Kerrang Magazine, Contents Analysis.

Kerrang's contents page uses the same colour palette that is featured on their front page, with the added addition of the colour yellow, which is the same in nearly every issue. The colours are usually associated with danger, when shown together, and this could reflect the genre of music the magazine features, that it's a bit rebellious and mainly focuses on rock music The first one third of the page is taken up by one large picture with smaller pictures on the layer on top of it, as well as the title 'Contents', the issue number, and the cover date. The smaller two of the three pictures seem to be pictures of articles in the magazine, that as coupled with the article title and page number. The main photo is of an artist signing autographs, and the text at the bottom corner of the picture informs the readers that the photo is of 'Bring Me The Horizon'. The text is on the right hand side of the page number, which is written differently to the other page numbers in the top third of the page. The number is written in white on top of a black star inside red circle, and this shows that the article must be something different/important, as the star symbol in the media institution is commonly associated with people would are important/famous, hence VIPs. The rest of the contents page seems to be split evenly between the amount of textual information and the amount of photos making the page look more interesting to read. There is a black banner at the top of the information, just under the main photo, with the magazine title and the words 'This Week', again showing the readers that the magazine is published every week should they wish to purchase it again.

On the left hand side there is a photo of the magazine's editor, and a small column of writing about Biffy Clyro, and the offer which will be in the next issue. The beginning of the text starts off in bold lettering, making the words stand out, and letting the readers know that there is a bit of information about Biffy Clyro, should they be interested. The other three photos that are on the rest of the page are pictures that advertise different music, there is an album cover, a picture of an artist and a bands 'logo', all of which tell the readers not only what is featured in the magazine, but it also gives them extra information, as they readers will know be able to recognise the artist having seen a picture, something that they may not have been able to do beforehand. The text is split into 4 columns and then categorised in 8 different categories, which lets the readers find information they are interested in easily. The black star inside the red circle also appears frequently and announces which articles are the ones that were featured on the front cover, letting the readers known where the articles, that may have persuaded them to buy the magazine, are. The page also has a small box advertising the chance to subscribe to the magazine in the bottom right hand corner, accompanied by three photos of different Kerrang issues, which allows the readers to see what sort of thing they would gain if they did subscribe.

The use of the main photo in the top one third of the page is an aspect of the front cover that I like, and having a picture of another band/artist I will have included in my magazine is an element I want to add. I think the use of this makes the contents page look more appeakling to the readers as people generally prefer to look at pictures than read text, and adding pictures to my contents page would satsify these needs.