contents pages

Analysing 2 magazine contents pages.

This contents page is from NME magazine. I chose to analyse this contents page because it is completely different to the one from the other magazine I chose called ‘Vibe’ and it also links to the analysing I done with the front covers. I like this contents page because of all of its features fit well together. They have only used the 4 colours, black, white pink and yellow to brighten the magazine up and most of all to make the colours stand out. The have used these colours well because pink and yellow don’t even go together but it makes the whole magazine a lot more exiting and this is how the special offers stand out well like the ‘£2 off!’. The layout of this magazine is very interesting because it has 3 pictures in it whereas most magazines just have the one as a background so this makes the magazine unique. They have used more than one image because all the different images relate to the target audience in some way, the different bands and the small image has a skull and cross bone if you zoom in at the bottom, this represents the music that you will listen to if you read this magazine. The contents for NME is also packet full with writing but not so it doesn’t look professional, it just makes it look like the magazine is busy and worth reading. The text is very informal as it is using slang like ‘wtf’ in the main text and different words and sayings like that. This shows that the magazine is trying to relate more to the younger age because of the slang and pictures of teenagers smoking or drinking in pictures. The target audience for this magazine is people who prefer or listen to indie music and are mainly middle class. It also caters for the ages of 17-30 who are supposedly mainly men.

This magazine is more on the feminine side compared to the MNE. It shows this by having an attractive lady on the contents page posing and showing her legs off. I chose this contents page because it is completely different to the style of an NME magazine and because it shows a different side to music just like NME does.  The features used for this magazine are very good because the of the colours and the way they have set out the whole magazine and the text. The colours used are very simple but very effective, the colours are light grey, white and black go together to show the elegance of the magazine. This also shows that this magazine is obviously more for the ladies/girls because it is relating to the target audience and shows nothing to do with men what so ever, unlike NME has more man made colours, text styles and pictures that are aimed at men. This magazine, like MNE, this magazine is very layed back, it shows this by using slang words showing that the magazine is for the younger age as much older people may not understand some of the words or phrases used in this contents page, the target audience for this magazine would be the age 16-30 year olds because of the type of music that is in there and who is presented on the contents page.

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