Comparison of the Q Contents Page and Vibe Contents Page

On the Q contents page there are clear examples of informal design balance with use of the pictures and text whereas compared to the Vibe page, there is no design balance at all which makes it less easy to follow as there is no pattern to the page. As well as that, the image that is used on Vibe is just one plain image which doesn’t really promote the rest of the magazine apart from the article the artist is mentioned in. This contrasts to Q’s contents page as they provide other small images that link into the rest of the magazine and will promote them by more people being drawn in by the other images as well as the main one. Even though the Gutenberg principle is used in both pages, Q uses it better by the fact that there is more information in the primary optical area and the terminal area then the page has used the strong fallow area for the main image and other information that might not be that important to the magazine in the weak fallow area making sure that the reader gets as much information about the magazine as possible. Although, the other contents page may draw the reader in by having the main image in the primary optical area and the rest of the information in the terminal area, where the reader looks next, then nothing in the strong or weak fallow area. In addition, they have both thought about how they will attract more readers by the use of their colour scheme which is red, black and white (the same as Vibe magazine) this will attract the reader by the way each part stands out on the page. This is out of the ordinary that both magazines would compare so much when they are a different genre and are trying to attract a different type of audience.