In this comparison of an issue from the 'NME' music magazine the masthead is carried from both the front cover to the contents page. Straight away you can see that a house style is present.
The main image on the front cover is highlighted by a blue rectangle and it is of John Lennon. This image is carried over to the contents page and the double page spread, these are also highlighted. However these two images are de-saturated as they are images of John Lennon in the past a much longer time ago. Where as the image on the front cover is a more recent photograph.
The main aspect that links the front page and the double page spread is the text that is highlighted by a red rectangle as both texts mention that it has been thirty years since John Lennon's last album 'Milk and Honey'.
Lastly, the design elements that are used are mainly just the red and black rectangles that are used to help highlight certain parts of the text that they wish the reader to pay closer attention to such as 'Lennon' which is on the front page and is kept very consistent with the actual masthead design - 'NME'. 'The Final Voyage' which is written on the double page spread and is highlighted by black rectangles. Furthermore, these design elements are also used on the contents page which you can see are highlighted with orange and pink rectangles. This simply maintains the house style and brings new dimensions to the magazine, making it more interesting and heightening the chances of their magazine being bought over any other music magazine in the shop.
In this second comparison of an issue out of the 'Kerrang' music magazine the house style is maintained throughout the front cover, the contents page and the double page spread through the use of maintaining the colour scheme which is red, yellow, black and white.
Furthermore, the strongest connection between the contents page and the double page spread is the use of the same image of the 'Of Mice & Men' band. A smaller image of this with the page number which informs the reader as to where the double page spread article in the magazine is, is in the left hand corner of the contents page which is highlighted by a green rectangle. As you can see a much bigger version of this shown on the double page spread.
The main design element that is used that links the contents page and the double page spread is the use of a sticker in the right hand corner of the contents page and the left hand corner of the double page spread. Both of these are black half circles, with white writing on it with red rectangles and the same fonts are used on both of these design elements.
Lastly, the fonts that are used across the front cover, contents page and double page spread are the same in most cases. Again this is to help maintain the house style which is very important to help the reader gain familiarity with this particular music magazine.
This is a comparison of an issue out of the 'Q' music magazine. The masthead carries from both the front cover to the contents page. However, shown by the yellow rectangles the 'Q' on the front cover is white with a red background, whereas, on the contents pages the 'Q' is red with a black background. Despite the change in colour scheme it still shows consistency and maintains the house style across these pages.
This particular magazine has two contents pages which is not that common, but each page has many images on it. The first page of the contents page has 6 images on it and the second page has 4 images on it.
The main image on the front cover is of 'The Smiths' and this image has been de-saturated. Also an image of the Smiths is also shown on the contents page and the double page spread which is highlighted by a pink rectangle; both images on the contents page and the double page spread are of the the whole band so variation of the image is used effectively. Also these images use vibrant colours which makes them more appealing to the reader.
On the front cover and the double page spread the use of pink has been used this works well as it is used just to help the reader to associate this colour with the band 'The Smiths'. Furthermore, this colour scheme is used on every double page spread in the magazine to do with 'The Smiths'. However, they do not use this colour scheme in any other issue in the magazine and it is a unique feature for this issue.
Moreover, other elements help to link the front cover, contents page and double page spread. This includes elements such as the image of Lily Allen on the front page which is carried over to a bigger image on the contents page, this is shown via the highlighted orange rectangles. Lastly, the stickers that are highlighted by purple rectangles are present and this helps connect the contents page and the double page spread as similar design elements are used on both pages.
