In these examples of contents pages you can tell there is a constant theme running through them which are taken from different issues of vibe magazine. Each of the contents pages have a dominant picture witch pulls in the audience. The colour themes which run through all seem to be similar with the dominant grey and black background unlike the one with a dominant red background. The colour schemes all seem to go with the text and picture. The title all have the same layout with the bold writing and capital letters which draws the audience straight in. The colour links in with the background with the colours being black or white which fits in with the dominant grey and black colour themes. The main images of the artists are the most dominant feature in the contents page because they take up a huge amount of space. The writing and headlines all flow which it’s easy to read the colour and font are very laid back and the text flows with each headline.

I have picked 3 different music magazines to compare I have picked an issue of vibe, source and XXL. These 3 different magazines are all based on the genre of hip hop and r&b. All the titles on each front cover are a main feature of the front cover.  The XXL magazine title is partly covered by the artists head which then makes the artist the most dominant feature which also the same with vibe the artist covers some of the title which draws away the attention to the artist. The issue of the source the full title is shown; all the titles are used with a bold font which is mostly bigger than the text shown on each front cover. They all have a dominant colour scheme running through the front cover which flows with the text and font.  Each magazine has the artist name as a main headline on the front cover. The colour schemes are all very different but the main colour that is features in all 3 magazines is red.   

I have picked 3 double page spreads from various different magazines and I have looked at how the way they are all presented. The main thing that pulls in my attention is that most of the double page spreads one page is dedicated to a page of the artist which the double page is about. The page on Lady gaga shows a dominant picture one left and the writing is on the right hand side which means that is the last thing that the reader will read which is affected because it pulls the reader in to read it after seeing the dominant picture. The dominant colour red also pulls the reader in because it is very bright and bold which is spread across the text. On one of the magazines the dominant colour is black and gold which also a dominant picture and shows importance. On the other photo is also has the pattern running through with the picture of the left hand side.