Analysis of Contents Page

As well as analysing a front cover, I felt it was important for me to also look at a contents page to see whats on there and how it works. This will help me get an idea about what sort of things I can put on my contents page and why i would want them there.

           The magazine uses four images on the contents page, one large and then the other three slightly smaller. They fit in well with the general feel of the magazine as they are all images of rock bands performing, and this is a magazine based around rock music. This entices the audience because they get to see what sorts of bands are included and if they are bands they like. The colours and fonts used are the same as the house style on the front cover. This ties the magazine together to make it professional. It again is also quite bright and eye catching which is how it attracts the audience to read it. The information on it is organised down one side of the page so they can clearly see where it is situated. It also has sub-heading such as ‘features’ so the audience can easily find the section of the magazine that interests them. They have also kept the page titles quite short so it’s quick and accessible fro the reader to find the exact article they are looking for. The sections includes are; Feedback, news, win, live reviews, poster, features, reviews, gig guide and the K! Quiz. This tells us that the magazine has a wide variety of articles for all tastes like some people like posters and some people like music news, so it acquires to all of the audiences personal favourites.  They have some promotional features for bands such as the gig guide and articles on various artists so people who are interested in that kind of stuff can look through and see what’s happening with gigs and other things. They also have posters which a lot of people like to have of there favourite band, so this something that adds more appeal to the magazine. The logo is placed right at the top left side of the magazine so it is the first thing you see, this makes it a very dominant feature as it immediately attracts your eye. The logo also stands for the music channel kerrang as well therefore it links to the music channel, so as well as advertising the magazine, its advertising the music channel, however there is nothing mention on the contents page about the music channel but the logo itself links to it.