Music Magazine Contents page research

This is excerpt from 'Classic Rock Magazine' from the October 2010 issue. Very simple uses of colour are used here to keep a classic, authentic feel about the magazine. The contents listing at the side is basic which illistates simplicity about the magazine. Furthermore this can also be seen by the few uses of colour used which are red, black and white. The picture of the figure shown is Ozzy Osbourne, deemed a rock legend by many fans. To illustrate this this is shown by the sheer size of him in this picture which implies that he is powerful and respected in the rock world. His eyes make direct contact with the audience instatly grabbing their attention with his mouth wide open looking exciting for the reader. On the other hand this could also be to scare the audience as the band Black Sabbath he was in was purposly meant to frighten the audience hinting at a connection between the two. The tattoo also seen on his right shoulder is a picture of a red rose. This connotes life and health which we see here as Ozzy is in his young prime-self. This also could connote to 'new' which can also relate to the 'suspected' tattoo below the rose which could mean 'new raw material' that he is making.


This contents page is from an October 2008 issue of 'Q Magazine'. It generally is related around indie and modern rock music. It is refreshing as the people featured on the magazine are relatively young which means it is aimed at a relatively young audience. It uses very basic text aswell as 'Classic Rock Magazine' to maintain the simplicity of the magazine. The conventions is based around three specific colours which are red, white and a slight use of black. The clean impression of the contents is because it is an indie-rock magazine which specifically is aimes at young adult/ teenagers as this is currently today's popular music. The gold anchorage used on the featured listings is used purposely to grab the readers attention when looking at the page. As Oasis are a popular Britpop fans amongst many people who this magazine is aimed at, it grabs the attention of the reader. Furthermore more this is used by the upper case captals used to get across to the audience and the use of exclamatory to create auditory. Furthermore this magazine can have a negative effect as there is not many pictures used on the contents, only two pictures which may feel boring for the reader of the targeted age.

This music magazine contents page is of Kerrang Magazine which was issued on the 1st Novemeber 2008. This also uses very few colours which are based around yellow, black and white with a variety of pictures. Unconventionally the lay-out is different compared to other magazines. The Contents and listing is placed on the right hand side of the page. But ironically the genre is 'Alternative' which could also connote to the lay-out implying that it is something different.