Music Magazines

Contents Page Analysis

Spin Magazine• This issue of spin uses the main image as

the background of the page, with the pair placed centrally on the page.

• The image is a black and white effect making the masthead ‘Spin’ the only piece of colour on the page. This is effective and adds the indie genre of the magazine and also their costumes. I would like my magazine to be indie genre so therefore feel that this has given me ideas when I start construction of my magazine.

• On the left hand side there is a list of the main stories that are able to be found in the magazine, with each heading and page number in a bold, white font. The simplistic white text makes it more edgy which again fits in with the indie genre.

• The text on the page is all in white, this is to fit in with the image.

• In the right hand corner of the page there is a quote to make it more personal and allows the reader to hear what they have to say without reading the whole article.

Billboard Magazine• This issue of Billboard features a list of that

weeks charts on the left hand side in a grey background and black text with the numbers found in a white background to show a difference between them.

• The headings in these columns are written in a grey background with yellow text to stand out.

• On the right hand side there is plain, white background with a theme of the colour blue being found throughout it.

• In the middle of the page, to the right hand side, there is a main image with text based around it. The images fits in with the indie pop genre of the magazine.

• The blue is the main colour of the contents page and is used to separate different topics and to highlight the titles, the rest of the text is written in black.

• There is a strip of three images found near the top of the page that add colour and life to the page and also inform the reader of which artists can be found in the magazine. They all link to the indie pop genre of the magazine and therefore have given me inspiration as my chosen genre is indie.

Q Magazine• This Q contents page shows a main picture of

Matt Bellamy on the right hand side, this shows he is a main story featuring in this magazine.

• The colour red is used to associate it with Q magazine as it is always used and is very easily recognisable by Q readers.

• On the right hand side there is a list of important and interesting stories included in this issue, in between them there is a red line to show the title and show its connection with the Q magazine, as the colour red is always used on the masthead. The colour red has connotations of danger and would warn and stand out to the reader.

• At the bottom of the page there are two small pictures shown as pages of the magazine and which pages they can be found on. The images also all reflect the genre of the magazine which is indie, similar to the genre I have chosen to make my magazine.

• At the top of the contents page there is a banner with a red background with the masthead ‘Q’. This is always used in Q magazines and make it recognisable to the readers so they become familiar with the magazine.