When you look at this magazine you cant help but look at the big main picture which is a constant theme of this 'vibe' magazine. it draws your eye straight to the page with a simplistic background and a constrasting picture. none of the text is overlapping the image which shows what is important on the page and this contents page uses space well.

the masthead of this magazine is quite small but effective as it is the largest text and bold and has a fragmented structure which is also a constant feature of this magazine. all of the text is black and all links together well.

The main feature of this contents page is the huge picture which grabs the readers eye straight away especially if male. this picture also works around the text so that no overlaps are needed. the background is of a neutral silvery colour which helps the picture stand out.

The masthead of this contents page is large to make it obvious where you are in the magazine. it is white, bold and in capital letters to help it stand out but keeps it simplistic. The structure of the word 'contents' is unusual and fragmented which helps it fit on the page and this also helps it stand out. the sub headings of this page are black and bigger than the text so you know where they are but they dont look too over the top.

the overall presentation of this contents page is sophisticated and simplistic with one picture, simplistic black, white and silver colour scheme and very simple fonts which i think works very well for this magazine.

i have chosen these fonts as an idea for my 80's-90's rock magazine as i want it to be a dark heavy theme and these fonts compliment this genre.

these are the font ideas i have for my 60s-70s rock style magazine. i have chosen these fonts carefully as i feel that all of them would look perfect for this style of magazine.

for my magazine i have two options of what genre i want it to be. so i have got two ideas of colour schemes to use. i may do a dark 80's - 90's rock theme inspired by bands like guns n' roses and ACDC with dark greys, deep purples or deep reds to represent the feeligns and emotions of the music. my other idea is a bright, colourful 60's - 70's rock magazine inspired by bands like led zeppelin, the beatles and the jimi hendrix expeirence.

this contents page attracts the buyers eye in with an extremely large masthead, which is bold and a very simple font. the main picture links with the masthead which is a long shot of a drummer. there are 5 other pictures which are all relevant to the masthead of musicians who play the drums. another way how the images all link is the effect used on them which is a kind of pixelated effect.

the colour scheme of this contents pageis kept very simple of black, orange and white with most of the background in white, text in black and page numbers and pugs in orange. the images also cleverly link in with this colour scheme if you look closely.

the masthead of this magazine is very small to the left corner. this is used as it saves space and perfectly illustrates the visual heirarchy as it is the first thing you see. it is in capital letters, bold, blood red and it is unusually over the top of the picture to stand out as much as possible.

the sub-title is at the top above the masthead to show that it is a special edition of the magazine and has a rainbow background to the text which is followed all along the border of the magazine to link it all together. the main sub-heading is white on a black background to stand out as it links in with the special edition and what the magazine is about. all of the article headings are in yellow which helps them to stand out but still link into the colour scheme as they are all the same colour.

the main picture is of the late syd barret of pink floyd. all of the writing surrounding him is on top of him to represent being buried (dead), but he is the only picture on the cover to show the importance of him. the picture is very serious and his eyes are looking directly out at the reader so it entises you in.

the masthead of this magazine shouts out to potential buyers. it does this by having capital, bold letters followed by an exclamation mark. the writing also looks like broken glass to represent the indifferent attitude to life and belongings. it also represents loud music shattering the glass in which too reflects the rock and rolla image, which will atrract the young, budding musicians. located at the end of the masthead is the word 'legends' which is very small to save space, but it is red to contrast the black and white main masthead and is over the top, so it still stands out enough, but uses minimal space to fit more important information on the cover.

the sub-title is written as large as the main masthead because it is on the same subject as the masthead, but more in depth describing who the legends are. it is also in the opposite colours to the masthead with black writing on a white background, so the colours are kept minimalistic to link in with the genre of the magazine. the border of this sub-title has ripped edges which like the masthead links in the with indifferent lifestyle of musicians.

at the bottom of the cover is a memorial of past rock stars to link in the with 'kerrang legends' theme with a kind of time warp background to indicate they're from the past with article insights written to make the potential buyer definately buy it if they are interested in these rock stars.

this magazine cover is of a rock magazine. it is titled 'total guitar' which is a plain white and a simplistic font. this is used because the magazine knows that the title of the magazine is not the most important part of the magazine which is reflected in the way that the main picture of john lennon is over lapping it showing what is the most important part. the word 'total' is smaller than the word ' guitar ' because that is what the magazine is all about and clearly shows the genre of the magazine.

This issue of the magazine is focused on the beatles, with a main picture of john lennon, of course holding a guitar to reflect the title and shows that it was a major part of lennons life and what he loved to do, which is used on the cover to influence and inspire young budding guitarists. the picture is of john lennon playing live but cut out from his background. there is also a smaller picture of the other two guitarists next to john lennon, paul mcartney (bassist) and george harrison (lead) to show the band together. There is also the Beatles drum logo touching all of the band members to show that even though they are not still together that their music will live on. the drum also has numerous flowers underneath to represent the ' flower power ' of the 60's which relates to when the bealtes were in their prime time of music.

The banner and the sub-headings are all the same colour to tie all of the articles together to make it look tidy and organised apart from the heading ' R.I.P. Les Paul' which is white so it stands out and shows the importance of the legendary musician. the other sub-headings are deep red on the more heavier bands to more than likely represent blood and most heavy metal bands want to seem sedistic and this colour choice represents it. most of the tag-line is white to contrast with the red of the sub-heading so it is easy to read so you get into the article and want to buy the magazine so you can find out what happens.

the price is extremely small and hard to see which could of been designed like this as it will probably be the last thing you see so that the potential buyer would have looked at all of the articles and really wants to buy the magazine no matter what the price and coincidently the price of the magazine is rarther expensive. The offers and prizes are the brightest colour of any of the texts to attract you to them and the magazine publishers think this will make you want to buy it because of this.