Analysis contents page 2

This contents page is from music magazine Q, it is simple and straight forward, allowing the consumers to have a clear understanding of it straight away. This magazine holds a few images, which is beneficial for its consumers; at through the image they are able to know what band is mentioned within the magazine, as well having beside the image having a little description on what the article is about. On the contents page the band shown is The Courteeners, through mise-en-scen we can see that they are dressed causally as stereotypically boys do, relating to the audience through mise-en-scene. The band members are also directly addressing to the readers.
The colours within the contents page are not too bright, yet attract the audience, due to it not being so busy. The layout of the contents page is straight forward as well, having placed the images on one side and text on the other. Despite the image, there is some extra information about a band, below features, “oasis special” Which is not as bright as the other headings, so less attention is drawn to it, and more attention drawn to other factors, but due to it having a large amount of space on the band, it shows what the main article will be within the magazine.
The numbers of each pages stand out as they are big and in a bright colour, the subheadings are also bold, and underneath them there is a sneak peek of what is within a specific article, allowing this to draw the readers into buying it. Due the subheading having a bright red background within them, it makes it easier for the consumer to find what they are looking for if it is “features or every month”, showing it holds many different types of information within the magazine.
The contents page is very useful, in many ways, not only because it give extra information about the article, due to the review at the bottom right, which makes it easier for the person who read the magazine to access what they would like to get from the magazine. Having clear information held within it. This contents page doesn’t only attract attention to a specific thing the attention is drawn through out the page, due there being bold headings and images, as well extra boxes giving extras to the consumers.
Some of the stories, below the sub headings allow the readers to know what the magazine will hold within it, the contents allow the audience to easily skip to what they would like to read rather then going through the whole magazine as a lot of contents pages give a limited amount of information on the contents page. This also allows the magazine look more professional, as there is a straight forward layout.