Contents Analysis 4

This contents page is from Q magazine. It has 92 pages and it has 17 stories in 2 sections. This is laid out in 4 columns with 5 images. 5 of the articles are illustrated with an image. The page numbers are placed on the left of the articles and are font size 14 and are in a simplistic style, simply being black and bold. This creates synergy with the front cover as the black, along with the red at the beginning of the articles and background white is the same colour scheme as the front cover. There is white space covering most of the page, due to the background being white, and the text not taking up too much space. There are 3 studio shots and rest are on location. Each image has different clothes. This contents relates to the genre of pop rock through the colour scheme including red and black, which are conventions of rock, and the artists they have in the magazine being a mix of pop and pop rock artists.
There is the logo of the magazine twice throughout the page, once at the top left in the headline, and once in the column to the right at the top. The publisher of the magazine is Bauer Media Group. You can tell the target audience of younger adults from the use of artists such as Robbie Williams and Lady Gaga. The theory of Dyer, 'a star is an image, not a real person', can be applied through the image of Robbie Williams, with the lighting to cause an effect on his hair that would not occur in real life.
How This Has Affected My Research and Planning
I like the larger amount of white space included in this contents, it shows the magazine to be of a higher quality. I also like the way they use the red to highlight anything important, as well as headlines.