Magazine Contents Page Analysis 1

Dazed and Confused is a middle class magazine aimed for women aged 18 to 30 with an interest in music, fashion and lifestyle.

The contents page has a clear connection to the front cover by using the same band and the same blurred effect on top of the people on a white background which gives a sophisticated look to the magazine to appeal to its target audience. It has a very limited colour scheme by using black and white, which creates a lot of tone within the picture and defines the people from the background even more, which draws your attention to them.

The text is very simple and being on a white background doesn’t really grab your attention which makes you focus on the band and the title of the magazine at the top. They also section off their magazine into paragraphs to make it easier for the reader to use and so they can easily find what they are looking for. The headings are a little bigger and bolder than the other text which splits the page up a little, so the page doesn’t appear cluttered and jumbled; as the contents page of a magazine often gives a representation of the rest of the magazine and they want to give a good impression to their potential reader.

The page numbers are clearly laid out at the left side of the column so the reader can easily find the page numbers they want and the spacing in-between the numbers and the text makes the page look very neat, which gives the magazine a classy and cultured appearance. The blue ‘DAZED‘ at the bottom of the page stands out from the rest of the text as the colour blue is often used to represent technology and innovation. The page contains a lot of ‘white space’ which is used to attract the reader’s attention and to create a balanced layout from the text, as well as adding class and sophistication to the magazine. White is seen as a ‘pure’ colour which could mean the magazine is trying to show you that it’s a respected and clean-cut magazine that concentrates on what its readers want to know about. Whereas black is seen as a dark and stylish, as well as contrasting white the magazine wants to be seen as modern and fashionable, much alike its target audience.