Analysis Of Magazine Contents Page 1

This is a contents page taken from the source magazine “Vibe”. The background colour of this contents page is black and grey, the text on the contents page is mainly black and the master head is white. The contrast goes great as the black writing on the contents page contrasts well with the grey part of the background. This works well as the writing on the contents page is easy to read and more importantly it is visible. This contents page is fairly simple as it does not contain a wide amount of written on the contents page and it is not dominated with other subjects.

The contents page is easy to navigate through as it shows clear description on what is where. The contents page has two main headlines, “features” and “fashion”. This is highly important and good to use as people can see who would be involved in the magazine by looking at the people who would be featuring and also people can see the different types of fashion trends to see what page they would be on.

This contents page is mainly targeted towards women, as this is represented through the image which has been used and the typeface. The typeface of this contents page is in bold and italic writing, this shows the feminine part of the contents page.

This contents page also uses the house style technique, as the source of this contents page is the magazine “Vibe”. There are different uses of house style used in this contents page, as we can see on the top of the contents page there is a see through V shape which is visible and looks attractive as well as the company name on the bottom right hand side, to remind and show who the source is.

The layout of this contents page is very well set as it looks attractive through the image of the women and the position she is in and also the colour combination makes the contents page look more attractive. The layout of the magazine is clear and easy to understand as the headings are used for example “features”, as from this we would directly know who would be involved in this magazine and on what page they can be found.