analysis of contents pages

Rolling stone, analysis of contents page
The contents page consists of a main image, This image is to

the right of the page, this picture is a long shot, it focuses on the whole of the two artists. The picture being in black and white makes it looks more old/vintage this fits in with the genre of the magazine. The contents lists the page numbers, and headlines down the left hand side of the page in a column, this makes it look more professional, and less busy. The contents page consists house style colours, black, white and purple this also looks more professional. Each picture on the contents has a caption, this informs the audience what the picture is about, and of. The stories with the pictures, the headlines are bigger than the topics that do not have pictures. This gives them priority. The contents page consists of the conventions of a music magazine contents page.

This contents page belongs to rolling stone magazine, The title of the page is "RS" this is short for Rolling Stone. The title is placed in the left hand corner. This is because the audience reads from left to right.

This contents page is positive because the images show people dancing which is a good example for the target audience, also the word "Good" within the main headline topic is shown which shows a positive side to the magazine overall. The house style consists of fresh colours, this has a positive effect on the magazine and it's audience. The artists shown on the contents page are shown positively as they are dancing and happy. Both
artists are shown performing.  


Billboard, analysis of contents page

This contents page's masthead is not so visible as it is smaller, and not of main focus. whereas the title of the page "contents" is the main focus. this makes it the first place the audience looks. This contents page consists of several pictures, all of which have page numbers on them, this makes it easy for the audience to direct themselves around the magazine. The contents page consists of page numbers which allows the audience to find what they are looking for faster. The contents page sticks to a house style of the colours, blue black white and grey by staying with three colours makes the magazine contents page look more professional.

The contents page has a positive effect on the audience as its white background makes it look more positive and fresh, all of the artists shown in the pictures are shown happy, and are all looking at the audience this makes them feel part of the magazine.

The middle smaller picture consists of a man looking up at the readers this could show that the audience is more impotent as the audience are looking down on him whereas he is looking up at them.

The page numbers and topics are broken down into headlines for example "Features" and "upfront" this allows the audience to find there way around easier.