Contents analysis

This is a Q magazine contents page. These all link to the front cover because they relate to the dark theme, but also keep the ‘pop rock’ genre because it uses brighter colours to represent the pop side of the magazine. Most of the models are dressed in black, this is to represent the rocky theme of the magazine and to show power. It could also represent evil, which links to Ricky Gervais’s glare at the camera, because he looks quite evil. However he is dressed like a priest which is usually the opposite of evil, this adds mystery to the picture. Ricky Gervais and Lily Allen both follow the theory’s of Winship and Dyer, because they are both looking at the camera and they are wearing dark colours, and in reality they are seen as bright characters.

These are contents pages from a rock magazine called Hammer. On this page they use the same style of picturing the artists on stage. They got a picture with fire in the background which is an orange colour, which represents energy and dominance.On the other page it uses the colour blue a lot, which represents power and links to this picture.

It links because in the picture there is a lot of blue and electricity which shows power.I like these because the text is sectioned out, so it is easier and more enjoyable for the audience to read.

This is my analysis on 2 different magazine contents pages. 1 of them (Q magazine) is the magazine above. This has given me a clear understanding and some ideas of what I can use in my contents page of my magazine.

This is the second half of my analysis on the 2 magazines.