'Kerrang' Magazine Contents Page Analysis

• This contents page contains Promotional Features. Here they are advertise Kerrang magazines delivered to you for just £6 a month, 'Get it delievered to your door for just £6 a month'. They use a particular word ‘Just’, the fact of using this emphasizes the fact that it is extremely cheap and to ensure the readers that they would be getting a bargin if they claim their discount. This will help them advance their sales and they also make sure the terms and conditions are in small text and are not noticeable to the reader’s eye incase the reader disagrees with a particular term.
• One of the content pages Images is the main large one in the middle. From this image you can identify that genre of the magazine, the musician looks quite threatening, scary, has many tattoos and looks rebellious. We can then gather from this image that the genre of music the magazine is advertising is rock. The image is large causing it to stand out and become obvious to the readers. The overall images on the page are colourful and attractive they also take up more than half of the page, causing the readers to notice them first rather than the text. The fact of doing this, is to draw the readers in using images not just text, it is more attractive and some readers may prefer this layout.
• The Title 'Contents' is of a bold and large font, the colour is yellow which contrasts against the background colour being black which causes the title to become striking and prominent. The overall title is eye catching and dominant so that people can identify that is a contents page. The colour scheme of the mast head continues throughout the page and the text is always in capitals.
• A Text Column is included in the Contents Page. Next to every text line of information is a number, these numbers then direct the readers on where to go in the magazine. This shows that the magazine has structure and is in order. By looking at the magazine you can notice that the text column occupies a smaller section of the page, whereas the images occupy more than half the page. This shows how the readers would prefer to view the image information, rather than the text.
• The Main Colours of the contents page are similar to the front cover colours, being black, white, red and yellow. The same colour scheme is used to ensure that the magazine looks more professional and attractive. The ‘Kerrang’ logo is not on the contents page but a small image of the front cover is, to reassure people of what was advertised on the front and also the colour sheme.