This contents page from NME magazine features a blurry picture of the band Kasabian performing live in a church. Below the picture is a short paragraph describing the concert scene. The contents page displays the magazine's logo in red and white text at the top. It uses a limited color palette of red, white, and black. At the bottom left, there is a promotional offer encouraging readers to subscribe to NME by phone or website, with key details highlighted in white.

1. Contents page analysis
By Nishat Aziz.

3. • This is a contents page from ‘NME’ magazine.
Pictures in the main image is British band
‘Kasabian’. The picture is of Kasabian
performing live in a church. Because they are
performing and it is dark the picture is fairly
unclear as to exactly what is happening. The
picture is taken in the crowd of this concert.
We know this from how the bottom third is
the heads of people in crowd watching the
concert. By doing this, it makes the reader feel
more involved in what is going on.

4. The title of the contents page is displayed at the
top of the page. In the title the text for ‘NME’ is
red with a white trim, this is the magazine logo.
This helps create a brand identity for NME. The
rest of the title which reads ‘This week’ is
displayed in white, bold text with a black, square
outlining which is re-used on the rest of the
page.

5. The small article below the main image is very
much something that is not usually used on
other contents pages. It is a short paragraph
describing what is happening in the picture. To
start the article there is a large capital letter for
the ‘M’ which is much larger than the rest of the
text. The whole article is displayed in a plain,
black font.

6. The colour pallet which is used on this contents
page consists of three main colours, red, white
and black. The black text stands out against the
white background as does the red text.

7. In the bottom left hand corner, they have included a
promotional deal which informs people to
subscribe to NME. They would advertise it because
although it may initially cost them, in the long run
they will make up for the money as more people
subscribe. In the text they have included details of
how to subscribe, such as a phone number and
website. The text is displayed in yellow while the
key words of how you sign up are highlighted in
white making it stand out more.