Joanna Cornwall-Jones

• NME relies on a very structured and rigid contents page. They have 3 main columns pillars splitting them up

• They have a black and white colour scheme with bursts of colour coming from each of their photos. Additionally each of these photos have a pull quotes underneath them and a page number on one of the bottom corners. These pull quotes are either in a curly font (red circle) or are in capitals and are in a more squared font (blue circle). But underneath all of these they all have a caption that is in the same font.

• There is no editorial team information, but there is a subscription which stands out as it is filled in a different colour to the rest of the magazine. Neither is there photo credits or DPS or front cover links. This is therefore a very minimalist magazine

• The magazine also relies on a devoted audience as they use monosyllabic words to describe the recurring features of their magazine, implying that people know what they’re buying so NME doesn’t have to go into details on it

•KERRANG! Magazine has opted for a very different approach to NME, where instead of splitting it into 3 columns, this magazine’s layout is split into two rows. The top consists fully of a band photo, and the bottom the actual contents of the magazine. •The top photo’s mise-en-scene is important as you can fully see that it is a band performing on stag, there is a drum kit and another guitarist, and a green light that juxtaposes with the foreground singer’s orange hair. It is very eye catching and stands out to the reader. For this photo there is a title and page number in a white banner so that the reader know where to look for the accompanying piece to the photo •In the less important spaces in this photo KERRANG places screenshots of pages in the magazine along with a title and a page number. This creates a glimpse into what’s to come if you read through the whole magazine, therefore also enticing the reader.•There is also the issue number and cover date underneath the masthead of CONTENTS, which fits with the house style of yellow and black.•The bottom half of this page has a white background, and the layout is split into five columns. Unlike NME this contents page has an editors note and portrait photograph. Next to this is the vertical writing giving the front cover and contents page photography credit.•There are eight editorial pillars, each with the same fonts for the small writing and the numbers in red instead of black.•KERRANG has also included a subscription box, with mini versions of previous magazines and a cut out of a band that’s on the cover of this issue.•Finally they include a poster special which has a splash of green underneath it to highlight the white writing.

•Much similar to NME, Rolling Stone has a much simpler layout. They’re house style is white and red, with a cream box on the top. This box is out of character for the famous red and white rolling stone, but it marks the pages on which Steve Jobs is the topic, and so is therefore prominent and the issue is a special on Steve Jobs. This box also has a slight shadow around it so that it stands out against the white background.•There is four other editorial pillars, all in a sleek red font. They are also all in capital letters, and split up from each other.•In terms of text on every pillar the “By” is consistently in italics.•The photos are sectioned to the left side of the page whilst the text is on the right, and the photos, although not as bright as KERRANG , do provide some colour to the very minimalistic page. The top two shots are close up eye level shots, whilst the middle photo is a medium shot. Each has a caption of the photo on the top of the photo in alternating right and left sides.•There is also photography credits and caption for the cover photo on the contents page.•All the writing and photos are actually in a smaller rectangle to the size of the page, leaving white space around the sides of the magazine. This is so on the bottom the page number , Rolling Stone logo, website and date can fit at the bottom of the page.