Sunday, 20 January 2013

Magazine Research: Contents

THE FLY 
This content page features a large image of the artist, this may not be the featured artist on the cover, but helps to show the magazine's variety of music. The colour scheme is simple blue, black and white, I like the use of a black and white image as it as a simplistic look to the contents page. The date is in a pale blue overlapped by the image, also the pale blue is not very bold, but as the background is white it does. The font for the date is simple and bold, yet it is not as eye-catching as the image of the artists, this means that the first thing you see is a featured artist.
The page numbers are a bold font with a small description of what is on each page. These numbers are on a plain white background, this means they stand out clearly.
I like the simplicity of this contents page and the use of simple colours.
NME  
This contents page is from the Indie magazine NME. The title of the page is a bold, classic font against a white background.This makes the magazine seem more like a newspaper. Underneath the title there is an image of the featured story  with a description underneath. This is framed by 7 images of what else is in the magazine, including a box with other stories included in the magazine. These images are in colour, and the text is black, meaning the eye catches the images before it sees the text.
What I like about this contents page is that there is plenty of images on the page and its very colourful. 
SPIN
This magazine features many genres. What I like about this contents page is how the image stands out and how the artist is posing. 
To the left hand side of the artist the text shows what is featured in the magazine on different pages. The text is a clear, defined font. There is a blue box below this, which stands out and includes what is on the cover. This makes it easier for the reader to find an article that interested them on the front page.
The magazine's title 'Spin' is also on the contents page, it is white text in a red box. These colours contrast each other meaning the white will stand out more. There is a quote from the artist's interview in the top right corner, this may interest the reader and make them want to go on and read the interview of the artist.

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