Contents Page Analysis 1

 

This is NME's contents page, again keeping the same throughout every issue. The colour scheme is red, white and black and again the font styles are kept simple, appealing to a more mature target audience. There are two images on this contents page but both from the same gig, there is even a small article to pull the reader in to read more. The bands featured range between male and female and old and new. For example Guns and Roses are from the late 70's early 80's and bands like Florence and the Machine and Friendly Fires whom are newer bands from 2009 and 2010, these bands are bands people of my generation would be currently listening to. Although the lead singer of Florence and the Machine is female, most of the bands featured are males, around the age range of 20-35. NME's target audience are males. As well as a contents list which is straight forward and easy to read on the right, there is a featured band listing on the left hand side. The bands have a page number next to them so the reader can easily flick to that page in the arcticle. I think this is a good idea because there are so many bands listed that there will be something for everyone to read. The contents list, not unlike Kerrang, is split into sections which are easy to read. The white sub titles stand out upon the black box behind it, and the font is kept simple and easy to read. The arrows on the right hand side pointing to some of the articles indicate what is mentioned on the front cover. Readers will usually look at the cover first and decide if they want to buy the issue or not, if so, this feature makes it simple to find out where in  the magazine they want to read. The 'subscribe today' section takes up a large part of the bottom half of the magazine. It has the required information such as the price and the website which will help boost sales.