Contents page examples

This is a contents page from Rock magazine. The layout of it is basic with the text on the left and the images around the text to the right and above and below the text. The text and images are straight aligned. This gives the impression of the magazine been 'smart' and could possibly be aimed at older people as the text and images have not been scattered randomly and bright colours are not used like in most magazines aimed at teenagers. However, the photographs are misleading to this point as they are of young bands such as My Chemical Romance which the younger generation would be interested in. The images are all of artists which are in the magazine as the page numbers in the corner of the images show this. The font used for the text is black and red, the red text been generally bolder. Most of the black text is hard to read as it is small but this makes the bolder text stand out even more. The text is listed down next to the page numbers which show what is it in the magazine. The background of the page is plain white which is basic and also creates a smart, organised look to the magazine. The colours used in the text and the way the photographs have been edited colour wise give off an impression of a vintage look. Overall I would say that the cover looks vintage and organised, so my impression of the magazine would be that it is aimed at slightly older people then the teenage generation.







This is a contents page from NME. The layout is still fairly basic but has a bit of a more 'random', 'scattered' look then the Rockstar contents page. The colours used are bright and so therefore stand out to the audience. The main image is of an artist from a popular indie band which reflects the genre of the magazine which is rock/indie. The background of the main image is black and white stripes which give off a punky/indie image and also looks like wallpaper and so looks as if the artist is in a room. White, yellow and black fonts are used which sustain the indie/punk genre of the magazine. The photos around the main image to the right have a white border around them and are each slanted which creates the scattered/random look. The different parts of the magazine are indicated by different bright colours listed underneath each other e.g. bright blue represents the radar section and a list of the features to do with this are listed in the blue box. Images with small text to relate to the story inside are placed underneath the main image. The type of font used for the text is a bold, rounded type font so therefore is easy to read and stands out to the audience. The smaller fonts are maybe a little too small but they emphasise the bolder fonts which are more important to catching the reader's eye.