NME Maccabees contents analysis

This analysis is on the contents page of the same NME magazine that was analysed earlier. The first thing that the reader notices is the large title at the top of the page. This uses the rule of thirds and places it across the entire top third, making it very visible and obvious to the reader. The typeface used is fairly formal and a well-structured font that does fit with the structured and neat look of the page.

The page itself looks very structured and neat with the use of squares to keep every article separate from the others. All of the articles are also shown with a picture and a small introduction into them too. Also, all of the page numbers for the articles are in a larger font and made bold which is a good tool for the reader when they are looking for a specific article, they could quickly link the picture to the page number layered on top of the image.

The look of the background itself seems to be like very old paper which would link to what we assume the main article on the contents page is by the size of its picture and its position at the centre of the page in the reader’s immediate view.  The box tells us about where to find the free posters of 80’s icons. This again advertises the reward the reader gets for purchasing the magazine and also links to the old looking paper style effect that they have gone for the background of the page.

There is also a small section underneath the main box titled ‘plus’ that gives titles of other articles that feature in the magazine. Again this is placed in the middle of the page to ensure its one of the first things the reader sees.  

The page seems to follow a colour pallet of black and white; this again links to the retro appearance of the page and the main article on show on this page. Two different fonts are used on this page, the main one is used on the title and most of the text contained on the page. The second is a lot neater and more upper class and old fashioned. This again links to the main article shown on this page.

The use of minimal colour and fonts is a good idea that I could take for my own work as I believe it gives the page a very simple yet attractive look. I also believe the use of boxes makes the page simple for the reader whole also looking very structured and well thought about.