My magazine comparison

1. Visual Style
The visual styles of both these magazines are very
different in terms of layout but they do include the
conventionallayouts that are required to make these
contents page visually pleasing for the reader.My and
the Kerrang contents page use similar colours to each
other however,the Kerrang magazine usesno
background but this makes it look consistent with the
coverimage as the coverpage did not use a
background.I think that my contents page has
included all the information that is needed as I have
included page numbers which tell the reader which
page they can find their story that they will want to
read. My contents page also includes a I age of the
band that I am writing my double page spread so that
the readercan see the band before they turn to the
page.
Conventional Layout
The two contents pages both used common
sections which are a vital layout as they help the
readergo to the sections that they would like to read
as different articles are under different sections.On
my contents page I have used a heading that tells
the readerthat this is the contents page and I have
used sub headings to outline the different sections
on the page.I have used the same colours that are
used for the sub heading on the Kerrang contents
page,but for the numbers (which are key, in telling
the readerwhich page number the article is) I have
made black and the writing I have made red.
Feature
In the Kerrang contents page they include an
editor’s column which is used as a way for the
editor themselves to tell us about the issue of
the magazine and what the issue features, and
it is a nice way of the editorconnecting with the
reader.I thought that this was a really good
idea for me to use in my very own contents
page to make the readerfeel like I was
interacting with them. In the Kerrang contents
page they have also included images of some
of the articles which separatesthe text out and
it does not make the page full of writing. I have
included an image in my contents page of the
band “The Flying Oysters who are going to
appearin my double page spread.
Theme
I had decide that I wanted to create a rock
magazine so I knew that I wanted to get
inspiration form a rock magazine so I chose
“Kerrang Magazine”as I myselfby his
magazine and it has all the bands and
articles that I would want to read. So I knew
that I needed to include features that would
appearin a Kerrang magazine contents
page,this included: posters,album reviews,
live reviews and the hottest new news about
bands.Looking at my contents page I think
that I have done well to stick to my theme
and produce a good contents page.
Audience devices
By using all the key elements that are required not only on the
contents page but throughout the magazine will help me attract
my target audience as hopefully it will attract their attention and
also the stories about the bands that they are interested in will
help me reach out towards my target audience.As my magazine
is new to the branding world I feel as if it will take a while for
more and more people to start buying my magazine as it will not
be as well-knownas Kerrang and Q.