Contents Page Analysis Two

NME's contents page is much organised as it has subheadings of the information in the magazine, for example, it has a News, Reviews and Features categorised into different parts. The main picture on the contents page is of the Astoria which is one of the main venues for gigs in London and is well known worldwide. on the left hand side in red are names of bands that are going to be in the magazine, with the page number that they are going to be featured on, this is a very organised structure as the audience can just look up the band or artist that they want to read about and go straight to that page. This also shows us that this magazine is quite big as it has such a large number of artists and bands to cover in the magazine. This contents page is targeted more towards the age range of 18-30, I say this because this age range would know about the Astoria and may have visited it. The advertising on the bottom of the contents page attracts the reader in as it is seemed as a reward; this is because if they sign up to the magazine, then they would save £45, this might convince them to subscribe to the magazine. on the right hand side at the bottom it shows the audience that the magazine has a guide for Uk's number 1 gigs, this shows us that the magazine is targeted to people who are interested in attending gigs. The layout and composition is busy which is very effective and attracting. The colour scheme used is red, black and white. As these colours contrast each other it stands out. The colours show the brand identity which runs through the magazine which automatically identifies to the audience that it is an NME magazine. The category “Live!” has an exclamation mark at the end of it, shows us that it is an exclusive feature in the magazine, which may draw in the reader