Textual analysis ---> Music Magazine Contents page

 

This is a contents from Kerrang Magazine It is a typical contents page for a music magazine because it shows images of bands and solo artists.

 In the top right hand corner is the "contents" heading. This shows the reader what page they are on. Under the "contents" heading  there is a quote from an article in the magazine. I think that this quote would be from the main article which would be seen on the front cover.

Along the right hand side there is a heading reading "this week".The headings use a similar style but are an other way round. The text of the heading "this week" is in black with a yellow background while the headings below are  in a yellow font with a black background. Under these are a list of articles with the number on the left of them.

In some ways this contents page is not a conventional contents page. This is because contents pages usually have a section with the heading "regulars" and another heading "features", this contents pages is not like that. It has a list of pages and images with page references along the side.

Most of the photographs have a main heading which is in bold making it stand out. They also have a caption underneath to let the reader what the image is about and a page number which lets the reader now what page they need to be on for that particular article. Although these images are not listed in the long list of pages on the right hand side.

The contents heading is larger then then the this week heading this is because this needs to stand out more. It follows the theme of the yellow and black for the text. The page reference for the images also follow this theme, with yellow text and black background.

In the top left hand corner there is a editors note about this issue of the magazine and the band featured. The same style of font is used through out the contents page, although the contents heading has lower case and upper case while the other headings are all in upper case.

In the bottom right hand corner there is a subscription advert for the magazine. This is red with white font which stands out compared to the rest of the text which is all yellow and black. I think that is done because Kerrang want people to subscribe to their magazine rather then someone else's magazine.