Existing Products Analysis (Contents Page)

 

 

 

Here I have 3 examples of Contents pages sourced from Vibe Magazine, XXL Magazine and Hip-Hop Connection Magazine. What I noticed that they have in common is that they include a single image of an artist and can be framed from mid range, long range or close up. This method that these publications use is ‘breaking’ the rules and that’s what most of these rappers tend to do which is the way in which they want to represent their genre. They use plain coloured text (black and white) and not more than 3 colours for their contents page; the simplicity of it actually makes the magazine reader friendly and straightforward. By comparison, their layouts are fairly similar; the single image of an artist; the features are placed to the left or right along with the title and date to the very top. Regardless of how these Artists want to represent their genre by breaking the rules, I will be producing my contents page in a more conventional way; with more artists and original images so it will look a lot more appealing.