Contents page analysis

Isaac Marsh

Most of the contents page is taken up by a main image this is because the main article of the magazine will be about the guy on the contents page. The person on the picture has tattoos and wearing mainly black which fits the stereotype of a rock band member. With the image taking up most of the contents page it will be first thing that attracts the readers attention.

The contents page has the title of the magazine as the masthead with the date. This is so the reader knows what magazine they were reading and would know what magazine you where reading and what edition. Front covers of magazine can fall off after quite a bit of use so the title of the magazine is there so you can identify the magazine even if the front cover has come off.

Headings are bold/larger font size than the descriptive text so that it catches the audiences attention and so the audience can easily identify whats on each page.

House colours are black, blue and white. The white and black are to contrast each other making it stand out more.

The contents page for Rock Sound looks very professional and is clearly laid out this is to make it easy for the reader to find the relevant information on the page for them.

Three quarters of the contents page is taken up by one picture meaning the person in the picture is a band member of the band Muse who are the main article. This is to intrigue any Muse fans/ anyone that recognize the band to go to the page 38 to read about them. The band member is wearing black and holding a black guitar to contrast with the rest of the white background. The band must be well known because it takes up most of the contents page so it will be the first part of the page the reader will look at so it will need to intrigue them.

Each page number has a bigger font than the rest of the descriptive text and is red to make it stand out to the rest of the text so the reader can just read the sub heading of the article and what page its on. Not all of the sub heading use black text only some this is because the sub heading which use red and black, contrast each other making it stand out more; Making it so this is the first text the reader looks at because these will be the main articles in the magazine.

The contents page has a masthead to inform the reader what page they are on. Its bigger than the rest of the text so it’s the first bit of the text that will catch the readers attention.

The contents page looks very professional this makes it easy for the reader to understand the information on the page and find the relevant information on the page.

The house colours of the magazine are black ,white and red. The white and black colours contrast with each other so they stand out more.

The main signifier wears mainly black which is stereotypical look for a rock band member.

The logo of the magazine is on the contents page so that if someone was looking at what you where reading they would know what logo to look out for. Also if the front cover was to fall off you would still know what magazine it was and with the date on it you could identify what edition it was.

Anchorage text is used so the audience knows that they can find the article about the band in the picture on page 38.

The headings have a red background to make it stand out to the rest of the page so it grabs the readers attention.

The masthead for the page is contents this is because it informs the reader on what page they’re on and with it being the masthead it will be the first thing the audience will read instantly informing them what page they’re on.

This image takes up most of the contents page because this band will be the main article of the magazine and will intrigue anybody who is a fan of the band. Also the band is wearing quite ordinary clothing and the background is just the countryside. This is to make the audience think that they could be them and that there just ordinary people and anyone can be them.

The band is wearing everyday clothes this suggests that their quite ordinary people and links with the background which is just a picture of the countryside. This makes it so the reader will think that they could be them and will identify with them more because they just look like everyday people.