Music Magazines

Contents Page Analysis

Spin Magazine• This issue of spin uses the main

image as the background of the page, with the band placed centrally on the page.

• The image is a black and white effect making the masthead ‘Spin’ the only piece of colour on the page.

• On the left hand side there is a lift of the main stories that are able to be found in the magazine, with each heading and page number in a bold, white font.

• The text on the page is all in white, this is to fit in with the image.

• In the right hand corner of the page there is a quote to make it more personal.

Billboard Magazine• This issue of Billboard features a list of that

weeks charts on the left hand side in a grey background and black text with the numbers found in a white background to show a difference between them.

• The headings in these columns are written in a darken background with yellow text to stand out.

• On the right hand side there is plain, white background with a theme of the colour blue being found throughout it.

• In the middle of the page, to the right hand side, there is a main image with text based around it.

• The blue is used to seperate different topics and to highlight the titles, the rest of the text is written in black.

• There is a strip of three images found near the top of the page that add colour and life to the page and also inform the reader of which artists can be found in the magazine.

Q Magazine• This Q contents page shows a main

picture of Matt Bellamy on the right hand side, this shows he is a main story featuring in this magazine.

• The colour red is used to associate it with Q magazine as it is always used and is very easily recognisable by Q readers.

• On the right hand side there is a list of important and interesting stories included in this issue, inbetween them there is a red line to show the title and show its connection with the Q magazine, as the colour red is always used on the masthead.

• At the bottom of the page there are two small pictures shown as pages of the magazine and which pages they can be found on.

• At the top of the contents page there is a banner with a red background with the masthead ‘Q’.