Kerrang Contents Page Analysis.

Kerrang Contents - Analysis.

Contents pages are a simply way to express what’s inside. Nearly all magazines have a contents page which is more often than not on the page opposite the front page, so when you open the cover it’s the first thing you see.

In this example you have the title Contents is in yellow this is because it stands out against the black background. What’s unusual in Kerrang magazines is the use of issue number and date. This allows the audience to keep up to date with the issues.

Featured double spreads are across the top half of the page with an large image of Soundgarden, this could possibly be because the editor feels like it’s a bigger story or they are less well known that either Hollywood Undead or Enter Shikari.

As usual in Kerrang magazines the editor writes a little note. In this particular contents page it’s on the left hand side. The picture that’s posted above the snippet of information is of the editor herself, she’s an attractive woman and the audience can see whose work they are reading. It gives the magazine a personal touch.

Once again you know you’re reading Kerrang as they paste in a border across the middle of the page. It’s a good place to position it as it’s just before the headings of what’s inside, again with the colours they contrast standing out. “This Week” represents the news as being current and up to date, what the readers want to know.

The main contents page is sectioned off under different headings: Feedback, News, Poster Special, The Rev, Live Reviews, Features, Album Reviews, Gig Guide and K! Quiz. Each heading has a different number of stories. To make the headings stand out yellow writing on a black background was used to keep the contents colour scheme continuing. This contents follows the typical style of contents and listing stories with matching numerical page numbers. Each story that has been mentioned on the cover has a black star in a red circle; these highlight the main stories that drew the readers’ attention to the magazine in the firs place.

In the bottom right hand corner there is the option to subscribe so you never miss a copy of the magazine. Again the colour scheme is kept in sync with the use of yellow, white, black and red. The red banner with the white writing contrasts well. The use of the magazines overlapping this text simply shows what their money buys.

The few pictures on the bottom half of the page, little pictures are used. This is to make more room for the contents to be pasted in a neat order