Contents Page Research and Conventions

• As my genre is R&B, I looked at existing magazine contents page to get some inspiration and also expectations of what is required of a contents page. These examples help me get some ideas of what I should include in my contents page. While looking these pictures I found that they are very much similar as they all have the same conventions- main image, sub-lines and page numbers. I really like the way the contents page is laid out, the way it only has one picture and also, the way the sub-line is lined exactly where the picture ends and that is how I want my contents page to be like.

Conventions of contents page

Conventions of contents page:• Any typical contents page would a title saying ‘contents page’ written at the top of

the page usually in bold as it is the first thing the reader looks. The fact that it is in bold catches the readers attention

• In a contents page, there is always a main image which typically links with the front cover and there can be other pictures however, they are usually smaller than the main image

• The sub-headings are usually specific to the magazine• Conventionally, the background of the contents are usually white so that the text

can be easy read or if however the case, the text is usually correspondent to the colour of the background e.g. If the background was blue or maybe, you would use light colours so that you can see the text. I personally think that using a white background looks plain and boring well for my genre.

• Also, the colour scheme is always simple and doesn’t contain too many colours, this is so that the page is easy on the eye and the colours are not too distracting from the contents page