Analyzing contents pages of music magazines NME

TITLE of magazine is still identified even though its not on front page. Putting ‘NME’ and ‘this week’ in bold and caps lock indicate this is the contents page. NME has followed the colour scheme on this page too.

DATE so readers can keep up to date with what issue is which and what order they come in

BAND INDEXHighlighted in red text so it stands out from the rest of the black text. Easy to find and easy to indicate the artist you are looking for, with a black page number next to it. This is all the audience need to locate themselves around the magazine

Trying to make more profits by ADVERTISING to go onto the website, get more web hits and earn more money by getting people to subscribe to the magazine. Suggesting how cheap it is will also help them to do that. This is eye-catching as it is placed in a black box which is contrasted to the grey background

FLASHER to promote the ‘gig guide’ calling it the ‘UK’s number 1’ is also suggesting it is unique and will persuade the readers to turn to this page. Red arrow stands out from the rest of the page too.

. A HEADLINE is placed here and also a DROP CAPS to indicate the beginning of the paragraph. Also the small sample of one of the articles is included on the contents to lure the audience to that page. The contents looks more interesting and jam packed instead of it having just a simple list of pages.

The pages are split into CATEGORIES. This makes it easier for the audience to locate themselves to the page they are looking for. Previews are also shown underneath each one that make the reader want to read more and so would make them turn the page. The categories are made to stand out by putting them in a black box

Sneak peek IMAGES for an insight of what is going to be included

Analyzing contents pages of music magazines VIBE

Quite a plain design compared to other contents pages.

TITLE evidently telling us that this is the contents page. Placed on the page in the corner so the image can take the minority of the page.

MAIN IMAGEGlamorous, sexualised celebrities. Aimed at men and women. Suggesting they are important to this magazine or this specific issue. Could be an article on them later on in the mag. Taking up most of the page shows importance and how superior they are to us as they are standing up and it looks as if we are looking back at them looking powerfulPages again put into

CATEGORIES to make it easy for the readers to locate the pages they want to read

Photo CAPTION and name of photographer

DATE at the bottom so readers can keep up to date with what issue is which and what order they were published in

Grey/white background brings out the 2 women as they are dressed in dark colours. They are the first thing we see again showing their importance

Analyzing contents pages of music magazines Q

The plain white background really brings out the images dotted around the page.

List of page numbers to indicate where to find each topic. Images match up with the pages to tell us who they are and that they are the most important.

Title of magazine is repeated on each page to keep its identity throughout

Instead of a date we have the season and the year, perhaps suggesting the magazine only gets published monthly rather than weekly. This also helps the readers to keep updated with which issue comes first ect.

The review is like a contents list but more summarised. This gives the readers a more clear idea of where to go. The more important articles/pages are shown at the top by the images, and the less important are shown at the bottom under the review