Mixmag Contents.

Color

Mixmag never has a set theme of colors, it is always different loud/vibrant colors, this suits the magazine because of the target audience of Mixmag like loud and happy music, there is a mixture on this contents of different colors, but, the colors are still bright and there isn't a specific theme of colors like other magazines have; for example Q normally have red, white and black. There is a plain white background but only short part of that is shown for the information part, this is so it's not so confusing and distracting for the readers on the information part. The color of the text is black and the headings are bright pink, pink normally attracts girls, but also it's a bright color which is suits the magazine. The images on this contents page are different colors which makes them all stand out and equally amount from each other.

Design

The images and text do not fit together, because on the left hand side where the information is for what is featured inside the magazine. But the images have there own information and page number underneath it so you know where to find it, this is designed to help the audience find the page. There is no catchy sayings or slogans on this page for the images to go with that. The font and text that is used is simple, because there is a lot of information, but the page numbers is made bigger so it stands out more and the title is in bold, this is more eye catching for the audience, once again this is too the audience benefit because they then know the important information and can quickly get to that page to read that article.

Images

The images on this contents appeal to different audiences. The main image is of an attractive female, who is posed in a sexy way and is wearing little clothing, this is appealing to a male target audience as she is attractive and is not wearing much, also is can target the female audience as they would aspire to be like them. This two images below are other artists, the smaller image on the left is made smaller because of the colors off it makes it more noticeable. These three different images represent three different types of genres of music that will represent three different types of audiences that will be attracted to buy this magazine.

Pose, style, hair and makeup
The main image is of the girl posing. She is wearing little clothing so it appeals more to a male audience by doing this, but her style of makeup, looks like she is wearing little of it which this is what a female audience would aspire to be like her. Her hair looks natural and messy so this is also and appeal to a female audience, the rough look of her hair would appeal to the male audience as it is seen as a to be a sexy feature.

Words used on cover
The words on this cover have been kept simple, the title is in a small box on the left above the information. The title is in a small box above all the writing, it's kept small because the readers will know that this is a contents page and what it is for. On the information part, the contents is broke up into sub-sections, for example it says "Tunes" this informs the readers that under this title is were they will find recent or good songs out now, this will suit the readers interest because they can pick what they want to read. The information is clear to the readers of what will be inside the magazine, it also gives a small summary of what the features will be about like a tease so the audience will want to read it more. From a glance you would be able to see that this page is a contents page, you wont be able to see what will be featured in the magazine from far away because the text is too small, but front he style of the lay out you would be able to tell its a magazine. This magazine would stand out on a shelf as it's got large images, and some of text is bright pink.

Overall impression
This contents page does give a indication of what will be featured in the magazine, but only if you look at the information on the left side. It dose not have any bold words or big lettering on this page that would indicate what would be inside. This page attracts different audiences because of the images used, the main big image of the girl attracts male and female attention, also the two images below attract the readers because it targets the audience as i is the genre of music that they like. It wouldn't attract a younger age audience, and also it wouldn't attract people that are into heavy rock and mental. Also it wouldn't attract and older age range because it is more younger appeal.