Analysis of Professional Magazine Contents PagesEmma Riddiough

The page numbers

contained inside of the contents page are all going down

in order

Shows that Q magazine has

put all the information into

columns in order to make the magazine

look more presentable

Shows that all of the of the cover and

headlines are all capitalised no

matter what the size of the font

as shown.

Shows that sometimes

magazines put in their website onto the contents page

along with the month or week in

which the magazine had been published

The headline consists of one or two words in order

to convey the genre of the magazine

The magazine contents pages

have a maximum of five or less images

on that one page

Magazine companies use

various headlines in

order to separate the

contents contained inside

the magazine

The issue number and the date can usually be found in the top right hand

corner of magazine cover

and contents page

Shows that contents pages can consist with up to 3 or 4 columns on the one page; e.g. in this particular case

its 3 columns

These are the three regular sections that appear in this

particular magazine

This shows me that the main

story images take up most of the contents page

Shows that most music magazine

images have numbers in the

bottom left corner relating it

to a particular page or article

Shows that some companies tend to highlight the

various names of celebrities

contained inside the magazine to

draw in the readers attention

Shows that some people tend to stick

with plain white background

instead of using a coloured one

when publishing a

music magazine

Shows that most people and

companies tend to use a font size no bigger than 11pt,

and the text is usually written in

black

Shows that most magazine

creators tend to stick to a pacific

and constant colour scheme; e.g. in this case,

red, yellow, orange and black

This particular contents shows an

example of a dog leg layout

Shows that people use one big image to fill the page and

then add a few small images to

draw in the interest of the

readers