ANALYSIS OF MUSICMAGAZINE

CONTENTS PAGES

The main purpose of a contents page is to inform the reader of what is involved inside the magazine for example the advertisements and what articles are inside.

This contents page correlates with the colours used on the actual front cover. Such as the use of yellow, blue and white.

This magazine contents page also contains the number one hits that are in the charts, this is a common feature throughout Billboard magazine and is often posted weekly and down the left hand side of the contents page.

The page is split in half and down one side to highlight the main elements of this

magazine. It’s also uses block colours to highlight the subtitles.

The contents page title is clearly written across the top of the contents page, simply to say what this section of the magazine is focused on.

The contents page, like all typical conventions of a contents magazine, as it has more than one image throughout the contents page to advertise the different stories and advertisements throughout the magazine.The main story throughout the magazine is shown through the largest image which is placed in the centre with the largest subtitles beside it.

There is no bar code on the contents page.

This contents page is different to the first contents page as this is more to represent rock and roll as this magazine represents this music genre. I know that this is that particular genre due to the images that are used.

Throughout this contents page there are not as many subtitles used which could highlight that the magazine doesn’t have as many articles and advertisements inside.

The central image emphasises the main feature article throughout the music magazine and it also highlights how to magazine discusses past and present artists as the image is in black and white which could indicate it being in the past and discussing past artists.

However this contents page doesn’t have a title to determine that it is the contents page which isn’t a common feature as most contents pages have what they are.

There is also a larger subtitles which emphasises the main feature article that is inside the music magazine. This could represent what the magazine genre is.

There is two main colours used throughout this contents page and continues this theme throughout the front cover and the rest of the magazine.

Two of the page numbers are enlarged and made bigger to emphasis them. This indicates that the main feature articles and stories are placed on these particular pages.

This contents page for classical music magazine also uses a similar colour scheme as on the front cover. It uses red and white much like the front cover of the music magazine.

This contents page primarily focuses more on the images rather than the context of what's inside the magazine.

The page is split in to two main parts, one being the images and the second being the content of the magazine.

Each of the images has a subheading directly on the image which correlates with the typical conventions of a contents page as it tells you the page in which the article is on as well as which it is about.

There is no bar code placed on the contents page as it is on the front cover.

The writing is very small but includes the page number and what’s on that particular page. Plus a main subtitle is includes.

The main image on this contents page is more than likely to highlight the main two page article in this magazine.

The three main images used in the top section of this contents page emphasis what the main genre of this magazine which is classical music. Each image represents a different genre of a different century of music. As one image is in black and white, one is of an older man and one is of a younger woman which represents each century.

This contents page is clearly for a younger generation and is mainly targeted for younger audience and primarily girls. This is emphasised by the use of colours and animation used throughout to appeal to that particular audience.

Rather than just having a simple title that explains that it is the contents page I has a title that still defines that it is a contents page as it shows it is inside the magazine although it doesn’t have a contents title.

The front cover of the entire magazine is placed in the top left hand corner of the full contents page and where all of the specific stories and advertisements that are on the cover are found inside the magazine.

There are a lot of lifestyle features in this magazine which is what appeals to young teenage girls which is the target audience for this magazine.

The colours used throughout this contents page are stereotypically associated with the teenage girls that this magazine targets. The pinks and yellows correlate with the theme of this magazine.There is also a lot of images used on this content page which is a typical convention of a contents magazine as it promotes other stories inside.

The use of ‘One Direction’ in the bottom right hand corner invites some of the teenage girls to pick up this magazine as some genres pick up magazine just to see the band inside, which attracts young girls to pick I up.

The magazine uses an image of a heart very cleverly used as it is incorporated into the sentence which is a feature that magazines with a target audience of younger girls tend to develop. It is a feature that most magazines used.