NME Contents page anaylsis

Contents page analysis

This contents page is separated by under the different headings; including the news, radar, reviews, live and features these are placed on the right hand side. down the left hand side there is a there is a 'band index' this helps readers to find specific band inside that magazine.

to find something that is placed on the front cover there then is a small red arrow pointing at the stories that are mentioned on the cover. with the title of the article and the page numbers are clearly separated by two different colours which are used to write in each of them-red for the page number,black for the title. the NME logo is situated in the top right hand corner, to keep the contents page similar to the front cover.

At the top of the page there is a title that says 'this week' in a large bold font, this then reminds us(audience) that this is a weekly magazine. In-between the two contents columns, there are two large pictures with a small story underneath. This gives the audience a taster of what the rest of the magazine will offer inside. This then marks that this isn't a strict contents page as it has a small story on Oasis who are one of the most recognizable bands in Britain. Adding this story then might make the page more interesting and it fills up the gaps which are left between the two columns. If the story wasn't there, the writing would have to be bigger, this would go against the common conventions in NME.

Also down the middle of the page is and advert that boasts NME's subscriptions offers,'subscribe today' is written in bright yellow colour which grabs the audiences attention which makes it sure that they have seen the offer.