Kerrang magazine contents page analysis

Unlike q magazine the contents page of Kerrang only goes across one page this is a traditional style of most magazines because then there is more room in the rest of the magazine for the articles. The main layout of the contents page is split in to two with the contents below a main image. At the top of the page in the left hand corner there is a title, contents, this is written in yellow is follows the colour scheme of the front page, it is also written in a broken up font which again represents the rebellious side of Kerrang magazine, below it in the same black box is the issue number and cover date to remind regular readers which issue they are reading, also you notice that from its issue number Kerrang has released 100’s more copies than Q magazine this may mean that overall it has been a lot more successful so far. The main picture is of Herman Li, he is pulling a serious face and holding a guitar this is because the feature that he is included in is something that he feels passionate about and its main focus is on how to play a guitar, in the bottom right of this picture there is a page number and a tagline of the article he is featured in. in the bottom left corner there is a small column of text and a picture of the editor, with a small comment about this issue of the magazine it gives the reader a personal touch and makes them feel more involved and psychologically more attracted to the magazine because it is more personal unlike others without it. There is a border across the middle with the words “Kerrang this week” the text is in the usual broken up font and is following the yellow and white colour scheme of the page, below this border there are four columns of different things included in the magazine, the list is in page order and is separated by subtitles of what types articles they are. The cover stories are shown with a star beside them to emphasise the most important stories and attract more readers to look at them. All of the features are on the front page somewhere so that readers don’t even need to look inside to see the main things included. There is a picture of a guitar and bass below a preview of a competition to encourage readers to take part and try win this amazing prize. There is also a picture of one of the several free posters that are included free with this issue of Kerrang, including a small description below. The last item included in the issue is a quiz and below the tagline for this there is a picture of Howard and Adam pulling funny thinking faces to show that the quiz is hard but fun to do at the same time. Finally in the bottom right corner there is an advert to sign up to receive regular issues of Kerrang magazines at a discount price, this offer is meant to be excusive to readers which again makes them feel special as it is not available to just anyone.