Contents page analysis

 

I've decided to analyse this content page because I like the layout of it and I'd like to do something similar for my music magazine contents page.

This content page does not look like a normal content page because it does not have the usual layout of a contents page. In most magazine there will be lot's of pictures showing something related to the article that was advertised on the front cover. While this one only shows a picture of 2 models I believe this makes the models stand out more because they are giving only one main image to look at other than the page references.

The image of Shanelle and Nicki Minaj is the main focus of this content page because it covers more than half of this page, this is a full body shot of the females without their legs cropped out you can see from head to toe, They are both looking in the direction of the camera which I think will appeal to the readers I believe this is more effective that they are both looking into the camera very seductively.

This content page still covers some of the convetions, such as the title of a article with a page number and small description of the article to make the readers clear on what its about, this content page only has 1 main collumn which is uniqe because most of the content pages I have looked at had 3 or more collumns, In my opinion I think that when there is less information on the content page it looks more professional and also less tacky and cluttered.

The colour scheme is kept to a minimum, there are lots of darker shades for example there is cream, a dark leaf green and also black. I think that this combination work well and is appealing to the readers, Other magazines prefer to use very bold and vibrant colours to catch their audiences attention but I believe that this colour scheme worked.