The document summarizes key aspects of magazine contents pages from Q, NME, and Kerrang magazines. It notes that Q uses images and page numbers to highlight important articles, while also including regular columns. NME includes a band index corresponding to its music genre focus. Kerrang splits its contents into columns and uses bold text and yellow highlights to draw readers to band names and page numbers. All three magazines utilize stylistic elements that tie back to their brand identities.

1. Market research
Front cover
review.

2. Q.
The banner across the top indicates
that it is the biggest music magazine
The well recognised and in the UK, this tells us that the
established Q logo is magazi9ne covers a wide range of
used on the front cover genres appealing to a bigger
of the magazine letting audience.
the target audience
know it’s a Q magazine.
We can see this by
the anchorage
because even
though Cheryl Cole
is the dominant
Also the use of image, ‘U2’ is also
anchorage will include on the front
encourage the readers and both artist cover
to read on and want to two different types
buy the magazine as it of genre.
may include something
they find interesting or
appeals to them. Dominant image of a well
known artist attracts viewers
and other audiences that
would be interested in reading
Q doesn’t really have a specific
about the chosen artist.
genre it just includes the big artist
who have the power to stay around
such as Cherly Cole, Adele or lady
gaga. This appeals to a wide range The magazine as whole covers a range
of the market audience, For of genres which means that it appeals
example teenagers who listen to the to a wider audience.
charts or adults aged 18-25 who like
a pacific modern day or even a retro
artist.

3. NME.
The name of the magazine is
bold and stands out allowing
fans/followers to know that it is
their magazine.
NME sticks to a specific genre The magazine like all other
and only appeals to a niche magazines have a dominant
audience which is image of a featured artist,
alternative/indie, we can see this which is the lead singer from
by the artist included on the front the band ‘Muse’ which is an
cover. alternative styled band.
The word ‘last’ is highlighted
in a different colour
compared which instantly
draws to the readers to it,
overall making them want to The magazine also stick the a
read on and buy the certain house style of 2 main
magazine. colours, white and red but also
contains some text in black,
this catches the eyes of
potential readers because it is
The magazine front cover easy to read and established
doesn’t contain any current and between two colours.
Barcode is in the right bottom
now artist like lady gaga etc,
hand corner, typical of a magazine
telling us that it doesn’t expect
front cover as we read top left to
to appeal to that audience and
bottom right.
only appeals to their niche
audience.

4. Runner across the top of the
Kerrang. magazine shows what ‘freebees’ the
Dominant image
overlaps the magazine
magazine contains for example 5
title, showing us its
‘awesome’ posters, this persuade
importance on the
buyers to want the magazine even
cover.
more.
This magazine only
specifies in a particular The magazine front cover
genre which is contains more images than text
heavy/alternative rock. for its anchorage this makes it
Giving the magazine a easier on the viewers eyes.
niche audience.
Giving the readers chance to
win tickets to a gig is another
way of encouraging them to
buy the magazine.
You can see the genre Has a dominant text page that is
of the magazine is larger than the other anchorage
rock/ indie by the instantly catching the audiences
choice of words that eye. A technique used to grab the
have been used and attention of potential viewers
the artist featured on
the front cover.

5. Conclusion.
In conclusion you can see that all 3 magazine front covers are different but all use typical
conventions to establish their genre for example ‘Q’
magazine doesn’t have a specific genre but uses well known artists and the named
artists to grab their audiences attention.
This is totally different to say ‘Kerrang’ which does in fact have a specific genre. The
genre of the magazine ‘Kerrang’ is rock/indie the magazine uses the colours black, white
and yellow for its house style this is because black and white are colours we link with the
rock and indie genre allowing the audience to instantly get an idea of the genre it
specialises in.
‘NME’ specialises in the alternative genre and uses a number of conventions to put this
across for example having the main or dominant image has someone who is an
alternative artist also the dress sense of the artist allows us to see they are an indie artists
by including this within their main image ‘NME’ make it easier for potential readers to see
that it is an alternative genre style magazine.

6. Contents page review.

7. Q. The banner across the top of the page contains the logo, title of this page and the issue
number of this magazine. This is useful as otherwise the information would have no
meaning and the readers may not understand it.
The cover lines give
the reader some The use of images with
extra direction on page numbers instead of
the articles that they all text makes it easy on
may want to read. the readers eyes and also
Articles that don’t gives the contents page
have an image gives some life , making it less
us the idea that they boring.
are not as important
even though they
still have cover lines.
The colours of the
contents page
Dominate image is a stick to the
well recognized original house
character from the style of the logo
band ‘gorillaz’ which is red and
making it easier for white, allowing the
fans of the band to audience to make
notice him. Also it that connection
has the page The bar at the top of the right hand side labelled ‘regulars’ indicates that they with the ‘Q’
number leading fans are popular and frequent articles to the magazine, just between issues the magazine.
to an article on the articles will change differing in acts or topics. having this bar down the page
band. presents as some sort of menu to allow the reader to find they favourite articles
whether it’s a quiz, review or new music.

8. NME.
The title of the magazine is Main cover lines
included on the contents page used to
also, reminding the audience categorise the
which magazine they are different articles
reading. Also it gives the date making it easier
and year allowing the audience to read.
to follow the issues with ease.
the contents also has a ‘band
index’ which links into the
music genre of the magazine. Graphic features are
The list gives the names of used which also appeals
bands that are included in this to the audience as it
issue. gives the magazine a
The band names are in red more modern and useful
which sticks to NME feel to it.
housestyle telling us that this
is what the magazine is all
about.
Advertising is used which
appeals to the readers as
The dominant image of the members they may want to
from the band doesn’t look like it was purchase what ever is
prepared for or set in a studio, this being advertised. Also
gives the idea that the magazine was they may want to
at the gig and contents the latest news purchase the next issue if
and gossip which we wouldn’t find out if they enjoyed this issue
we didn’t read the magazine. Making which the advertisement
the audience buy and read the allows them to if they
magazine. wish to.

9. The text is used in the same font
Kerrang. throughout the contents page and only 3
colours are used creating a house style for
The yellow colour of the word
‘contents’ contrasts with the
the magazine and readers to recognise. black background making
The main image on the the masthead stand out. Also
contents page is shown it follows the house style of
to be very dominant the contents page which is
compared to the other yellow and black.
images also it shares a
link with the front cover
telling us that the band
‘Metallica’ is the main The use of quotes from
feature is this weeks bands are used to attract
issue. the readers attention and
makes the magazine feel
Also the little paragraph more directed at them.
above the main image is
written by the editor of the
magazine which gives the
magazine that personal The contents page as
touch the readers can been split up into 4
relate to. different column. With the
images being in one and
the band names and text
being in another, allowing
the readers to follow it
The use of the band names easier.
that are underneath the
image being presented in
bold and block capitals allows
the reader to easily read the
bands name. next to the
name the page number is
highlighted in yellow allowing
the reader to skip to the page
they wish to read.