Research: Contents page rhythm 4

This is the contents page from the popular drumming magazine rhythm. It comes from issue from September 2011.

Puffs
There are two puffs located on this contents page, traditionally the puff serves the purpose of drawing the reader attention to something import through bright colours and images.

One of the puffs on this contents page serves the purpose of advertising a competition, it draws the viewers attention in other ways as well apart from the puff such as having a big blue piece of text in a serif font ( serif fonts being proven to draw attention).



The other puff on this contents serves the purpose of helping the viewer view the page as it states " In this month's RHYTHM" and then has a downwards arrow. This breaks convention as normally the puff is used to help make things stand out not direct the viewer to text.


The main article 

 It advertises the main article in a very good manner, apart from giving it a large chunk of the page and making it bigger than any other thing on the page. It also gives it a blue background on a white page which creates a contrast of colours so you eyes are naturally drawn to the blue background of the main advertised article.

It also advertises the main article as a they have given it a cover line " The Biffy Clyro powerhouse talks bad technique, unlikely odd-time hits and befriending his drum idols". This gives it a nice appeal to the article as it makes him seem more relatable to the everyday viewer as he met and is now friends with his idols.

The text 
The contents page's text is arranged into three colums on the bottom of the page which gives it a very simple but effective look to it. It also has coloured the different sections of the magazine by having features in a light blue, beat in a dark red and then drums lessons onwards in a light shade. This creates synergy to the front cover as all three of these colours were used on the cover creating a recurring colour scheme.


The articles follow's convention for this magazines genre as they have such features like a gear section which provides reviews of the latest gear and also sections like " Buyer's guide" which show you the essentials of what you have to buy.


Genre theorists
Dyer can be applied to this contents page photo of its main attraction and the cover line. Dyer believed in " A star is an image, not a real person" the photo shows Ben Johnston as a common person as that look supports the by line, However dyers theory is proven true by the cover line " Befriending his drum idols" this was written to make him see relatable and make the reader want to read about ben's story.

How this influenced me
This has given me ideas on how I could advertise my main article in the contents page as well as ideas for the colour scheme's and how to create synergy.