Analysis of contents page

This image is the contents page of ‘mixmag’ magazine. The magazine uses one image which is placed in the centre to the left. The image is of two teenagers obviously having a great time a club. This image was used because it has a relation to the genre of the magazine which is dance and clubbing music. This also supports the target audience of the magazine. This is shown through the age of the two females enjoying themselves at a club. 

                The skyline runs across the top of the page. The skyline displays the name of the magazine in the left corner, the month and year of the issue in the middle and ‘contents’ in the right corner, to instruct the reader that this is the contents page. The skyline uses all different fonts, which is primarily used to add creativity to make the page more appealing to the target audience. The colours used are black and white. Black was used for the background and white for the text.

                The information is organised so that it is accessible for the audience. For example the cue for the magazine is put to the right side of the page next to the main image in a column. As well as that the title of the cue is in a bold capitalised font with a smaller lower case line of information about the page below.

                On the mixmag contents page there are a total of three sections. Section one has one main image of two young people enjoying life, which support the genre of the magazine. In section two there is a list of page numbers and what articles you would find on those pages. This would become very useful to the target audience because then it is an easier way to navigate through the magazine. In the last section of the magazine is a description of the cover mount – ‘Your Free CD: Maya Jane Cole’. In this section the magazine tells the audience a little about the artist making them want to carry on reading with the double paged articles of her on page 58. Alongside it the magazine has provided the reader a list of the songs that are featured on the album and between the two texts there is a small image of the album cover itself. This is tells me that mixmag likes to make reading their magazine very easy so that it can fit in with a very busy party goer. The cover mount and the double page article on Maya Jane Cole could also be seen as a promotional feature.

                The magazine’s logo ‘mixmag’ is placed at the top of the page in left corner beside the month and year the issue was released. The logo is very small compared to the front cover, the word ‘contents’ dominates the logo in this page. The magazine has other franchises such as a television channel and a website but they are not promoted on this page.