Research into Music Magazine Contents pages x2

As Media Studies

Contact page Analysis

1.

This contents page is from a magazine called BANG! I think the creater of this contents page has used colour very well to emphasise the important bits, and to also give the magazine a feel. I think that the colour gives the magazine a Rock feel as the Colours are mostly dark, with a few bright colours also. The bright colours tend to be the important things such as the masthead and the titles. The creater has chosen a good text in my opinion as it can be easily read and understood. They have have also used a light font colour on a dark background this makes it really easy to read. The Bold Font and Red Font on the edition make it really stand out. There is also a Star which adds a little something to the contents page and attracts the readers attention. The information on this contents page is really good I think as it gives you some important info such as New, Features, Live reviews and upcoming Gigs, all the different things are page numbered really well and clearly which I think is mightily important. There is a good Picture in the bottom right hand corner of the contents page, I think it is important to have a picture on the contents page as it make the page look more attractive and less boring. There is also a page number next to the picture which takes you straight to the write up and I also think its important to have all the different things page numbered so people know where to find them straight away. There is also a Puff in Red and bold on the right hand side which is good because it may make the buyer want to buy the product even more. Its also got some good lures like the album reviews for example.

2.

This is a music magazine called Riot. This has a very different feel to it to the contents page above. It has a slightly messy feel to it. Its colour scheme is very multi coloured, there’s no real trend in colour. There is a Masthead at the top which is very bold and that stands out very well. There is 3 pictures on this contact page, I think they attract the attention of the reader and they may make him/her want to buy the product. The pictures show band members, this will also make readers want to buy the product more as the band member are there Idols. I don’t think the chosen Font on this Contents page is very good because its hard to read, it looks appealing but its difficult to read. The contents page highlights what’s inside the magazine which is a good point and its really simple, there are page number written which makes it easy to find each article.