Contents Page Research

This is the contents page that I am analysing, from Acoustic Magazine –

Winter 2013..

Representation The images used on this front cover represent the

acoustic genre. They represent this genre of music because many pictures of acoustic guitars are shown. Also, the layout is sophisticated and the colour scheme is delicate which symbolises the type of music that is featured within this magazine.

The model featured on the front cover (which is shown on the contents page) looks pale and gentle which also represents the gentle nature of the genre.

One of the images is in black and white which is also a stereotypical representation of this genre.

Examples are shown on the next slide.

Fonts There are 2 different fonts used

in this contents page: one for the subheading which is bold, and one that is for the detail, which is not bold. The sizes are 14/16 for both.

The font links to the house style because the same fonts are used throughout and on the front page. Also, the colour of the text is nearly always black – apart from the white masthead and cover stories on the front cover.

Articles

This magazine has 111 pages and the main article features on the 38th page.

There are between 2 and 8 pages between the other articles – of which there are 22.

These articles are set out along 3 columns of text where 10 images are placed, these images feature on every column causing minimal white space on the contents page in general.

Ten of the stories – out of a possible 22 – are illustrated with an image.

Who is the target audience? I think that the target audience would be

people within the ages of 18 and 30. I think this because the images are

youthful and are of young people – except the odd one. This suits the target audience because people of a certain age will recognise people of a similar age more than models of an older or younger age, although there will definitely be some exceptions.

The magazine is also sophisticated and delicate which suits this specific age range.