Contents page deconstruction

Masthead: the masthead is a normal contents page title as it stay with the forms and conventions of a music magazine product as it just uses the word “contents” this is normal for a contents page, meaning the reader may feel comfortable when reading this and will read what is expected. The font is bold and is the biggest form of text so it is clear to the reader to see and draws their attention to it first as it is the most important text on the page.

Page numbers: the page numbers are small and separate from the rest of the text to indicate what page each specific article is on. They are bold and in a different font to the rest of the text to make it more clear for the reader and make it stand out. The page numbers with in the picture are white and the others are black. This may suggest the ones in white may be the bigger stories/articles and may indicate the importance of the articles. This is also whit to match the colour scheme and to make it stand out and visible to the readers.

Chart board: I like the idea of this icon, situated on the left of the page. This is a chart music board to show who is at the top of the charts in music. This allows readers to see what singers, albums and songs are crawling up to the top of the charts. This Is to appeal to the target audience as it is based on the genre of music in the music magazine which resembles the audiences preferences. This is a n easy to follow layout and may be hand to readers to track where their favourite artists are in the charts. This is a personal touch and I like the use of it. I shall take this into consideration when making my contents page.

Online section: this features at the bottom of the contents page. This gives a list of online exclusives from the magazine writers and information of different music genres online. I like the fact that they have used technology and online websites as it appeals to the readers of the magazine and the magazines target audience and. I am guessing its of a similar age gap of my magazine target audience (11-19+) The magazine producers have taken in to consideration that the youth are very well associated with technology and the internet, so they applied this to their magazine to make the magazine a multimedia product

Colour scheme: the colour scheme consists of blue (mainly) white black and green. These colours look professional and could appeal to a mixed gender audience instead of just girls. These could represent a modern trend/fashion or a certain addition like a winter or spring addition. The colour

scheme is represented throughout this contents page as it is determined mostly in texts and outfits in the images, as two celebrities are styling black and white suits and the other has a black jacket.

Main images: the big main image is of a popular singer in chart music. She is posing in a playful/non serious pose. This is good as the reader wont mistake tis model as a fashion/reality star, but instead, see’s a singer or a musical instrument player. She is stylish which could appeal to a female audience whilst having sex appeal to a male audience. The other main images are of other celebrities and musicians that resemble chart music. These are either solo artists or bands.