Analyse of three content pages and three double page spreads for three different music magazines.

                                                               

Q Content Page
                                                                           
  The layout is very simple and easy to read.
On the top it says that it is a content page. At also says what number it is and what month it is for. The content is not over the picture, but on the side, like a L. The colours are very simple. The main colours are black, white and red. The menu strip is on the left hand side, and this is the firs thing you read. because you read from left to right.
This position allows you to follow down to Oasis special section, this band is iconic to British music. and will appeal to a large amount of readers. After that you'll find what is in the magazine every month, that might effect people to read it next month too. 
Under the picture it says Q Review, where you can read about the worlds biggest and best music guide.
The band is looking right at you, and it is a bit of a low angle shot, which makes them look powerful.








Q Double Page Spread



The first thing you see when you turn the page over, is Lady Gaga with almost no clothes on. This represents the male gaze. Under her name, it says; what I've learned. That makes the reader want to know what she has learned.The interview page is very easy and simple. The text is in red and black. The questions are in red, the same is Lady Gaga's name over the picture of her. Her answers are in black, relating to the text under her name which is black In the middle of the interview, there is a large text, which is quite interesting, and you can find that somewhere in the text, which makes the reader want to read the whole story. Red dominates over the two pages. The colour Q has its masthead red, and in the bottom of the two pages you can see it next to the page number.
                             


 KERRANG content page                             
The word 'content' stands out because of the contrasts of the colours black and yellow, and the bold font. The bold font attracts men, and so does the pictures. The pictures on the left shows what you can read about in the magazine, it also looks busy and well organized. The picture on the top is the band You Me At Six, intertextuality is referencing a film within the image, and this is an halloween issue.

Only the artists/band name is yellow, so it does not reveal too much information.The content page is put in to categories, that makes it easy to find what you are looking for.
On the top of the page to the left there is a note from the editor, that makes it a bit more personal. On the top under the word content, there is a quote which is a bit comical. 





                     

KERRANG double page spread.
The headline has white letters, and the background looks like blood, because it looks like the colour is dripping. Red is a symbol of blood, danger and passion.That relates to the band, that their music is dangerous and that they are passioned about their music. Because of everything the background being in red, the first thing you will see is the red writing. The red also relates to the quote in the middle, that Eva Spence said; I just love dancing and screaming. The interview is about Rolo Tomassi. The picture of them is very eye-catching, and it covers the whole left page. On the picture they look rebellious, the girls is holding a rabbit down, and the rabbit looks scared and mad.


NME content page

This content page has a black background headline with NME's logo and white writing of contents. That makes the headline stand out. The main colours on this page is red, white and black.
On the left, there is a band index, which says what page each band is on, that you can read about.  Under the headline, there is a big picture of Artic Monkeys, and which page you can read about them.There is a small paragraph about what you can read about Artic Monkeys,which helps the reader to decide if he wants to read about them or not. The picture is of the lead singer, playing a guitar and singing. He is wearing a black tank top and he looks quite innocent.  Under the paragraph, there is a plug where you can save £1.49 if you subscribe today. If the reader likes the magazine, this is a good opportunity to save some money, and everyone likes to save some money, to the plugs left there is another plug which is red, that says ; the uk's nr1 gig guide, that makes the reader believe that this magazine is really good, and that makes the reader want to subscribe more.
On the right, there are some paragraphs about interesting things to read about, they use words like, news, features and live, to make it look more interesting. On the bottom it says plus, in a red writing, then it will look like you get more than you paid for.


Double page spread of NME

 The main colours on this double page spread are black and white. Lily Allen is wearing a red shirt, that makes her stand out and eye-catching. The headline is symbolic of ransom notes, which conceals and hides identity, which in relation to the text 'just honest' is a double meaning, suggesting that she has something to hide. the text is a construction of the punk genre. She is a construction of the rebellious image and stereotype of punk. The headline and the picture almost takes over the entire double page, there is not much text, compared to what is normal in a interview.