Content's page
Posted by Thomas Knapp | Posted in Development, Research | Posted on 17:21:00
Contents Page analysis
-This is the contents page for Kerrang magazine. The main contents is on the right hand side and the page is split up into 2 sections and 3 columns. This contents page is more visual than the NME contents page. There is very informal language used as well as expletive language.
The magazine is very rebellious targeting a younger, more rebellious audience range. the editors corner in at the top left flatters the reader as he personally signs it showing he wants to be the readers friend.
The visuals on the page reflect the music genre and the target audience.
The magazine almost promotes expletives and rebel as a positive thing and the magazine hasn't got a harder vocabulary range than NME. this could be because the audience is not as educated. the colours of the magazine are mainly yellow and black. these colours are bold and bright. The yellow is very shocking and can be connoted with lightening which is very bright and dangerous. This may also link to the audience and music as a whole.
This is the contents page of the NME music magazine I analysed. On the right hand side, there is the actual contents of what is in the magazine. This part is split up into different sections making it easy to read and understand.
The language used is very informal and explicit as on the contents page it says, "fucked up" which is an album name but on the front cover it is put in stars.
The section on the side which is split up into columns goes down in ascending page order which also makes it easy to follow. The arrows on the side which say "on the cover" also make it easy to relate to the articles you already know a little about which are on the cover.
On the left hand side, there is a section for a band index. this section has a long list of different bands all in chronological order also making it easy to read and quicker to find a band that you are looking for. making the band list in chronological is time consuming for the reader.
The magazine name which is NME, is kept in the top left hand corner which is in the same place as on the cover. This can be easily identified and follows conventions of a magazine.
-This is the contents page for Kerrang magazine. The main contents is on the right hand side and the page is split up into 2 sections and 3 columns. This contents page is more visual than the NME contents page. There is very informal language used as well as expletive language.The magazine is very rebellious targeting a younger, more rebellious audience range. the editors corner in at the top left flatters the reader as he personally signs it showing he wants to be the readers friend.
The visuals on the page reflect the music genre and the target audience.
The magazine almost promotes expletives and rebel as a positive thing and the magazine hasn't got a harder vocabulary range than NME. this could be because the audience is not as educated. the colours of the magazine are mainly yellow and black. these colours are bold and bright. The yellow is very shocking and can be connoted with lightening which is very bright and dangerous. This may also link to the audience and music as a whole.
This is the contents page of the NME music magazine I analysed. On the right hand side, there is the actual contents of what is in the magazine. This part is split up into different sections making it easy to read and understand.The language used is very informal and explicit as on the contents page it says, "fucked up" which is an album name but on the front cover it is put in stars.
The section on the side which is split up into columns goes down in ascending page order which also makes it easy to follow. The arrows on the side which say "on the cover" also make it easy to relate to the articles you already know a little about which are on the cover.
On the left hand side, there is a section for a band index. this section has a long list of different bands all in chronological order also making it easy to read and quicker to find a band that you are looking for. making the band list in chronological is time consuming for the reader.
The magazine name which is NME, is kept in the top left hand corner which is in the same place as on the cover. This can be easily identified and follows conventions of a magazine.
My contents page development
For my music magazine, I was required to create a contents page. Upon research I decided to add an editor’s letter, subscription that included an image and addition sources to the magazine as well as a different sections to categorize the many different aspects the music magazine would include. Below is a breakdown of how I created the contents page.I created the contents page on Photoshop. From research of a variety of music magazines I got my main inspiration from ‘Kerrang’.
I feel that the image is not to dominating on the right side of the page, however it still immediately catches the eye which i believe is very effective. I decided to make the contents directly correspond to the front cover. To achieve this I mainly used the same colour scheme of black, grey and red. By linking the two elements of the magazine together enables it to flow better. All the elements I added on the contents page; from cd covers to the editors letter would not look out of place on a real magazine contents page. I created my own stories and features which I believe readers would be interested in. I also incorporated some real events such as the reading festival which ats as good advertisement. Overall I feel the finished article looks very authentic, each element combining to create an attractive and informative second page for 'Ascent' magazine.
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