In order for me to understand what a Contents Page should look like, I have decided to analyse a popular rock magazine known as 'Kerrang' to look at the aspects of a Contents Page layout.Firstly, I will begin with the Genre. The genre of 'Kerrang' is mainly based around Punk, Metal, Heavy Metal, and anything based in the Rock style. 'Kerrang' presents this genre mainly on the Cover and the Contents Page. On here, the grid-positioned images are all rock singers which portrays the fact that this magazine is to do with Rock Music. I will be using the idea of the layout of the images (shown on '4') because I believe this will look professional as well as make the magazine look packed and full of exciting articles.In addition, by the look of the Magazine Contents Page, I believe the representation of this magazine are to do with rebellion and being different. The image, which is shown as number 3, shows a singer next to two zombies. This portrays the fact that the musician is not afraid of the zombies, he shows bravery and intimidation in his eyes as he looks into the camera. This large image creates a perfect representation of the idea that Kerrang is not afraid or scared to show it's inner style. The use of this will be used in my Magazine Contents page because I wish my magazine layout to look intimidating yet an obscure street style.
Furthermore, the audience for the magazine contents page would mainly be teenagers to young adults. Specifically, the age group would be roughly 18 - 25 year olds.
Judging by the use of colour in the Contents Page, the black and yellow shows character as well as rebellion. The reason I thought of this is the colour of the 'Do Not Cross' tape is yellow and black. Also, yellow and black can show up vibrantly as the two colours together can make each one look strong.
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As you can see on number 2, there are columns showing the pages and the page numbers. Adding to this, the use of gutters has been used in between the page number and the headlines. This shows a clear organisation and I will be using this in my magazine contents page. Number 1 shows the title of the page along with a quote and a word from the editor I like the idea of placing the contents page title and the word from the editor in my magazine as it will give the reader an understanding of what the magazine is about.
