Contents Page Analysis.Poppy Thompson

Blender Contents Page

This contents page is very simple with very little text on it and hugely focused on the main picture in the middle. The picture is of the massive pop star “Katy Perry” she is known for her bubble-gum pop

style yet sophisticated music taste and the magazine definitely shows her bubble-gum pop look

in this picture making her the main object on the contents page as through her bright coloured outfit

on the pale grey background and the size of the picture.

This will appeal to her fans as they are used to her style and music whereas the oppositional readers will see her as “twee” and over the top which can

be seen as over-baring and weird.

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The magazine has very little writing on it that could be seen as a positive thing to some readers as it is easy and simple for them to navigate the magazine

and see in one go what it contains. However the oppositional reading could be that the readers of that particular magazine are juvenile because the whole page is just pictures and not much writing.

The bold writing that says “Contents” presents the magazine as bold and confident and with Katy Perry

as the main feature is shows their “whacky” side and that they aren’t afraid to be different, however

this could put some people off reading the magazine such as those who are “mainstreamers”

because they will want more to be the same as those around them.

In Conclusion…

This magazine uses its layout, font and typography

to attract its target audience it uses iconic, indexical, and symbolic symbols, to create an

informal and relaxed effect on the reader, also to make

the content page very simple because the target audience of this magazine

will not be interested in large amounts of text but

more in short pieces of text and large amounts of

pictures.

Contents Page Analysis.Poppy Thompson

Billboard Contents Page

This contents page is completely different to the Blender one, it has more text and more images on it

and there is a much larger variation of colour and theme on it.

The girl in the picture is not someone that many people will know straight off, neither are the rest of the pictures really but they are still the main picture regardless of this. The fact that Billboard have not just used big names as their main attractions to

achieve more readers says a lot about their brand, it shows how established they already are

compared to Blender and that they are willing to try and showcase new artists and their music.

This contents page has a lot information on it which will be seen too those who take the preferred

reading as a good thing as the magazine is giving them what seems to be a lot of information.

The chart on the left hand side of the page makes the magazine seem reliable because it is an official chart and therefore the readers will trust it and trust

the rest of the magazine. It also makes the magazine look a lot more established, professional

and trust worthy, because of the amount of knowledge they seem to have in the topic and genre of music that their magazine is about.

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In Conclusion…This magazine instantly offers its readers a large amount of information in its first page, it also uses its layout, colour scheme and typography to create a formal and intense look and feel to the magazine. I also think that the target

audience of this magazine are very particular and very

interested in the content inside the magazine

rather than just flicking through it.

Both of these magazines are completely different, one is very minimalistic both in the ways of text and imagery to attract their audience and the other completely fills

the page and uses various pictures to attract their audience by offering them buckets of knowledge. This is

probably because the two magazines are trying to create different effects on their audiences Blender is

trying to create a careless and relaxed vibe and Billboard is aiming more for the audience to learn

something through reading their magazine.

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