Research and Planning: Contents Page Analysis

 The genre of this contents page is rock/metal I gather this from the colour scheme used and also the names of the bands used in the contents, Lamb of God, Metalica, Children of Boden I know are metal bands.
The colour scheme on the other hand of yellow white and black doesn't really associate with metal as the colours are a bit vibrant for that therefore I would say that it is a rock/metal magazine.
I think that the target audience would be males as some of the pictures seem a little violent the one in the bottom corner for example. as violence I stereotypically associated with males. Also another thing that convinced me that this is targeted towards males is the fact that its mostly males in the pictures this allows some people (generally males) to try and associate themselves with the people in the pictures and want them to read on to find out about the article.
The layout of this contents page is split up into sections. the pictures on the front are numbered corresponding to a page I think this is to draw someone's interest to that page as it gives them a preview of what is on that page, (unfortunately I am unable to read the top left hand part of the page therefore cannot comment on that).  The title utilises all 3 of the colours used in the contents page, I would say that this is to set the colour scheme at the very start of the page in order to allow more consistency from top to bottom of this page. The actual contents of the magazine are listed to the right of the page, I would argue that although they are the main pint of this page that they were put there out of the way in order to allow the pictures to be placed I that specific way, which advertises the stories better, this could be because the stories are a little bit more significant than the latter.
The main image on that page is the close up on the man wearing a white shirt. this shot is aligned with his eyes so that the audience will see on his level as his equal he is looking down as if he is upset about something which could be explained on the page in the story. This could be used as a ploy as the reader may want to know what he is sad about. There is another 2 types of shots on this page they are medium close ups and a long shot. 2 of the medium close ups are from a low angle whereas another is from an eye level. This could be construed as the editors opinion of such bands or an effort to use 3 similar images but make one of them different in a way. The long shots once again are similar only difference is the amount of people and therefore how much of the shot they cover. The similar images from both are placed next to each other this could be an attempt to reduce there significance and embolden the main image of the page and cause it to stand out more.
The representation from the central image is generally quite good as it gives of the feeling that rock/metal isn't about drugs, drink and women, which leaves the idea that rock/metal is better role model wise than people first think; however the other images still derive from a rock n roll point, poeple going crazy, guns etc.