Contents page Analysis For Vibe

Masthead: The masthead here is the Contents. The masthead is presented in white here in order to stand out from the dark coloured background. The V (for Vibe) is also displayed here with a white outline this is also to help make sure it stands out on the page and that the reader knows exactly which magazine they are reading.

Main Picture: In this contents page the Image in the only image and all the text has been centred around it. This is to help the picture stand out, so that readers can immediately tell which kind of stories will be in the magazine in this case it is Ciara who is a big R and B artist, this then tells the reader that this magazine will feature stories on R and B. The legs of Ciara have also been used here to Symbolise and emphasis the V above.

Main Features: The main features part of this contents page has been laid out in a very simple fashion. By having two sections the first being all about particular artists such as Ciara whereas the second section is of the music as a whole and features stories about legends in the Hip-hop genre. The sub titles are also displayed in blue so that they can be differentiated from the rest of the text. The next part of this is the brief description under each sub-title to give the reader a feel on what the topic is about.

Background: For this magazine the background they have chosen is a white fade into black (Starting from the bottom going up). This has been used to create the effect of having a range of colours for a range of stories and to help emphasis everything about the contents page such as the blue sub-heading colour and the colour of Ciara’s legs and shoes therefore making the main image stand out and of course in order to make sure the V for the magazine stands out.

Basic Information: This contents page also contains basic information such as the date, page number and title of the magazine as you can see in the bottom right hand corner of the page