Contents Page Analysis

The idea for my main article picture on my contents page was taken from the July 2010 issue of Q Magazine. The picture which includes Matt Bellamy and Bono facing each other showed power. I took this idea and adapted to it, being more fun and not so serious.

Whilst analysing Kerrang!'s contents page, I saw at the bottom of the page that there was a little note from the editor. I liked this idea as it gave the magazine a friendly atmosphere, and that the editors and people who work for Kerrang! thought about what their readers wanted. This idea I took for my own magazine. 

From NME magazine, to navigate someone to a certain part of the magazine, they used columns. This not only was a neat way in how to organise it, but looked professional too. I used this idea but changed the font and backdrop colour to suit the consistent style and colours used for my magazine.

The enlarged page numbers on the main picture for my contents also was a good idea. By enhancing the size and using a drop shadow for the number, it immediately gets the readers attention and directs them to that page, which is the idea of the number.

I took the idea of a 'Band Index' from NME contents page. The use of the band names in a small column on the side was not only relatively small but noticeable and gave a navigation for the magazine. The list of bands also gave you an idea of what genre the magazine was, due to what bands were included in the magazine. I used this idea for my own contents page but didn't include page numbers, just names of what bands were included in my magazine.

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Contents Page Research

 The contents for Kerrang! gave me some ideas for my contents page. The headers such a 'News' and 'K! Quiz' with a highlighted background gave me a similar idea for my contents page, to put them into sections with headers. The main picture at the top of Slash caught my attention immediately and therefore I knew the main story was about that. The layout of the contents page definitely gave me some ideas for my own contents page, but the colour scheme with the black, yellow and white in my opinion didn't go well. The editor's comment on the side was a good touch to it, and the picture to go with it showed an interest for the readers.

 Immediately I liked the 'band index' on the NME contents page, and the 'This Week' heading too, so I took ideas from this for my contents page. Again, the same as Kerrang! the sub-titles had a back colour against the title, and was set into columns. The block writing with a bold background got my attention quickly as the colours went well together, showing that the layout and ideas of the contents page came together well. The subscribe column at the bottom of the contents used a different colour, (yellow), so it came across as noticeable for the readers. This again attracted my attention therefore fulfilling it's purpose.

The main picture on the contents caught my attention, along with the large and identifiable page number to the side of it. This is where I got the idea for my page numbers. The idea of the main photo in the corner to me was a good idea for my contents page too. The attraction to the picture immediately made me turn to the page the picture was from, which was the affect I wanted for my contents page to have. I also liked the way underneath each mini title that there was a small description of what was on this page, which gave it a small summary. Again, I took this idea for my contents page.








The main contents picture I really liked the idea of. Matt Bellamy and Bono's pose caught my eye. The way they are facing eachother showed a power they both had, so I took this idea and adapted from it. I really like how Q lay out their contents page, with the banner at the top identifying the magazine name and the headers for what section of the contents is what.