to other music magazines, suggesting Clash readers prioritize information over visuals. The font uses three styles for titles, headlines, and body text, with headlines highlighting artists to draw readers to those sections. In contrast to most music magazines, Clash has only small cover images rather than a large featured image, further indicating its audience values information over visuals.

1. Colours
Again on the contents page the only colours seen are black white and then the colours
featured on the images. This makes the contents page look very formal and different to other
music magazines, which normally feature at least one bold colour to make key ideas stand
out. With the lack of colour the page almost looks like a newspaper which maybe suggesting
the magazine is aimed at an older target audience of maybe 35+. But also the lack of colour
makes the page fairly easy to navigate as there isn’t any loud and bold colours that stand out
too much making the page seem to packed. The lack of colour makes the page look very
relaxed and sophisticated which maybe what their target audience are like and their lifestyle
is very chilled out.
Layout
The layout of this
page is in four
distinct sections
that include
relevant
information about
the magazine
including:
Features,
Regulars, Covers
and fashion. This
makes it very
easy for the
reader to know
what page
numbers are
relevant to what
subject within the
issue. The only
images included
on the page are at
the top left of the
page and are
fairly small to
what is normally
seen on the
contents page of a
conventional
music magazine
such as Q. The
small images
mean that the
readers of Clash
magazine are only
interested in the
information that
is included within
the magazine and
don’t care about
the graphical
images shown.
Also Clash doesn’t
seem it important
to important
images on a
contents page as
its just about
showing the
readers what is
included in the
issue and that’s
all the audience
want to know and
find out on this
specific page.
Font
There are three
different font
styles using
within the
whole of the
page. This
makes it not to
diverse and
keeps it
simplistic for
the readers to
read and
navigate the
page. The three
different fonts
are used for the
title of the page
‘Contents’, the
headlines such
as ‘Features’
and the main
body of text.
Also the same
font that is used
in the headlines
is used to
highlight key
words within
the body of text.
This makes
these parts
stand out to the
reader because
they are more
bold. The things
highlighted are
mostly artists
because then
they will see
artists they like
and want to
read about
making them
read the content
about them in
the issue.
Images
Within a normal contents page of a music magazine there is normally a
large main image consisting of either a singular artist or a band. This
image is normally the largest feature of the page in a conventional music
magazine. But in this magazines contents page there are only two small
images of their past issues front covers. This goes against conventions of a
normal indie/alternative music magazine suggesting clash are aiming its
magazines at a completely different target audience, maybe people who
are more interested in information about music rather than the images as
it isn’t a big deal for them.