NME contents

NME Contents page Analysis

This is an edition of NME's contents page which i would like to take some hints and tips on how to put mine together. Straight away the main image hits the target audience full on and the text underneath is also clear and stands out it states "The end of the Astoria" the text is black and in large font it matches with all of the little titles for example "live and features" the black also is the background on the main title on the contents. Located on the far left of the contents is the "Band Index" which basically states every single band that NME readers want to know about so for example their new singles, albums, live tours and just general news about the bands. At the bottom of the contents is an offer for NME readers to subscribe cheaper than ususal for magazines, a technique i will be using! NME's contents has a lot of text included inside it and only really one image there are two previous magazines below but apart from that they are the only images on the cover. I think i will be taking a similar route for my magazine contents page in the sense that i will only use one main picture that will take up a lot of room. The smaller headings on the contents also fascinates me for example "Radar" and "Reviews" give a new meaning to headings in a contents page i think radar is better than concerts or gigs coming up it sounds more in context with the rock image that NME are going for. Having "Radar" and "Reviews" below one another i think reads well off the tongue of course it uses alliteration and that is the main reason i think why it so catchy and reads very well.