Rolling Stone Contents page analysis

On the Rolling Stone contents page there are two sections. The first section is based on one image the second section is the contents section of where they put page numbers and titles. There is one big image on the contents page, this image is a photograph of Amy from Karmin. This image is big because it's to attract the reader about Amy from Karmin, knowing more about her. This image contain captions to show the reader who she is and what the magazine will contain about her, this would appeal to people who don’t know her.

The colours used in this contents page are white, red, black and yellow. These colours are also used on the front cover. These colours make the magazine look simple and clear, they do not want to make it unreadable or else the reader won't be able to read it. Rolling Stone magazine sometime use different colours for different issue but they have a consistent colour scheme which is white, red, black and yellow. Rolling Stone having a colour scheme will make people recognise that this is a Rolling Stone magazine because they use same colour for each issue. The colour represents the genre it’s appropriate and simple, the genre of this magazine is based on mainstream music, liberal politics and popular culture and so this magazine is very formal aimed at older people so therefore they want to use colours that makes the writing look formal.

The contents are split into each category; features; national affairs; rock & roll and more. The reason of this is because it makes easier for the reader to find what pages they want to read and also putting them under each category they would not need to skim through the whole contents they would just need to find the page category. This would be good for people who buy it that wants to read certain article or reviews, this will help them save time.

Rolling Stone have an initial logo on the contents page, it’s located on the left hand top which is written in bold using black and red colour.

The image represent the genre because, it’s using natural lighting on a sensational YouTube star, where most people will recognise who she is, it’s because she’s a mainstream artist. Karmin is about to even get more recognised.

This contents page does not have a conventional order because the category is placed in different orders, for example Rock & Roll category has pages that are apart from each other from page 13, 18 and 24.