Text: The text on the contents page is similar to the front on the front cover. This shows that it is the same magazine and does not confuse people. This is written in black so that it is instantly readable and is bold so that it is the first thing you read when you turn to that page. The features are written in white which is clear and noticeable over the grey background.
Colour: The main colours on the contents page are grey, red, black and white which carries on from the front cover. Again this shows a link so that it feels like you are reading the same magazine. The black top and black trousers that Dr. Dre is wearing also matches the colour scheme of this page.
Image: The image of Dr. Dre takes up the bottom left of the contents page. That is the only image on the contents page which hints out to us that Dr. Dre is the artist that is interviewed in this magazine. The artist photographed on the contents page is the same artist on the front cover of the magazine however it is a different image. The continuous images of Dr. Dre tells us that he is the centre of this issues XXL magazine.
Layout: The title of the content page is at the top of the page just like most magazines so that it is the first thing you see on that page. Things that are featured in the magazine are all placed on the right side of the page with Dr. Dre's photo placed on the left. There is a quote above Dr. Dre's image written in big. Around it is a clear space so that it is readable.
Text: The text on this contents page are on the left which is different to the other magazine I analyzed. The cover stories and features are written in white which whereas the title is written in yellow. As you can see these colours are continued from the magazine cover.
Colour: The colour of the writing on this page are yellow and white which is noticeable over the blue background of the page. The images on this page are previews of what is inside the issue so therefore the colours are depending on each individual page. This is not colour schemed to fit the contents page.
Image: There are six images on this page and all of them are images of pages which are issued in the magazine. In a way this is a good idea because it allowed people to see what is issued in the magazine however in my opinion I prefer is there were fewer images so that the reader is surprised at what they see when they flick through the pages.
Layout: The layout of this contents page is simple. All cover stories and features are written below the title down the left hand page and all images are placed on the right. The images take up more space then the actual text on the page and the title isn't that big either.
Doing these magazine covers will help me make decisions on how to make mine later in the project. Word Up and XXL magazine covers are completely different from each other, both of them has helped me in different ways.
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