Contents Page Deconstructions
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There are many different presentational techniques used in this contents page. The first of these is the consistent use of the colour red throughout the page, similarly to the other ‘Q’ contents page I analysed. I like the way how this contents page has a very organised and structured layout, unlike a lot of other rock magazines contents which seem very cluttered. I think it looks this way because they have placed no text directly on top of pictures which means you can still see the text and picture very clearly. In places where they have put text over a picture they have added a white background which I think works well to make the text clearer. They have organised the features down the left hand side of the page in chronological order which makes it easy for the reader to find the page they want. They have also used good mode of address by making the text used to describe the features quite informal and casual to appeal to the readers who are probably roughly 15-30.
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There are many different presentational techniques used in this contents page. The first of these is the consistent use of the colour red throughout the page, similarly to the other ‘Q’ contents page I analysed.
I like the way how this contents page has a very organised and structured layout, unlike a lot of other rock magazines contents which seem very cluttered. I think it looks this way because they have placed no text directly on top of pictures which means you can still see the text and picture very clearly. In places where they have put text over a picture they have added a white background which I think works well to make the text clearer.
They have organised the features down the left hand side of the page in chronological order which makes it easy for the reader to find the page they want. They have also used good mode of address by making the text used to describe the features quite informal and casual to appeal to the readers who are probably roughly 15-30.
Again, this contents page uses a variety of presentational techniques. The most consistent colour throughout this page is yellow. This colour is used for all of the main heading and page numbers which I think works well because it stands out well from the rest of the page. This shows good use of house style.
This contents page is slightly less structured than the Q contents pages I have been looking at; however this is not necessarily a bad thing. I like the use of lots of small pictures as it gives you more of an insight into what will be in the article rather than just text. You can tell that the biggest feature is going to be on You Me At Six, simply because they have the biggest picture on the page. I would assume that the others are all of a similar length because they are all the same size.
They have organized the pictures in page order from left to right. This isn’t as clear as the page numbers on the right of the page however it is still easy to tell what is going on.
They have also used good mode of address which can be seen in Rob Flynn’s quote in the top right corner of the page.
