Cesca Haig

Picture

covering

whole page

Title over top

of main

image

Text explaining what the

article will be about.

First letter of the article in

a much bigger font that the

rest of the article.

Quote from

article

Small images

with text

describing

Magazines Logo

Advertising a subscription to the

magazine

Bold cover lines are used

to split the contents into

categories

The magazine has a band

index which will show what

bands and what genre of

music the magazine will

feature.

An image is shown, not

from a photo-shoot but

from a performance,

with some text beneath

saying what the picture

is of/about

On the contents page of NME they have a bit that tells you

how you can subscribe to the magazine. This appeals to the

reader if they want to buy the magazine again after

reading it the first time, as it is a way of saving money and

an easier way for them to get the magazine. The colours

here don’t match the rest of the colour scheme on this page

making it stand out to the customer.

The contents page has a few different graphics, advising

people on which pages to look at . These give the

magazine a more youthful look as older readers would

not expect graphics like these in their choice of

magazine.

Main cover lines are in a bold font making them stand out

and are used to categories articles into different sections,

making it easier to find things. Bold text is used for the

titles and the page numbers are in a different colour,

again making it easy to find what you're interested in

reading about.

Picture

covering

whole page

Title over top of main image

Text explaining what the

article will be about.

First letter of the article

in a much bigger font

that the rest of the

article.

Text

surrounded in

a gold

background,

draws the

reader to it.

Page numbers, title and

small introduction to

article on said page

Magazine logo

Pictures with page

numbers, making

people want to go

and see what is on the

page

Small review of

magazine contents

Bold text is used for the names of artists and page

numbers, they are underlined in a different colour,

this gives the contents page a more mature look than

NME but still makes it easy to find what you're

interested in reading about. And also regular main

cover lines are layout in the same way, again

making it easier to find things you are interested in

reading about.

Unlike NME, Q magazine used pictures

with page number in the corner to attract

readers to the different features of the

magazine.

Both magazines have very similar contents pages, they use similar

features such as the bold main cover lines and the way the pages are

layout. NME is aimed at a younger audience than Q magazine and

this is shown by the way that Q is more detailed nd has more contents

than NME.

Both magazines double page spread are almost identical, both start with a bolder

letter and both use a full picture with text describing the article on the first page.

This is the way that most magazines will set out a double page spread.