The Kerrang magazine contents page uses a black and yellow color scheme to stand out and reference the rock genre. The main image features guitarist Slash dressed in typical rock attire. Subheadings like "This Week" list the issue's contents alongside the repeated Kerrang masthead logo written in distorted text for a rock-inspired theme. Smaller images and an article from the deputy editor aim to make the magazine more informal and personal. Columns, subheadings, and an advertisement for subscriptions help structure and organize the issue's content following music magazine conventions.
1. The first thing to note on the top of the page is the title
“contents” a feature of all contents pages and also the issue
number and date making the page more structured and
organised.
Here wee se the contents page for Kerrang magazine, we can
see that Kerrang have chosen to use a black and yellow colour
scheme on the contents page and these are the predominant
two colours that feature throughout making the page stand
out and also the black gives us connotations of the rock genre
and the heavy metal music scene.
Over on the left hand side we see the main image for the
contents page and this is an image of slash, the image is the
main focus point on the page and the way that he is dressed is
again associate with the rock genre.
Similarly as in NME’s contents page we see the sub heading
‘this week’ giving a listing of the issues content. We also see
the reoccurrence of the Kerrang masthead to add extra design
and as well as that we see how all of the titles on the page are
written in the distorted text that is used on the masthead
giving it rock association and adding a extra theme to the texts
used in the contents page.
Kerrang also use smaller images through their contents page
other than the main image that relate to the other articles
featured in the issue. We also see a picture of the deputy
editor and a little piece from him making it a more informal
magazine and makes it more personal having a article from
the editor.
Another important trait in this contents page is how again we
see the use of columns to structure the issues content and to
help the readers see what will be featured as well as this we
see the employment of subheading to keep the contents more
organised and finally the advertisement in the bottom right
encouraging subscriptions is another convention of music
magazines.