Contents Page Analysis 2

Comparing Contents Pages

NME is a very popular rock and roll magazine. It has been publishing for over 50yrs and is now one of the best selling music magazine in the world.

When first looking at the contents page we first notice that the editor has added a graphic effect to make the contents page look scruffy and almost newspaper like. This is a very typical effect that is used in most music magazines and which is to relate the contents pages to the style of music. For example as this is a Rock and Indie magazine the editor knows that people who enjoy this type of music are known to be a kind of messy, very loud and all over the place, so creating the contents page in the kind of style to the music genre the reader feels as if their is a sort of relationship between the reader and the magazine.

Another thing that we are instantly attracted to is by the huge variety of different bright colours spread out all over the page. There are many bright colours as it trying to make the magazine look exiting and fun to read. The editor has made all the different article topics that are in the magazine in a different colours and in their own separate boxes, this is very effective as it makes it much easier for the reader to find what they are looking for in the magazine.
The images on the contents page have also made the contents look much interesting as the way the editor has constructed the images on the page. For example the images have been placed next to their related text boxes. This is useful as you can also see what the articles will be about without actually going to the page first.
The editor has also made the some of the images tilted. this is to make the contents page look more interesting and more

The artist that are featured on the contents page have been spread out all over the page so that the reader can see that there are many artist that are featured in the rest of the magazine. They have made the main feature of the magazine the biggest picture on the contents page so that the reader will be able to see that first.

Most of the writing has been put to the left hand side in which the information has been separated into different sections and into different colours. Writing that is been written bigger then rest or is not on the left hand side have been written so that it is related to it's near by picture.

The magazine logo is located at the top left of the page, however is not as dominant as the image in the centre of the page. A promotional feature is located at the bottom of the page, in which it promotes the magazine itself. Promoting the magazine makes the reader assume that this is the best magazine to buy and has more special features then others.

In conclusion the contents page suits the music genre.