Contents deconstruction.

Masthead

Same text and colour used on the cover to keep up the consistency, In big bold font with the name of the magazine being highlighted in a bright red to make a memorable impact on the reader so they will always remember the name of the magazine.

Necessary Information.

This magazine seems to lack alot of the "necessary information", it only seems to house the date of the publication. However it states next to the masthead "This Week" giving it a slight hint of an exclusive and rare magazine that readers will do well to cherish and endulge themselves in.

Text

There seems to be alot of text on this contents page, enough to put some people off, however it has counter-acted this by putting in a slight sneak peak at its main article "Everybody got on board Africa Exprez" drawing people in to read the magazine, The image does well to split up the plethora of text with the long red list of bands to the right and the general contents that viewers need to navigate the magazine. NME has used a flashy arrow shape to signify its importance and give a sense of haste to the reader that you MUST! turn over the page to read this. Its backed up by putting in the "UK's No.1" Making people want to obtain this 'once in a lifetime' information. Underneath the 'Mini-Article' Is what the magazine makers want the most. Subscribers. They have cleverly place this under the main article to give this sense of if you want to read more stuff like this you can subscribe for "Just £5.57", Just being used selectively to make it feel like youre missing out on a lifetime offer! Its been highlighted in a bright yellow front on a black background to make sure that it is not missed and is standing out for all of the readers too see!

Font

The font seems to all follow the same style only the size really varies to create emphasis on certain part. Colours of fonts tent to switch between black, white, yellow and red. Obviously black and white are just your standard information colours highlighting page information and page names. Red seems to be to highlight key information, stuff like the masthead, page numbers and band names. Yellow has been used to really make things stand out and for this reason has onl;y been used once for the information. It gives the sense of force feeding the readers this information to make sure that you do it! It makes sure that its the most memorable piece of information on the contents page. Boldness is only really used for the obvious masthead to create emphasis and the subheadings again to create emphasis.

Image

There is only one key image on this contents page that is linked with the main article 'sneak peak'. It seems to be anchored at normally however it is split up to show two different band instruments and members, two on the guitars and the other on the synth and trumpet. Its rather big to really draw attention to the image giving it a sense of importance!

Composition

It seems to be mostly text led with there only being one main image and the rest layered with text. The framing tends to be structured in a way that the reader can easily navigate and pick out information they only want to. The main 'mini-article' has key relation to the image used and advertising there music style by showing their instruments, immediately creating a fan base just by the recognisation of their instruments.

Linguistic features

The main feature i can pick out is one in the main article, They have cleverly used "The moment everyone got on the Africa Exprez" suggesting they were going on a train ride, however the last word changes the whole context of the sentence with the name of the band instead of express. Underneath the sub-headings there is use of enigma, making people want to read on and understand the Enigma.

Masthead

They dont have a masthead placed, there is no image of distinctive sign of the magazine in the cover. It only seems to have "Inside this week" all in capitals to create an apperance and it has the same font as the cover, i can only assume to keep up consistency.

Necessary Information

Again it seems to lack information, only housing the date of the publication, making it seem like the celebrity status of the magazine is enough to not include necessary information and they assume that people will just instantly know its popularity and other things.

Text

The main or largest image is followed or captionated by a quote that is in italics, usually used to create a contrast, in this case between normality and the feeling the person saying it has. It makes people relate and in some case disagree, both are major things that can make people read on in the magazine. The other texts seem to be varied and quite unstructured giving it a sense of hecticness, which very much fits the connotation of the magazine.

Font

The font is for one of a better word, hectic! Its constantly changing with each new page of contents. It makes you think that with every new topic they cannot have the same font as it would just be generic and boring, this style really adds a 'hipster' feel to it, changing the way or breaking the mould of the other music magazines.

Image

There is alot of images all spread out around the magazine Varying in size and position, It would seem to me as they change the size of the image to indicate the importance of the topic or what the magazine deems that way, they are almost force feeding you what you have to read! the images themselves all seem to have different connotations surrounding them, some very vibrant emo/punk rocker, others very hipster/dark and others just pure simple rock.

Compostion

This magazine is mostly image led followed by annotations and captions to go along with them, Images seem to be almost framed and have they own sort of section with the middle image being the most important, all of the images seem to be anchored around the main image also.

Linguistic features

The main one i can see is, "i want to be like a boot stamping on a human face forever", an obvious use of a similie, making people want to understand it. Its also scattered with enigmas under all of the pictures.

Masthead

The initial image of 'Q' itself seems to be rather small and insignificant compared to the rest of the contents page. It doesnt really stand out and is in the background.

Necessary Information

The magazine includes the date and issue number, issue number to really emphasise the amount of time that this magazine has been going on! it also houses the website to make sure that people know that this is a well established magazine.

Text

Text is very sophisticated and sleek, its structured and has a sense of exclusivity! Its made quite small so that they can fit all of the necessary information of the magazine on, so when the readers look, it looks like the magazine is packed with information and gets their moneys worth. Its mostly black on a grey and white background not really standing out or making anything massively important. Its highlighted page numbers seem to follow the colour pattern of red.

Font

All of the font seems to follow a generic, but sophisticated style, nothing hectic or off putting, its seems to be more for the classy and sleek looking readers rather than it being cluttered and rebelious to the generic magazine style.

Image

Main image seems to be of adele and it is linked with the biggest font of the contents page signifying its importance and making sure that the fans know that this is not too miss, its also highly linked with the main cover as its highlighting its main article in the contents page, keeping up the consistency. The other minor image suggests that it is not as big a story as adele and is almost insuperior to the main image.

Compostion

Seems to be mostly text based with the text being anchored around the main image, it gives it a very classy and structured look to the magazine, making readers know its proffesional attitude and can expect only the highest standard from the magazine. The biggest contents that stands on, whilst covering adele seems to represent its importance and they have cleverly placed this not too cover the image only it seems to enhance it.

Linguistic features

It doesnt seem to have alot linguistic features other than it being scattered with enigmas, its seems to rely on its proffessional look and sleek attitude to entise its readers.