INDIE ROCK MAGAZINE ANALYSISContents Pages

TRACE MAGAZINE This is the only one ‘Indie Rock Music Magazine’ that I

have looked at, analysed and researched that does not have a contents page in – in any issue.

This magazine is merely filled with information, articles and images like any other magazine but does not tell you what is featured in it in a seperate page.

SPIN MAGAZINE This contents page is very bold, mainly because

of the use of colours: Red, black, white, grey. This contents page is very organised and gives

the page a kind of sophisticated, smart look. The photograph

takes up most of the page as it is a full body shot, however

this image would make a reader be more interested if they

were fans of Zoey Deschanel or Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Fans

may be interested if they liked the film that the two actors

filmed together. This contents page is very simple to read, and find the

information you want – to see what is featured in the

magazine and on what page.

Q MAGAZINE This contents page matches the front cover of

the issue, the colours are the same, however the

layout looks much better on this page, this is

because it is easier to read and more structured. This magazines contents page looks very plain, the colours

match the magazines constantly used colours: The Red box

that the white or black ‘Q’ sits in as the logo for the magazine. The subtitles for this page (which are the category names)

are written in white in a red/orange shaded text box. The image does take up a lot of the page, but this may

interest fans of John Bon Jovi. If it wasn’t a fan reading this and they didn’t know who the

man was they might read the article to find out.

NME MAGAZINE This contents page is very similar to the cover,

it is very busy and uses the same colours as on

the cover. NME contents pages are very different to most

Others, this is because NME put a quite sizable image on the

page and then put an article underneath it with a big title. Also different to many other magazines NME have a

column on the left hand side of the page – from top to bottom

– of the bands mentioned in that weeks issue of the magazine. Also NME do advertisements at the bottom of their pages,

they are quite big advertisements too, this means that people

will definitely notice it even if they are not interested.

MOJO MAGAZINE This magazine contents page looks so different

To the other types of magazines that I have been

looking at and analysing. This contents page is

very neat and well organised, there is a full body

shot that is looking down on the model – but it still does have

the whole body and outfit in the shot. This contents page is simple yet effective, it is easy to read

and easy to follow. The title and page numbers are in orange the other text is

written in smaller black writing. At the bottom of the page there is a quote written in black,

underneath that there is orange text, this is to break up the

orange and the black text – to stop it looking boring and dull.

KERRANG MAGAZINE This magazine contents page is very similar to

most others, however this page is much busier

than all of the other magazines that I have been

looking at, researching and analysing. There are a lot more images used in this contents page

than any of the other that I have been looking at. The main colours used are red, black, white, grey and

yellow. Red, back and white were all used on the cover, yellow

is used on this contents page to break up the page and also to

brighten it up a little bit. There is text but for the contents pages for Kerrang the

majority of the page is filled up with images and photos of bands – and things that fit the articles.