DAZED&CONFUSED MAGAZINE TABLE OF CONTENTS ANALYSIS.

LANGUAGE AND FONT.The font for the magazine logo is the same as they use on the masthead on their covers. This is keeping the page exclusive to the magazine. It is bold and eye-catching and works well with the more subtle, lighter font used on the page.

The reference to the festival ‘Istancool’ is something that only a certain group of people will be aware of and this makes the magazine instantly relating to certain people who are aware of the festival which is a ‘prestigious art, design, fashion, film, music, literature and architecture festival’. This will instantly attract an arty and fashionable audience who are interested in creative culture.

The San Serif font used is evenly and nicely spaced out so that it is clear to read and contrasts to the more condensed text on the page. It is also bigger which indicates that they are the titles and is clear and quick for the reader top indentify and read.

Again, they don’t include any titles of articles and focus on the photographer’s name which keeps it exclusive and recognisable to certain people and unrecognisable to some readers.

Listing artists and musicians featured gives the reader a quick overview of what is in the music section quickly which will also help to show potential readers efficiently what is in the magazine which will make them want to buy it.

IMAGERY.

The image used is also very colourful and seems to merge into the background of colours. The model has direct eye contact with the reader which draws them in. There is only one image on this contents page making it slightly unconventional as contents pages usually have more than one image, but I like it with one image as it’s different and makes the page look more on trend and unique. The styling in the image corresponds with the overall colour scheme of the page which I really like. Also the model is female which could attract a male audience, but is also styled in a high-fashion way which would attract a female, fashionable audience who are interested in quirky styling and carry a unique style.

LAYOUT/DESIGN.

makes the page look well designed and thought

I really like the way the text is filled in

white and the gaps are still kept white. I

think it’s a really unique design and it will

definitely influence my own design for my

table of contents. I like that on one side all

the text boxes are aligned and the other side

isn’t. All text is central and aligned which

out and straight.

COLOUR. This table of contents is extremely colourful and vibrant with a busy colour scheme of oranges, reds, greens, blues etc. Not only is this eye-catching, but it makes the text which is against white, stand out. The colours used in the styling of the image merge into the colours in the background I also like the way the dress on the model merges into the colour pattern behind which relates the image to it’s background. The most dominating colours seemed to be orange, reds and pinks which are warm colours that could often be associated with women which could suggest a target audience. All the colours used on the page make it look very arty and creative and willattract an audience of arty and creative people, open to unique and new designs and concepts.