The magazine contents page includes necessary information like the date, issue number, and page number in the top right corner. The masthead is positioned in the top left corner in a simple white font. There are three different font types used including ones for sub-headings, coverlines, and band names. Images are featured including a large one of the main feature and smaller ones. The color scheme is mainly red, white, and black to appeal to mature audiences. The page contains text with hints about article topics and uses linguistic features like rhetorical questions.

1. Necessaryinformationisincludedin
the contentspage.Thingssuchas
the date andissue numberare
consideredasnecessary
information.Onthismagazine these
are positionedunderthe Masthead.
The Masthead ispositioned inthe
middle of the page.The fontis
simple andeasytoread witha slight
designonitthat doesn’tmake it
more difficulttoread.The textis
white.
There isa lotof textinthis
contentspage.The text
namesbandsthat are
coveredinthe magazine
and giveshintsasto what
each article isabout.It also
has a note fromthe editor–
somethingthatisquite
rare.
Differenttypesof fontare
usedinthe contentspage.
The sub-headingsare in
the designed yellow font
whereasthe Coverlines
are insimple blacktext
that iseasyto read.Bold
textisusedfor the names
of the bandsfeaturedin
the magazine.
There are six imageson
thiscontentspage.The
biggestone isof the main
feature of thisissue – My
Chemical Romance (MCR).
There are alsofourother
picturesof MCR thatare
smallerteasersof the
imagesthatare inside.
These are all place in the
top half of the page.The
smallerMCR imagesare
anchoredby the text‘My
Chemical Romance Poster
Special!’There isalsoan
image of the editorwhich
isthe same size asthe
smallerMCR imagesandis
positionedunderneath
them.
There are differenttypes
of linguisticfeaturesinthe
text.Alliterationisused –
an example of thiswould
be ‘The Teignmouthtrio’ –
whichiswrittenunder
‘Muse’.There are many
enigmacodesthroughout
the textas well asuse of
exclamation.Itisalso
writtenina waythat
makesreadersthinkthey
are beingaddressed
personally.
There are three maincolours;black,yellow
and white.Blackandtallow are usedforthe
text.The imagesare in full colour,otherthan
the mainimage that isin blackand white.The
colourscheme issimple aneffective asthe
coloursworkwell together.

2. The Masthead ispositionedinthe
top leftcornerof the page.The font
issimple andbecause of the wide
spacingbetweenthe letters,itis
alsoveryeasyto read.Theyhave
use the colour white forthistext.
Theyhave includedsome necessary
information,suchasthe issue number,but
overall thiscontentspage doesn’thave the
necessaryinformationmostmagazines have
(e.g.date).The issue numberispositionedat
the top of the rightpage,inthe centre.
There are differenttypesof fontusedonthe contents
page.The Coverlinesare inaboldblacktextthat’s easy
to read.The enigmacodesare ina smallerblackfont
that issimple andalsoeasyto read.The Masthead and
Sub-headingare ina differentfontthatissimple yet
stylishandreadable.Thenthere isthe small redtext
that standsout andlooksattractive yetit,too, issimple
and easyto read(slightlymore difficultbecauseof the
distractingcolour).
There are several differentimages,positionedinvarious
placesacross the twopages.The biggestimage (and
therefore the one thatgetsthe mostattention) isa
cartoon/anime type picture thatthe Gorillazuse intheir
musicvideos.Thisindicatesthatthe Gorillazare the (or
one of) mainfeature/sinthismagazine. The other
imagesare relatedtothe other thingsfeaturedinthe
magazine andare sub-images.
The main colourscheme for
thismagazine isred,white and
black.Thisis simple yet
effectiveandshows thatthe
magazine isformature
audiencesratherthan
children,whoprefercolourful
things
There isquite a lotof textinthiscover
page.The texttellsyouthe namesof
the bands/singersthatwill be featured
inthe magazine andeachhave teasing
hintsunderthemto attract and draw
youin.
The linguisticfeaturesuse inthiscontentspage are;
use of rhetorical questions –underthe coverline ‘Q
Hero’ – thismake the readerthinkwantto findout
more about itso theycan answerthat question.
Thisis justone example,thereare sure tobe many
otherdifferentlinguisticfeaturesinthe text.

3. The magazine hasnecessary
informationsuchasthe date and issue
number.These are positionedinthe
top rightcorner of the page.This
includesthe page numberalso.
The Masthead is
positionedatthe
top leftcorner.It
iseasyto see and
readbecause the
fontis simple,
withoutany
designoreffects.
The font colouris
white.
The colour scheme isred,white and
black.It issimple yeteffective.Itis
for mature audiencesasitdoesn’t
have loadsof differentcoloursthat
are on magazinesaimedatchildren.
There are three
differenttypesof
fontsusedinthis
contentspage.They
are all simple and
easyto read.
There islittle textinthisfeature.The small
amountof textthatis on thispage will be
the namesof otherbandsor singersthatare
featuredinthe magazine andenigmacodes
givinghintsasto whateach feature isabout.
There are twoimagesonthiscontentspage – the mainimages,and
a sub-image.The mainimage takesupmostof the page to bring
attentiontothisfeature inthe magazine.The smaller image isto
bringattentiontothe nextfeature oris placedthere because itis
one of the more popularartistin the magazine.