Analysis of 3 music magazine contents pages you must analyse the NME contents and then choose any other 2

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By Hoorie Begum

Contents page NME (SEPT 2009) ANALYSIS

Banner - The banner at the top ‘Contents’ shows us the purpose of the page.

Date – It has the date of the issue on the contents page which makes it look professional and even though it is an informal magazine it still needs to look professional.

Subheadings - The sub headings are in blocks of black with white writing and that matched the masthead. There is a subheading with a little summary of what will be in that part and it has the page number in red which again shows the colour scheme.

Masthead - The masthead NME is exactly the same as it is on the front cover which shows that it is continuous. It is the same colour with the same coloured border and font by doing this it makes the magazine look professional. Main Image - Is much smaller on the contents page than on the front cover and it isn't dominating the page they are just minor they aren't as important as they are on the front cover. The image has been edited to look as if it has been clipped on as a memory this has been done to make it look like an actual tour.There is a separate part in the contents just for the bands and they are all listed in red and the page number that they are on are in black, and they are on the left hand side of the page.

Editors Letter –The editor introduces the magazine for us, by telling us what the magazine will have in it, and this is a normal convention of a magazine as most magazine not just music have an editors letter.

Previous editions of the NME magazine are shown on the front cover, and it has details of their website and their phone number etc. to show how you can contact them or find out more.

The contents page has numbers so that you know what page to go on if you want to see something in particular.

Style - The style is consistent throughout the whole of the page, the colour scheme is red, white and black, they haven’t used any other colours for the titles etc.

Analysis of magazine Contents pagesContents 1.NME Sept 2009

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ANALYSIS OF LAYOUT/DESIGN FEATURES OF CONTENTS PAGE

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Contents Page 2 VIBE Magazine (November 25th 2008)Masthead – The masthead is the word contents and is continuous as many of the VIBE magazine masthead titles are set out like this. It is in big, bold, black writing to make it stand out and catch the readers attention. By making the masthead the same as the others it makes it look professional, and formal. Main Image – The main image is of Kanye West and it is dominating the page as there isn't much writing on the page. He is also on the page promoting his new single and the heart that is being held there right by his heart and the song is called ‘heartless’. He doesn’t looks very happy which also fits into the idea of his new song heartless. Contents - The contents has got subheadings and what each subsection will have in In it, and it also has page numbers so you know where to go if you want to see something directly. There is a section on fashion which shows that the magazine isn't just about music is focuses on other sections as well.

Date - It tells us who is in the image so that people are aware of who they are. It tells us the date of which the issue was published and the issue number, which is a convention that the magazine follows.

There is a giant V in the background to show us what magazine it is and the magazine is so established that the rest of the magazine title doesn’t need to be there for the audience to know what magazine it is.

It shows that the magazine is quite quirky, and has its own style and you can tell this by the way ‘contents’ is written.

Also the whole page is in black and white and that makes the page look very sophisticated, you get an idea that the magazine may be for people of a higher class even though it is a hip hop magazine. Also the background being quite plain draws the main attention to the image of the artists