Research for Magazine - Contents Page

Research for Magazine - Contents Page 

Genre = Music & Fashion

Other Fashion Magazines (including music) to base research upon:

- W Magazine

- Dazed & Confused Magazine

- Wonderland Magazine

- i-D Vice Magazine

I tried to choose 4 very diverse magazines, aimed at different target audiences (all within my 16-24 age range) in order to get a wide range of connotations and similarities between a wide range of magazines, as well as see how different magazines can target different audiences in unique ways to others.

W Magazine Example
The first thing which grabs the readers attention is the giant photograph present at the side of the contents. Unlike other magazines, there is only 1 photograph on the contents instead of being a wide variety, and this leaves the text not much flexibility within columns to fit. This means that all the text is in one single column at the left hand side, with different page numbers being under the subheadings "WHAT",  "WHERE", "WHY", "WHEN", and "DEPARTMENTS". This easily distinguishes the pages to allow the reader to quickly find something that they would want to see, e.g. a certain celebrity. Also at the top of the page, there is the logo of the magazine as well as the date published. The only colour of font used is black.





Dazed & Confused Magazine Example
Once again only a single photograph is used in this contents, however this one isn't as big as the W one. The photograph sits below the Contents signal but above the actual contents information, making it stay centre of the page. The contents is split into 2 different columns, "Features" and "Regulars", which are both self explanatory to what they contain. Features contain new things for the magazine whereas Regulars contain common occurrences between the different editions. At the top right hand corner of the page, there is a copy of the front cover of a different magazine edition, henceforth advertising further. The main colour of font used is black.










i-D Magazine Example 
This is a double page spread contents unlike the other two which are single page. To start off, it is filled with lots of varying photographs of different things which relate to the magazine and what it contains. This is more conventional of most magazines due to the easier understanding of the reader. These are mostly small boxes which are scattered around among the text, however there are some bigger ones at the top of the page which heavily divert attention towards them. At either side of the double page, there is a bright/colourful swirl of varying colours, this really brightens up the page and makes it look less serious due to the black and white general theme. In terms of dividing, the contents splits up the interior of the magazine into 5 sections, cover story, features, people, lifestyle, and etcetera. This is similar to W Magazine and it allows the reader to easily find what they want to look for.