The document analyzes the table of contents layout of Rolling Stone magazine. It notes that the layout is simple and clearly defines the features, departments, and content. Large photos on the left accompany descriptive text on the right. The photo of Steve Jobs in a text box signifies his importance as the cover story. The photos also represent the mise-en-scene of the articles' subjects. Finally, the document discusses adopting a consistent color scheme, like Rolling Stone's black, white, and red, for the new music magazine, using blue instead of red to suit its R&B genre focus.

1. Table of Content Analysis
By Saba Kebede

2. Layout
This is the table of content of a Rolling
Stone magazine. The layout is simple and
easy to read in which I would like to
portray in my magazine. It clearly defines
the features and the departments and
what the magazine entails. The photos of
Mary J Blige & Sting, and Steve Jobs and
Barack Obama on the left hand side and
the text clearly written on the right hand
side. The use of the text box at the top of
Steve Jobs is effective as he is on the front
cover of the magazine. This clearly shows
the significance of his story and what this
particular issue is about. As the layout is
clear and defined, I would like to portray
this effect in my music magazine.

3. Imagery Mise-En-Scene
The contents page of this magazine is effective
as the first photo of Steve Jobs is of him giving a
lecture and Mary J Blige and Sting singing
together at a concert. Then there’s Barack
Obama in an office, therefore the mise-en-
scene represents where they were and an idea
of what the articles will be about. Therefore this
is effective and gives the reader more on an
idea of what they are going to read. The images
are big and clear and easy to see, and takes up
half of the page. In the images there are also
text so tell them where they are.

4. Colour Scheme
The colour scheme of Rolling Stone is
black, white and red, usually and this is
consistent throughout the magazine.
When I do my table of content for my
music magazine I also intend to use a
consistent colour scheme so that my
music magazine can be identified easily
because there would be one colour
scheme. The colour red almost
represents rock and seeing as the genre
of music for my music magazine is R&B,
therefore the colour red would not be
featured. Nonetheless, the colour blue
would be more suitable. The reason why
I am using the colour blue is because
music magazine “Vibe” also uses blue
and it looks effective and relevant to the
theme of the magazine.