This document analyzes the contents pages of three different music magazines. It discusses how each magazine uses color, language, images, and layout to attract readers. The first magazine uses red, black, and white colors along with a yellow subscription box. It features a rock-style image of a guitarist. The second magazine also uses red, black, and white but has a brighter look with a large central image of a band. The third magazine has a minimal black and white color scheme but draws attention with a sensual central image of a scantily-clad woman lying across the page.

1. Contents Page Analysis of other
music magazines.

2. Editorial Pillars:
Editorial Pillars show
you all the different
sections of the
magazines.
These are good at
highlighting themes
in the magazine.
Leading text is an
important convention
in contents pages.
This is because it
highlights the main
stories in the article.
This magazine does
not have an editors
note on the
contents page.
The main colour
scheme is
Black white and
red with a touch of
yellow.
The use of the yellow
writing on top of the
black box is effective
at highlighting to the
readers that they can
subscribe to the
magazine.
The main image in
the magazine is at
the centre of the
contents page.
This draws the
attention of the
reader straight to
the image and also
highlights at some
of the articles in
the magazine.
Issue date and number:
This highlights when the
magazine was produced so that
readers can keep up to date.
Page numbers are on
every single article
title.
This shows which
page each article is
on.

3. 1. How is colour used?
The main three colours for this contents page are red, black and white. However, there is also a pop of yellow
in the subscription box section.
This is effective because it is automatically drawing the attention to the subscription box which is what the
magazine obviously wants the readers box.
2. What type of language is used in the contents page?
Obviously, because it is a contents page there are only going to be short sentences or snippets of articles.
There are also quotes in some of the leading text which is effective because it is giving the reader a sneak peek
as to what is in the inside of the magazine and some of the content of the articles.
3. How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the choice of images?
NME in general, is a rock magazine.
the main image used on the contents page is of a man looking as though he is singing into a microphone,
holding an electric guitar (stereotypical rock instrument) with dark features and clothes.
He is being presented to the audience/readers as mysterious but also looks as though he could be a rock singer.
The main image on the contents page links very to the theme of the article and the significant amount of black
also matches the editorial pillars and writing.

4. Page numbers are
used to highlight
which article is on
what page.
This article has two
editorial pillars
which are used to
highlight different
themes in the
magazine. In this
magazine the
editorial pillars are
‘features’ and ‘every
month’
There is a
miniature
subscription box
where it tells
readers what page
they need to go to
in order to
subscribe.
There are two images
on this contents page.
However, the main
image is the larger
photo of the four men.
The main image is used
to highlight the article
in the text box below.
The main colour scheme is
blue, red and white. The white
background makes the main
body text which is black stand
out.
Also, there is some token gold
writing.
Issue date & number:
This highlights to the readers
when the magazine comes out.
Leading text is used to show
which bit of the writing
represents the main stories.
This magazine does have a
lot of main text which
suggests that there ate a lot
of articles in the magazine.

5. 1. How is colour used?
Like the previous contents page, the main three colours for this contents page are red, black and white.
However, because the main image of this magazine also has a white background it makes the overall look of the
magazine look brighter than the other one.
Also, although not in the main colour scheme there is also some gold writing which stands out against the white
background too.
2. What type of language is used in the contents page?
On this contents page there is minimal writing.
This could mean one of two things: Firstly, there is a second contents page to this one because some magazines
choose to do that.
Or, it could also mean that seeing as the photo is so big the writing is not the main focus of this contents page
but instead the image because it is huge and takes up a significant amount of space.
3. How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the choice of images?
The artist in this picture is presented to the readers/audience in a very sexualised way.
Firstly, she is showing minimal clothing which could be perceived as enticing to potential readers.
She is posing in an extremely sensual way which could also come across very enticing. However, logistically
speaking because she is posing with her legs up and the word ‘Contents’ is placed so it looks as though she
is holding them up, I think her choice of pose is tactical.

6. Editorial pillars are
used to highlight
themes in the
magazine. This
contents page only
has two editorial
pillars.
Page numbers are
used to determine
what article is on what
page and makes
flicking through the
magazine easier for
the readers.
The main colour scheme for
this contents page is minimal.
The writing is only in white
and black. However, this is
projected extremely clearly
against the two tone
background which is going
from black to white.
It looks as though the main
image (including the
background) is of the woman
lying across the floor which
looks like she is lying across the
bottom of the page.
The image is quite sexual as she
is wearing minimal clothing and
is posing sensually. This is
effective at attracting readers
because the image is enticing
and could represent what some
of the other images in the
magazine will look like.
In this contents page in
particular there is not obvious
leading text like the other two
magazine. However, some of
the words are written in bold
which means that they are
leading text because naturally
the readers eye is going to be
drawn to them.