CONTENTS PAGEGeorge Pierce

The layout for this “KERRANG” contents page is quite basic. For each of the pictures used very little text is used and only give a very brief statement on that particular article so then the readers are forced to flick through the pages and may even find some more interesting things that will make them want to buy the magazine. The layout of the page numbers goes against the common codes and conventions as in the majority of the time the page numbers are placed on the left, but in this one they have been placed on the right; which also shows how slightly rebellious Kerrang is. The images used take up the majority of the space on this page, the reason for this is, is people prefer to look at images than read large chunks of text; especially if they just to have a little read of something they like and want to realx.

The colour scheme is very basic, it mainly consists of a very light blue background and black and yellow; the colour yellow is used to highlight certain articles that hold some importance or are exclusive; this makes them stick out so the reader can easily see which ones they would want to read about.

The layout of this “MOJO” contents page does not follow the common codes and conventions as the magazines name is at the top instead of a “CONTENTS PAGE”. Having this in bald will attract the readers eye to it; also underneath the title there is a small list of cities in which some of the music from this issues come from. The main image stands out the most as it is the biggest notable thing on the page , it stands to the right of the page and stretches all most the entire length of the page; the way in which he is displayed (being so noticeable) it hints to the reader that he is going to be one of the main stories of that issue of the magazine.

The colour scheme to the contents page is quite basic and only mainly consists of the light blue background and black and orange for the text. The orange to make the page numbers and some of the more important words to stand out; so the reader will easily be able to pick up on them and continue through the magazine. The colour used for the image is in direct contraction to the light blue (or) faded green; making it much more eye catching to the reader.

The layout is very basic and consists of the usual image to the right which takes up the majority of the contents page’s page. The image shows the reader who is going to be the main focus of this particular issue of Q magazine. The main articles are placed on the left hand side and also give a brief description of what that particular story is about so the reader can decide if they want to continue on to that page.

The colour scheme is fairly basic and only consists of white and black and red for the text as well as for the borders. The “Q” is in the same place as it was on the front cover but this time its red background stretches across the entire width of the page, the red makes it almost instantly eye catching in comparison of the white back ground.

The name of the magazine is at the top of the page as well as “THIS WEEK” which is very different to the traditional codes and conventions, where it would normally say Contents page. It’s appearance resembles that of a tabloid news paper; the main story in the centre further shows this by looking like an article from a news paper, especially with its bald tag line. The page numbers also are not really following the common codes and conventions as they are on the right side of the titles for the pages, instead of the traditional left. Also the way they are set out is actually hard to see and shows that these are really not the important stories that need to be seen; this makes the main story they are trying to show that much more appealing to the audience and might get them to buy the magazine.

The colour scheme for this issue of NME is basic and the only main colours are the white fro the background and the black and red for the text; the red being used to highlight the separates stories as well as a few of the key words; so then it would stand out to the reader and make it slightly more noticeable.