AS Media
AS Media Coursework
Contents page textual analysis
Again I chose to analyse the CLASH magazine so I could fully see the relationship between front cover and contents page. The page follows the simplistic style of the front cover. It has one large title at the top in the same font as used for the main cover line on the front cover of the magazine. The page is then split up into three sections over a double page spread: Features, Fashion and Regulars. Under each section are the titles of the pages and a brief description of whats on that page underneath. The title of the page is in a faded bold black and the description a non-bold font. This draw attention to the short snappy titles and means if they are interested in the title they can read the short description of that page. if all of it was bold it might seem too simple and a little overwhelming having it all in big black bold font shouting at you. There are several images at the bottom of the page that correspond to a page in the magazine. The background is plain white with no image which, again, goes with the minamilist style that was started on the front page. This is appealing to the target audience as it has all the features that this type of person would like. e.g. An indie font, a minamilist simple layout and alternative pictures with muted colours which the reader would find interesting.
The contents page of the Q magazine is kind of like a cross between the dark rock colours of Kerrang with the simple style organisation of Clash. It, like the cover, shows sofistication much more than a magazine of the same genre but a different demographic, Kerrang. However, it sort of seems to be bordering more on the line of boring than simplistic.
