Friday, 13 September 2013

Analysis of existing magazines 'Contents' 1,2 & 3

PitBiker Magazine Contents Page


This pit bike magazine uses different ways to attract the audience to read this contents page instead of anyone just reading it and skipping straight past and carry on to read the rest of the magazine. The colour of the contents page is green and black due to James Barr the rider who is on the motocross bike. This shows he is very important due to them copying the colours off of his bike and having a large detailed picture of him riding around a corner, mainly focused on the wheel with uses depth of field which makes your eyes wonder over to the text which is over a bright background to catch your eye. The text is in bold for contents to catch you eye then in italic to look more professional.

The background of the text is slightly worn away to give the image that the text on top of it has been here before and that it is like the bike it can get worn away and scratched. Which makes it look more like it should be like that and look more professional. Also the colour of the text is all in white to match the paint splats and in a small font size however on the picture is show the page number 72 in bold grey and the name James Barr in block capitals in black to show his importance.



The contents page for this magazine is straight forward and simple this means that I will make the audience think that there is not a lot to read. This is due to the lack of colour and attractiveness of the rest of the picture. The Helmets vibrant colour attracts your eyes straight to it this makes the customer want to look at the contents. All of this draws the eye of the customer however this is not the only thing that attracts the eye even though it’s not colourful. The greyscale is used to enhance the helmet and the depth of field makes you not to look at the stones due to it being blurry this put more emphasis on the text to tell you what’s in the rest of the magazine. This layout of the page is also very good due to everything being where it should be, as if the helmet or contents was in a different place it would not look as good as where it is now.

The contents text is in a fancy type of font this would be san serif as it is more modern and futuristic this can lead back on to the helmet, as the helmet may be used to show it could be the future of helmets as it looks very good to have. This gives an overall opinion that the helmet is a major part of the magazine as it could be a new type this is why it is so eye catching and interesting to look at and also to attract you to the text.

 
 
The contents page for this magazine uses many different techniques to attract the audience. These colours used are simple (black and white) and pictures are almost chucked on their to create a more vibrant look to the page however the background which is all black can give the impression that the magazine is not professional and looks bland. The font on this contents page is a san serif font as it has little flicks on the end of the letter. This contents page has a good layout to sow you what is on each page however on each side of the page there is features and regulars. These don’t catch the reader’s eye as the colour of them is not bright on the background. The page numbers stand out to show the reader instantly what page the information has on. On each of the contents sections the magazine has used a picture to show the reader and to make them want to see more of that certain page. This is used by the magazine as it could be a main story that they have wrote about.

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