Analysis of a Contents Page

The contents page is using only 3 pictures but one is larger than the others that implies that it is a must read and is important but not as important as the main article that they have place in the front cover. There are two images that are much more smaller that are placed underneath the main image that suggest that they are also articles to be read but they are not as important as the other image.

As the Rolling Stone has a mixed genre and ranges in variety the contents page has images that are of artists that are belong to a different kinds of genre. For example, the main image which is the one that takes half of the page is a genre of dance techno as it tells you ‘The rave of new world Swedish DJ-producer Avicil’ It gives a clue of the genre from the word ‘DJ’ which makes you think if dance and clubs.  The next image does support my initial findings about the style of the magazine because in his image it is a completely different style of genre as in this image it says  ‘M.I.A returns’ and that artist is in the genre of indietrocina which shows that the style of the magazine has a variety of genre. The other image is of an actor which shows that the style has its variety which makes it an easy target audience that are interested in many different genres.

The colours and fonts that are used in the contents page are the same because for every heading they have the colour red which at the front cover it keeps the colour that they have for the title ‘Rolling Stone ‘which keeps it consistent. The sub heading are black to make it stand out and to read it clearly which is white., the same as the background on the front cover that makes it look tidy and support the style of the front cover.

The information is organised that makes it clear and easy for the audience to read. As it is in columns which make them spaced out. The information is placed anywhere on the page which means the audience would find it harder to find the articles they want to read. They are placed into 3 different sections which are; features, rock & roll and departments which makes it easier to find the articles that the audience do want to read.  They have a line to break up these different sections to make it simple for the audience. This would that suggest that the articles the are inside the magazine will be tidy and split into different sections to make it simple for the audience. This keeps it consistent with the front cover as well as the contents page. The sections show that the style of the magazine is still a variety as they even involve ‘department’ section which is filled with movie criticism and have other movie news. The other sections are about music which relates to the magazine.

At the top of the magazine it says ‘RS1190’ which as the audience we know what this means and know that number is the issue of the magazine. On the contents page they have some sort of pull quote because it says “All the NEWS THAT FITS”. It tells us that in the contents page they have the most important new on the contents, even though a might be a lot of pertinent information they can still fit it in for us to see what it is.