Contents page Featuring Jazz Wise

The contents page for Jazz Wise is very different regarding the content as such inside of it. With most contents pages it may be displayed on a double page spread featuring a main image as such and just a load of information regarding page numbers. However what i noticed with this magazine is that there is a variation with the amount of content and also the style of the contents page. The contents page with this magazine features a main image that is placed in between both sides of the information that is present while having the main image have a form of direct address with its eye contact really making the reader have to realise what they are reading and get their attention.

The colour scheme for the content page is yellow white and black. The colour connotations for yellow are that yellow produces a warming affect, arouses people and also cheerfulness. The colour white has connotations of purity and also associated with safety. The colour black usually is the direct opposite of white but also has connotations of power safety and maturity. These colour connotations together have a mixed meaning that could be interpreted in many ways of how they were meant to be displayed towards the readers of the magazine and how they wanted to use that idea initially.

The basic theme of the magazine is Jazz and i can see how that is imposed upon the rest of the magazine, as Jazz music is known to be relaxing and laid back and also somewhat cool, seeing this i can see in the design with the magazine and also the people that are being featured they aren't necessarily making rough faces or standing in an improper pose to attract the attention of readers but everything seems to be relaxed and laid back to an extent. Other magazines tend to have multiple different colour variations with half a word being in pink and another being in bright blue to grasp the readers attention, this magazine does the complete opposite it uses bright colour but dulls them but still somewhat manages to do the same job.

However one issue with the magazine is that the initial design of the magazines text is that the text in white is very small so it is quite hard to read at times and can be seen as a problem compared to other magazines that tend to have the plain black text. This could just be the initial design for the magazine but i do believe that the initial design here could be a problem even tho it has given the magazine some advantages that i have stated, i do believe though that some parts of the design could have been altered for the benefit of the readers but i dont that they were fortunate enough for that to be accomplished.