Contents Pages

I'm looking into the features of the contents pages from the two magazines I previously analysed: GQ and Men's Health

GQ

This page is far more modern and simplistic.

-Clearly numbered pages

-Minimal colour aside from imagery

-Refined, polished layout to target a middle market, 25+ audience

-Consistent typography

While I will maintain some elements that this page has, I think that in order to cater to my target market I will need to include more colour, imagery and more concise sentences to summarise areas in the magazine.

In relation to codes and conventions, I have realised that a well organised and refined page includes predominantly serif fonts when targeting a slightly older male audience with a main focus on text rather than imagery. However, I feel that having such small photos takes away from the atmosphere they're trying to create.

MEN'S HEALTH

-Bold, bright, capitalised 'CONTENTS' heading

-Much more print, smaller and more detailed

-Previews of pages

-Short, catchy sub-headings

-Logically numbered/ worded

This is quite clearly a much older edition of the Men's Health magazine however, many of the same conventions of a newspaper/ magazine still apply despite the changing times. The sexualisation of women is an outdated but still commonly used method of attracting an audience which I wish to steer away from. This is vastly different to the GQ cover with a wide array of colours which could be considered somewhat childish and tacky. Overall, it is still well organised to make reading easy and simple.