Contents page analysis

The Contents page for the XXL magazine  has two sides. This is the first die of the magazine which I have now just noticed that I overlooked the photo and cut out the top half of the magazine not allowing people to see the full title of it. This first side of the magazine is called The A-Side. The contents page for this magazine continues to follow the general conventions for a contents page of a magazine however it is quite shorter than what I expected it to be.  This contents page is spread over two pages however as you can see on one page this is all that is played out and this is mirrored across onto the second page. The lack of content seems to be overshadowed by the images that are layed out in the background. Which is a good idea as it helps with younger audiences who don't really like to read and would rather look at images however this essentially defeats the main objective of having a contents page. If their idea was to do that they should have essentially just gone with a gallery section which was full of images.

The colour connotations for the page are represented in ways that allow them to contrast with each other. For example the colour black which I have spoken about previously in other analysis has the connotations of power strength coldness death and also mystery. These connotations are ideal and also represent the way that younger audiences aspire to be like. The colour red has connotations of intensity passion love anger which also contrasts with most teenagers that are stereotypically seen to be angry at the world and society . Finally white has connotations of purity virginity and honesty. These three colours can be seen as opposites but they have so many ways in which they contrast with each other and the way that they have been used in the initial design of the contents page helps show how they want dot be viewed by the audience. The image of the man in the background is all in black which could convey that as individuals you have to be strong, his surroundings are all in black which conveys that he is alone in the world showing how they dislike the way that society is, and also h has a white top on which could convey be true to yourself.