Analysis of Drummer magazines contents page

1. Drummer Magazine
Content Page Analysis

2. Images
• The images that cover most of the contents page
don’t provide much information on what the
corresponding article is about this suggest the
magazines target audience would be a more hard
core music fan, the magazine expect the reader to
know who the musicians are.
• However under the features section the articles
related to the images are given a brief
introduction.

3. Text
• Again the magazine expects the
audience to know who the artist are in
the majority of articles in the featured
section. Shown on the right is an
example of how the magazine reaches
out to its audience. In the description
names are used rather than using
pronouns, artists names are used
‘Dave Lombardo’ ‘Billy Cobham’ this
names would only appeal to a
particular audience.

4. Fonts
• The font used for the drummer text
stands out because it looks like the
headline from a newspaper it also works
in the same way in that it grabs your
attention and makes you want to read
the rest of the page.
• The smaller fonts are all rounded this is
so the text is easy to read although these
fonts are similar you can differentiate
between them because of the different
thicknesses. This also helps to create
sections the thicker fonts are used for
titles and subtitles whereas the smaller
text is used for more descriptive
purposes.

5. Layout
• The contents page looks busy but with images rather than text. The
text follows typical conventions by being in the left third which makes
the page have a more organised layout. All the images are in line with
columns however the images still give the page a scrapbook look, this
is because of the rounded corners and the canted image of the
drums. This makes the rest of the images on the page look slightly
canted.

6. Colours
• The colour scheme works well as the red, white and black all contrast
each other so there is no areas of the page that aren’t clearly visible
because of the choice of colour. I think this colour scheme would
work well in my magazine and I will look to use it in the final draft of
my magazine. The red and the black also add to the identity of the
magazine. The colours red and black bring forward the connotation of
rock and the clothes associated with that music genre. Drums are also
associated with this music genre so it makes sense to use these
colours as it will attract the people who associate themselves with
that genre.