Deconstruction of 3 contents pages

Masthead

The masthead is positioned right at the top of the page. It has a font style that is eye catching and will appeal to a viewer who may be interested in buying the magazine.

The masthead is placed on a black background and is in big, red, bold letters. This again, attracts the viewer’s attention.

After the name of the magazine ‘NME’, it says ‘THIS WEEK’. This is also in the same font as ‘NME’, and on a black background. However, ‘THIS WEEK’ has been written in big, bold, white wringing in comparison to ‘NME’ being in red. It still catches the audience’s attention, but not as much as the actual name of the magazine.

Necessary Information

The date has been written fully underneath the masthead also on top of the black background. It is in a smaller font but still clear enough to be easily read by the audience.

On this particular magazine contents page, there is no issue number, page number or website information.

Text

The text on this magazine contents page is mainly made up of sub headings – which is clearly informing the audience what will be in the magazine.  There is quite a lot of writing on this contents page, however I don’t think there is too much text.

There is part of a story in the middle of the contents page – this is the only place where there is a lot of txt.

The sub-headings are structured in the same order, as they are when you are reading the magazine.  It has a good layout, as it is very clear for the audience to read.

Fonts

The fonts used are big ad bold. Depending on what the text is on the page (sub-heading, etc.) depends on what the font is.

Mostly all of the fonts used are the same, especially on all the headings.

I think the fonts are bold and easy to read, therefore will attract people to buy the magazine.

Images

There aren’t many images used on this contents page. There is one image that has been split into two, that is associated with music. At the bottom of the contents page, there is an image of another NME Magazine, which is there telling people to subscribe to the magazine.

The images aren’t anchored and there is no writing over any of the images.

They have been positioned neatly and easy to see.

Composition

On this contents page, there is more text in relation to images - It is massively text led!

It is framed very neatly, as it has it’s masthead at the top; band index on the left hand side of the page; sub-heading down the right hand side of the page; and has it’s images in the center of the page; with a story underneath.

Linguistic features

In the text, they have used some alliteration – this is mainly written in a small font, underneath the sub-headings along the right hand side of the page.

Also, the main story is mostly just about name-dropping bands, e.g. Oasis and the Crouch End Choir.

Colour

On this contents cover, there aren’t many colours used.  The colours used are continues and go well with each other.  In particular, red, black, white and yellow is used. These colours are every eye catching and make the font really easy to read.

The images have a dark and mysterious colour to them. However, this could attract a certain audience.

Masthead

The masthead is positioned right in the center at the top of the page. It is in a very simple font and I think it makes the magazine appear dull and boring.

It is placed on a white background and is in a black font; therefore it is easy to read. However, the color black blends into the rest of the colors used, making this not very attractive for the viewers.

Necessary Information

The date has been written above the masthead, positioned on the top left hand side. It is also in black font; therefore it doesn’t stand out to the audience and looks unprofessional. In this particular magazine, there is an issue number – again in black font on a white background.

The necessary information looks dull and isn’t very eye catching.

Text

On a whole, looking at the contents page, there isn’t much text at all. There is sub-heading in a list which has a slight description next to each heading. There is text around the images used on the contents page, which explain a bit about that image to the reader.

The structure of the text is very boring and appears more like a list, this again making the magazine contents page look unprofessional and unattractive.

Fonts

The fonts used appear to be the same throughout the whole page. It is plain, dull and simple and is not eye-catching in anyway. It looks unprofessional and is not the easiest to read.

Images

The images used look like they have just been placed onto the page and don’t look as if they fit really well. They haven’t been laid out very well and wouldn’t attract the audience’s attention.

Composition

There is more text in relation to images on this contents page. I don’t think the page has a neat structure as it looks messy and unprofessional.

Linguistic Features

There aren’t any linguistic features on this magazine.

  

Colour

The colours used on this magazine are dull and boring. The images don’t have much colour to them either and wouldn’t attract a reader. 

Masthead

The masthead is positioned at the top left hand side of the page. It is in relatively small font. It looks neat and professional and easy to read with it being white font on a red background. 

Necessary Information

The date has been written fully on the top left hand side of the page. Again, it is in white font; however it is on a black background and is in slightly smaller font. Underneath is there website and bebo address, which is in small, white font. 

Text

This contents page is text led compared to image led. The text is structured neatly. The text throughout the whole of the page has kept to the same color scheme. All of the page heading and extra information has been written in black font. The headings have been written in larger, white font and have been placed on wither a red or black background.

Fonts

The fonts used on this contents page are all very simple and easy to read – block capitals have been used throughout. With the same font being used across the whole page, this adds to its professional look.

Images

There has been one main image used of a band on this contents page. It is relatively big, but doesn’t take up the whole page. It looks professional as it has been neatly placed with the text surrounding it.

There is one other image used which is very small and is there to give the reader a little more insight as to what is in the magazine.

Composition

There is more text in comparison to images on this contents page. I think the contents page looks professional as it is neatly structured and doesn’t look messy. The way it has been framed would attract a reader’s attention as it is easy to read, which gives the thought that the whole magazine will be easy to read.

Linguistic features

I cannot see any linguistic features on this magazine page. However, I can see that there is lots of name-dropping bands, e.g. Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs and Oasis.

Colour

On this magazine contents page, it has stuck to a colour scheme. They have used eye catching colours (red) and have used the colour white to mix with the colours to make it more eye catching to a reader.

With using the same colour scheme throughout, it makes the whole framing of the contents page look professional.