This contents page is taken from Vibe magazine, but I think it would work well with the classic style of Q magazine; maybe it will be worth me taking a look at these styles together.

Number one thing with this magazine I think is the way they have written “contents”, I would definitely like to consider doing this for my contents. Simplistic with a big effect!

The writing is minimalist, weather this is a clever idea is different, but it says that the artist is the most important feature for the page.

Second thing about this page would be the picture, I like it how the women is wrapped around the words, she puts the power into this page, just by the way she has been set out. How they only use one image as well to create the page is dangerous and as an effect kind of plain, I will have to consider this, because you never want the person reading to think “wow, that’s boring”.

After favouring Q magazine quite considerably, I though I should take a look into the contents pages and to be honest I think they are kind of boring, this is why…

Images – They focus on being too artistic, you don’t really get an idea on what is in this magazine, who is it about? Where are they? Other magazines might use cheesy images, but that is because they say a lot about the articles and they relate to the content.

Writing – Way too much information, short and sweet is the best way to go. Someone will look at this and be turned off instantly.

After all my criticizing there is one good point I will give in to, the extract, I love the idea of taking a “pull quote” blowing it up and making the reader think “what is that all about?”, it’s an easy effective way to grab the reader which is what a magazine is for after all.

Many features make up this magazine’s contents, from the main images, writing, and colour scheme. The format of the

page I will probably use in my magazine, this magazine has a main column of “this weeks happenings” to the right, it’s there if the reader wants more information, but if they just want a little they are able to look at the pictures and generalise the content.

A little added touch which they have put in is the page numbers on the pictures, I love this, it’s little details like this which make a contents page look professional.

I like these several small images, they help to show what’s in the magazine, I would have to take several shots and pin them together like this to see if they worked.