Contents page (Kerrang!)

Layout

This is a contents for Kerrang!, this contents page contains more images than other contents pages that i have researched. each image on this page has a number, and this number leads off to a certain page or article. the centre dominant image is a large image of a DJ, I like the way the way the designer has designed this page with smaller images based around the large centre dominant image. I would like to take this idea of images to describe my pages. Also there is a small description about the magazine in the top left hand corner. this would be a great feature to add into my magazine.

Masthead:

The mast head on the contents page is completely different to the one on the front cover. It's a lot smaller and is on the opposite side to the front cover. I like this effect as it gives the effect that this magazine has no rules and doesn't follow a specific guidelines.

Colour scheme:

Colour i think is the downfall to this contents page. It's dull, there isn't a lot of colour introduced into this page and as my magazine is all about bright neon colours i don't think this contents page would work for me.

Font:

the font used on this contents page is a normal everyday font. however this font has a catch, and thats that every letter has a wider gap between the other letters. is looks like the letters have been stretched.

Size:

size is a key factor in this contents page. the size of the font, the size of the pictures the size of everything. the sizes used on this contents page i think is perfect. Images are the key thing, they tell the story and save loads of endless writing. all the other components seem to fit around these images, which implies that the magazine is set to a lazy audience.

A day in the life of?

The typical reader for my music magazine is a male in his late teens to mid twenties. (17-24)

I am a male student in my second year of sixth form. As iI am in full time education, I am in study for at least 5 days a week. But for the weekend it's a different story. I live for the rush you get on the friday and saturday nights out. the clubbing around my area is top notch. This allows me to put all the bad things this week behind me, and party out the weekend like it was the last weekend of my life. I buy the MixMag magazine every month. I really enjoy this magazine as it normally has a list of the best clubs in the country and I aim to go to one of these every weekend. I have a part time job working at the local supermarket. I work 12 hours a week and fit them around my study hours.

Masthead analysis

Mixmag Masthead

Like the analysis i done for the Kerrang! magazine I Particularly liked this masthead from the mixmag magazine because of it is so basic, yet very effective. i like the font used in this one it is really bold and easy to read. the font used also shows innocents its a type bubble font. straight from seeing this font on the magazine front cover you know that this is not a heavy hardcore rock magazine. this is an effect i would like to include into mine as my magazine is aimed at 15-24 year-olds, i think rough, untidy writing would almost put off the buyer.

Masthead analysis

kerrang! masthead

Kerrang!'s masthead has been used to great effect and reflects on his audience. Kerrang! is a rock magazine and the masthead shows this by the shagginess of the letters and how each letter has little chips in them. This reflects and shows that rock music is really loud and is breaking the letters. There are also white lines going through the masthead, all of these lines come out of certain points. I think this looks almost like beams of lights coming out of the letters, just like stage lights on a rock concert.

these white lines are something i would like to considering in my masthead. my magazine is a clubbing magazine and these lines could also be beams of light flashing around on to the dance floor. to improve this masthead for my design i would have the white lines different colours. just like different coloured lighting bouncing off the walls in clubs i would have different coloured lines bouncing of the masthead