Thursday 3 December 2009

Conventions of contents pages

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Here are 3 images of different styles of contents page.That includes all the conventions of a contents page, such as: numbered headings, small brief descriptions. Also images this is majority only in magazines and newspapers (in other words image[s] and text), however not all content pages has images for example in fiction books.

Image 1 isn't a music contents page. However image 2 and 3 is. Image 1 is arrange and lay (the splash) differently to image 1 and 3 as the numbered text on image 1 is all on the left hand side with one image on the right of a mid-age posh woman. The language used in this contents page is text and images. The colours that its used for this contents page is black, white, gold and red on a white background. The image has been edited so that it's black and white. The institution for this contents page is "Icons". The ideology is classic Hollywood, the piece of media language that show this is "CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD STARS & LIFESTYLES".The audience for this type of magazine are from the age of 45+. This magazine is mainly for American audience as this magazine is published in America in addition only American audience would know who the classic Hollywood star was. This reminisce the days they used to be in. This suggest to the audience how much Hollywood has changes in today's society. The representation for "Icons" is classic Hollywood.

Image 2 is a contents page from a magazine called "Kerrang" the layout is very different to image 1 and image 3. The language used in this contents page is text and images. There are 11 different images placed on this contents page, 3 different colours of font is used these are black, white and yellow. The coloured background used in this contents pages is white, black, yellow and red. The institution for this contents page is "Kerrang". The ideology for "Kerrang" magazine is metal the piece of media that shows this is "metallica". The audience for this magazine is from the age range of 16 to 28 . Who are into metal, rock, classic rock, and indie type of music. The representation for "Kerrang" is indie to rock and screamo. There would be a bit of every genre inside the magazine to attract different but similar audiences with similar taste in music.

Image 3 is a contents page from a magazine called "Epitaph". This content page is very different from image 1 and 2. One of the reason is because image 3 contents page is spread across two pages. The language used for this contents page is images and text. There are 6 different images used on this contents page. In addition 3 different colours used for the font these are black, white and blue. The colour background used in this contents page is white, red and blue. The institution for this contents page is "Epitaph". The ideology "Epitaph" magazine is rock music, the piece of media that shows this is "p58 vessels". Reason is because Vessels is a band that was formed in 2005 that produces Post-Rock, Alternative rock, Experimental rock music. The audience for this magazine is from the age range of 16 to 28. Who are into rock music. There are audience who are the ages below and over the age range, in addition majority the youth/teens nowadays would be interested this magazine, as society has changed and indie trend and music has become popular. The representation for "Epitaph" is rock music, this is because all the band name on the contents page is a form or rock band. From a range of Post-Rock, Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Classic rock.




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