Analysis of my rock magazine’s contents page

Done by Eman Shah

The reader will first notice the masthead which is ‘FIERCE’ and the word ‘CONTENTS. I made sure I put the word ‘contents’ on because this is a contents page and makes the page look structured and organised. I have chosen a dark orange colour for the contents page because this is the predominant colour featured all the way through in the contents page. The orange stands out on the dark background this connotes the rock genre of loud heavy music. Although the original colour of the masthead is purple on the front cover, the masthead on this page is orange which matches with the colour scheme of the page

This is the main image of the contents page, I have taken a close up, so you can see closely how she looks like and also her makeup relating to rock. Her dark heavy makeup emphasises the rock genre. This is the main focus as the page as she is looking directly towards the camera breaking in to capture the viewers attention. I made sure that she had on dark make up on which is the heavy black dark eye shadow and dark red lipstick which again associates with the rock genre of makeup used. This is a small photograph that I have

taken, the male featured is only showing half of his face and is look angry and moody, this again is associated with the rock genre.

The layout of the contents page is in one column in the right. The layout is very clear which is easy to read, the columns mainly contain bands and band members, this will attract the target audiences attention to their favourite bands and therefore they will want to read what they have to say and buy the magazine.

The contents columns also have headings, this makes it easier for the audience to understand the magazine and can navigate through the page.

These are other small photographs that I have taken, as people are more likely to look at pictures before the writing, the photos at the bottom have numbers on them directing the readers to the pages that the stories will be on.

I like the way how I have se the background. This is because when I took the main image of the contents page, the female was in front of a brown dark fence, which you can slightly see and looks good because I contrast's with he black and brown hair. I have also put photographs on in the background of a orange record CD, which personally I think looks really good with the orange writing and also is stands out.