Media analysing contents page

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Main image – The main image is of a ‘slash’ a heavy metal rock artist. In the image he is wearing a black leather glove, jacket and hat that are black, this outfit is a gothic/punk wear which is the part of the audience that listens to him. The artist is looking at the camera lowering his glasses this makes him look like he is looking a the person who is looking at the magazine and interacting with them. He is also giving a cunning smile which looks like he is challenging the reader. The image follows the code and conduct of most magazines although the image is landscape and only fills the top half of the page which doesn’t follow the conduct the image is still a close up of an artists face which is following the code of conduct set by the other magazines. Colour scheme – The colour scheme being used in the page are black, white and yellow these colours together are the same colours that are used on warning signs , so this can give the impression to the reader to be warned or give the page a disobeying look and feel to it, this can attract the audience that like to be disobedient. Master header – The master head follows the code of conduct of other magazines because the header is right at the top of the page. The header is wrote in a bold yellow font that has crack on it, this can might have been done to Images – There are a few image on the page in all of the people in them are wearing black clothing this is done to resemble a gothic/disobedient attitude, this will help attract the audience that the magazine wants. Promotion – There is a promotion for their magazine near the bottom right corner, this is in bright red so it really stands out because it’s the only big amount of red used on the page, this shows importance and brings attention to the text. Navigation – Next to all the titles wrote on the page there are page numbers in red again to show the importance and bring attention to the text.

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Main image – The main image is of a ‘slash’ a heavy metal rock artist. In the image he is wearing a black leather glove, jacket and hat that are black, this outfit is a gothic/punk wear which is the part of the audience that listens to him. The artist is looking at the camera lowering his glasses this makes him look like he is looking a the person who is looking at the magazine and interacting with them. He is also giving a cunning smile which looks like he is challenging the reader. The image follows the code and conduct of most magazines although the image is landscape and only fills the top half of the page which doesn’t follow the conduct the image is still a close up of an artists face which is following the code of conduct set by the other magazines.

Colour scheme – The colour scheme being used in the page are black, white and yellow these colours together are the same colours that are used on warning signs , so this can give the impression to the reader to be warned or give the page a disobeying look and feel to it, this can attract the audience that like to be disobedient.

Master header – The master head follows the code of conduct of other magazines because the header is right at the top of the page. The header is wrote in a bold yellow font that has crack on it, this can might have been done to resemble warning signs and to really catch the readers eyes when he looks on the page.

Date – The date is located under the header it is in small bold white letters in front of a dark background that makes it really visible.

Images – There are a few image on the page in all of the people in them are wearing black clothing this is done to resemble a gothic/disobedient attitude, this will help attract the audience that the magazine wants.

Promotion – There is a promotion for their magazine near the bottom right corner, this is in bright red so it really stands out because it’s the only big amount of red used on the page, this shows importance and brings attention to the text.

Navigation – Next to all the titles wrote on the page there are page numbers in red again to show the importance and bring attention to the text.

Master header – The master header of this page is wrote in big bold text, the name of this magazine NME is wrote in red this makes the readers eyes look at it and because it’s a well established brand name it will make people look at the other pages of the magazine. This header follows the code of conduct of the other magazines by writing there header right at the top of the page.

Main image – The main image is a close up of a band and a concert this will attract the audience that are fans of this band, the background lighting of this picture is red this makes the image look important and makes it stand out. The image is near the centre of the page so the main focus of the page. Under this image there is a sentence that ends with out an ending leaving the reader wanting to read more.

Colour scheme – The colour scheme used in this page is black, white, yellow and red these colours are ones that really stand out and are often used in warning signs so they give the impression that this is a rebellious magazine. The yellow which has been used in this page has only been used in one place and this is a promotion this is done to show the importance of that text.

Navigation – Next to the titles there are page numbers so that the reader can easily find that page these numbers have been wrote in red to show their importance.

This could be something that readers of the magazine may be looking for so it has been wrote in a red arrow that can immediately catch the reader eyes this is done because this may be something that potential buyers are looking for.

Main image – In the main image the artist has a serious face and is looking directly at the camera making it look like he is looking at the reader of the magazine. He is wearing some type of blazer jacket with a spotted print on it, the shot of artist has taken the photo of him including the blazer jacket he is wearing this could have been done because the magazine might be about fashion as well as music. The image follows the code and conduct of many of the other magazines by having one main image that takes up most the contents page.

Colour scheme – The whole contents page has been made in a grey scale and the only real colour is the red coming from a heart on the artist. This sudden read in front of all the dull colours will instantly attract the eyes of the reader, this sudden red on his heart could be because there is a article in the magazine about his loved ones or his personal life.

Main header – the main header has been wrote in a way that separates the word into three parts, this is done in all the contents pages that come from this magazine and this tells people what magazine this contents page comes from.

Layout - The layout is quite simple with very little text on the page, and the text has been wrote in a very small font this makes the main image look bigger telling us that this artist is the main subject of this magazine.

Navigation - There are bold fonts next to a short summary of the page. This has been done to make sure its clear to find what page, and so the reader can have a quick read on what is the pages and read if they find it interesting.