Textual Analysis - Contents Page

The contents page in any magazine is truely vital as it enables consumers to navigate through the magazine, the contents page I have selected is from an RnB/Hip-Hop alternative magazine "Vibe" is very minimalistic and uses a single photograph to cover the entire page. This draws the readers eye directly to the page and makes them want to read it to see if any articles within the magazine are linked with the image that is being displayed. The typography on the contents page is small with larger bold titles, this draws the readers eye first to the title which is catchy enough to make them want to read the entire article.

The second magazine I have selected is "Drummer" which is the complete polar opposite to vibe magazine, This is done by presenting lots of articles available within the magazine as well as a host of images. This therefore widens the target audience due to the amount of artists within the magazine. The contents page also uses the name of the magazine to again make it stand out, It also show's the date in a big bold font which show's the audience it is a weekly published magazine.On the contents page a variety of images are shown with thier page number this enables the consumer to be able to quickly turn to thier chosen page just by looking at a particular image.