Kerrang Contents Page Analysis

Kerrang Contents page analysis

The Kerrang contents page is only one page but is still able to successfully present all the information without it seeming like it is squashed. It has a single image of rock star Iggy Pop during his recent performance at a concert that Kerrang would go on to review in the same issue. The picture’s background is dark and it makes the picture of Iggy stand out as well the contents title in the top right which is white and covered with illustrations to possibly appeal to a younger demographic. The contents page is covered by Iggy partially but this implies that he is more important and they did it to keep the attention on him as much as possible. Below it there is a short message from the editor along with a picture of him, the message is not literally relevant to the posts in the magazine but relevant in the sense that he wants you to feel the same nostalgia he felt when he watched VHS tapes of his favourite bands performing when reading about the reviews of the gigs that happened over the weekend. The part of the contents page which says where all the articles are and page numbers are is covered by a white box to make it easier to notice and read. It uses large bold lettering to draw attention to what the section is about and they also use bold lettering to draw attention to key points in the subsections which explain what is on the page. There is one screenshot of the magazine cover and one artist included with the information on page numbers there is also the addition of yellow and black striped line next to the white box which could be a representation of the hazardous wild side of the magazine; something which would possibly apply to younger readers.