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Here is a contents page from the Q magazine that is published monthly.A contents page is to tell the reader what is included or featured within the magazine, they are always on the first page of a magazine which is a really good place for them to be because they help the reader know what each page is about and if they are looking for a particular topic, they will also know what page it is by looking at the contents page rather than searching through the whole of the magazine.
The masthead on this contents page is in white and it is also bold and stands out as it sits on the black background it has been designed on. Also next to this is the Q logo which also stands out as it is in white with a red background. The sides show that there is the monthly features in this magazine and upcoming monthly ones too, these are all designed in a red background with white text which then have the information underneath them. All of these attract the readers attention straight away as they are colourful and also bold texts, fonts and sizes that have been used. The features are what is inside the magazine, these are placed on the left hand side of this contents page as you can see from the image above. The Q magazine also add a "Every Month" section in the corner of the contents page, this will which is another thing that they have added for the audience and readers to know what is going to be included within this particular magazine for each month or the current month that they are reading the magazine in.
The image of a band that has been displayed on this contents page would be a full low angle shot, this is because all of the band members are seen from head to toe and they are all stood higher than the camera has been placed. This shows that the band are in a higher position than the readers which could suggest that they have more power than us and that they are more popular because of the music that they produce.
Here is a contents page from the Q magazine that is published monthly.A contents page is to tell the reader what is included or featured within the magazine, they are always on the first page of a magazine which is a really good place for them to be because they help the reader know what each page is about and if they are looking for a particular topic, they will also know what page it is by looking at the contents page rather than searching through the whole of the magazine.
The masthead on this contents page is in white and it is also bold and stands out as it sits on the black background it has been designed on. Also next to this is the Q logo which also stands out as it is in white with a red background. The sides show that there is the monthly features in this magazine and upcoming monthly ones too, these are all designed in a red background with white text which then have the information underneath them. All of these attract the readers attention straight away as they are colourful and also bold texts, fonts and sizes that have been used. The features are what is inside the magazine, these are placed on the left hand side of this contents page as you can see from the image above. The Q magazine also add a "Every Month" section in the corner of the contents page, this will which is another thing that they have added for the audience and readers to know what is going to be included within this particular magazine for each month or the current month that they are reading the magazine in.
The image of a band that has been displayed on this contents page would be a full low angle shot, this is because all of the band members are seen from head to toe and they are all stood higher than the camera has been placed. This shows that the band are in a higher position than the readers which could suggest that they have more power than us and that they are more popular because of the music that they produce.
Institution & Ideology:
The institution and ideology for this type of contents page for the Q magazine is that they want there target audience to see it as an easy to read and understandable page to make readers look at it and continue reading what is inside this magazine and what else is included.
Audience:
The Q magazine generally targets it's audience at younger and older generations, this can be seen in some of there magazines they have young bands represented on there covers, contents pages etc but also on some they have older aged bands. But the main target audience for the Q magazine is rock fans, they always look at the target audience's who like the genre of rock music. Finally the age group for this contents page would most probably be more of a younger up middle aged people.
Representation:
The representation for this particular Q magazine's content page would be of the rock genre because it represents a young band that are well known to the fans of rock and they are liked by their target audience.
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