Analysis of NME contents page

In this contents page for NME magazine there are many conventions used for example there is the date at the top right of the magazine, there is also an advertisement at the bottom of the contents page for the readers to subscribe their magazine, also in the advertisment they have written "Save 33%" which persuades the reader to subscribe and consider the 33% as their reward. There is a section called "Live" which has connotations of gigs and concert. They also have a section named "Features" which they have put their unique selling points about major artists such as Lil Wayne and Kings of Leon. On the right hand side, under the sub-headings they have written a bit about their unique selling points to make their selling points appeal to their reader. For example 'Glasvegas' stunning debut..' and 'The gossip, The Gaslight Anthem and more'. There is only 3-4 colours used like black, red and white which creates an eye-catching page for the audience as they are not bombarded with lots of bright colours. There has been only two images used and they both have been taken when the artist was in a concert or gig, this connects with the sub-heading "Live" as they both are on about live gigs and concerts. At the top right of the contents page it says "After a million US downloads, 'Paper Planes' is ready for take-off in the UK" from this we can see that the music and artist that NME explores is not just from UK. Under the images they have written a thank you note to one of their readers again this would appeal to the reader as it shows how much NME likes and appreciates their readers. Also they have numbered their articles so that the reader knows the page number to go to. At the left of the contents page they have a section called 'Band Index' where they have listed the name of the artists/groups and the page number. It stands out so when the reader reads it and finds a group/artist they like then they would want to read about them. at the bottom right of the contents page they have put 'UK's No1 Gig Guide' this appeals to the reader as it stands out becuase it is in a red box it appeals to the reader.

Analysis of Vibe magazine contents page

In this contents page of Vibe magazine there are a few conventions used, for example we have the date at the top middle of the page. The way they have put the word "Contents" differs to other magazines because usually in other magazines it is all together and goes across the top of the page but in this magazine the word is split up into 3 bits which makes it unconventional. Also there is seems to be a lot of pictures compared to writing which again is different to other magazines. They have used 5 big images. Another convention would be that they have written a brief discribtion of what the article is about under each sub-heading. They also have used a sophisticated amount of colours like black and red to make the contents page appealing and not bombard the reader with different colours. They have also put their website address at the bottom of the page which shows that Vibe is a convergence industry. Also on the pictures it gives information about fashion this tells us that the magazine is aimed at audience who are interested in fashion.