Kerrang! Contents Page Research

I have found a Kerrang! contents page from January 2012. There isn't much information as the page is mostly dominated by one photo which I assume is the main story. As I want to put a lot of attention on my main article I may use the same idea. However I still want to put a bit of attention on other articles so the image won't be as big to give room for other images. The image matches the conventions of the genre well and it reaches the demands of the audience as it is typical from a gig they would attend, it also includes some fans in the photo. I think making sure the magazine reaches the demands of the audience is key so I will focus on photography that has the same effect on my audience. I might make a small setup of a gig where I get a few people playing the part of the fans and one person playing the role of a musician. Instead of listing every article and page they have separated them into their categories, feedback, win, news, live reviews, posters, features, reviews, gig guide and the ultimate rock test. I would like to do something similar for my contents page. It makes it more simple for the reader to find what they want as well as seeing what the overall contents is. However I want to give it a more exciting appearance, like the NME and Q contents pages, and put more focus on it instead of pushing it to the left third. I noticed that Kerrang! have used a separate font for the title of the magazine consistently throughout the magazine. The font has an effect which makes it look like it's breaking or about to explode, these have connotations of the genre which help to reach the needs of the target audience. However for the rest of the page they haven't used this font, instead they have used a range of different fonts for different text types, sub headers, normal, headers etc. The idea of using different font types helps each bit of text stand out in a different way. They have used an effect on the important text which helps to add significance to it. I want to use a variation of fonts throughout my magazine as it adds extra effect to the articles and can reinforce conventions of the genre. Where they have placed detailed text they have used a white background and black font, but too much black and white can be boring to look at. To solve this they have used their colour scheme for banners and headers/sub headers. This will help me to fill in any blank space meaning my magazine will be more appealing to the reader. I can also use colours to fit the conventions of the genre and to highlight important sections.