Week 4...analysing contents page...

This is Kerrang's contents page. The first thing that comes to mind when looking at this page is that it is too fussy. I think there is to much squashed onto one page. There are alot of photos taking up about three quarters of the page and then a tiny section for the actual contents. Saying that i do like the small bit of text for each photo. It gives the reader a bit of information on what the photo is about. The colours of yellow, white and black are generally the house colours of Kerrang magazine. The title at the top of the page is not overly standing out as it is not that large and unlike the other contents pages, the letters are not in capitals. A thing i do like is that there is one large photo, and the rest are all the same size. This photo is obviously more important and the magazine wants readers to see this one first. There is an editors letter on this contents page unlike the others. The language is very much similar to NME magazines. Words like 'coz' and 'this weeks mammoth cover story' gets the readers in the mood for reading the magazine and also matches the stereotypical readers language. Underneath the title, there is a quote from a band member. "who really notices anyone else when i'm on stage?" this shows some personality of a band member adn could encourage readers to read aboutthis band. It also includes a page number underneath where this is written. Not my favourite contents page, but includes a few nice ideas i might use on my contents page!