Contents page analysis

Today in media we were set the task of analysing a contents page of a music magazine. I had to discuss; composition, image, graphics, text and theme. I also had to discuss why things were put in that particular place.

This is the magazine contents I analysed. One idea that I liked from this contents page is the main image being the front cover, this then gives people the option to pick put what story they want to read as the front cover is what attracts people to a magazine. I have decided to consider using this idea in my own music magazine as I do think it works.

 This is the first half of my analysis, some of the things I pointed out included how the house style wasn't really consistent in terms of colour. The front page was mainly orange where as the contents page was mainly pink, this would appeal to the target audience of girls as they don't necessarily like everything to be the same.

 This is the second half of my analysis, one of the things i noticed is they used a speech bubble on the contents page. This is a good idea so that they do appeal to their audience as it stands out rather than just stating what the page consists of.
 

 This is the last section of my analysis. I spoke about the Graphics and the Text, one of the things i noticed is that the text for each page is broken down in to sections rather than just going in order it is put into different parts so that the audience can pick out the things that they may want to read. This is good as they are trying to appeal to a young female audience and girls tend to want to read what they found interesting on the front cover rather than reading each article word for word.

Overall I think analysing this music magazine has benefited me as I have decided to take out ideas which i could use in my own music magazine, I also have a more understanding of how i should set out my own magazine to appeal to a specific target audience.