Music Magazine Contents Page Analysis

Contents Page from 'Kerrang!' Magazine.

As expected for this genre of music (Rock, Indie, Metal etc) the contents page has use of very dark and neutral colours. The full top half of this page is basically black, this is because the picture of 'Slash' is very dark because of his clothing and his genre of music he is involved in, heavy metal. The picture of 'Slash' stands out because the colour scheme brings him to life and draws him to our eye. Also the font and pictures of the contents on the left hand side is very small so it does not stand out. This means that they are using 'Slash' as their Unique Selling Point (USP). This is because we all know that 'Slash' is a huge figure in the Rock and Roll industry making him the perfect person for this audience reading the magazine.

The bottom half of magazine is mainly white, this could be because of the black at the top of page, black and white contrast very well and give a nice effect on they eye. Also it could be used in a colour code way because the black is all for 'Slash' and the white is covering extra information of what's included in the magazine.

The layout is very simplistic as the information in the top half is on the left hand side because we read from left to right, helping it to stand out. Also along with the whole colour scheme idea I believe that the little sub-titles in yellow are linked to the main title 'CONTENTS' as this is also in yellow font. Also 'THIS WEEK' is wrote in yellow meaning this has a connection as 'Kerrang!' is a weekly magazine.