This magazine contents page collected from NME magazine uses many different features in order to present relevant information about the contents within the magazine. This is done by displaying all the index of the magazine along with the page numbers on the left hand side of the page to ensure the reader understand what page the information they are looking for is on. The text is in bright red font to catch the readers attention so they know they are looking on the right page for the contents.

For the page masthead, the text is all capitalized and bold contrasting white and black while also using the main colour red for ‘NME’. This causes the page to look bold and important. Underneath the mast head is the date to inform the reader what day this magazine was released on. The page consists of a colour scheme of red, black and white. This makes the magazine seem more professional.

On the page there are also headings that inform the reader of news and features about the band. This allows the readers to remain up to date with what is going on. Also, in the centre of the page is a mini article with a relevant image to give the readers a little preview of the magazine before they read the main articles. The article features a main heading as well as a dropped letter highlighted in red to draw any readers eye to the centre of the article. Finally, at the bottom of the page has an advertisement for a subscription to the magazine to promote their magazine in order to make sales.

This magazine contents page chosen from Billboard magazine uses similar features to the MNE magazine in order to present relevant information about the contents within the magazine. This is done by displaying all the contents of the magazine in the centre of the page to ensure that all readers are seeing the information. The heading of the contents are in a blue font to highlight what the heading is. Located at the bottom of the page is information about billboard online as well as upcoming events. This informs readers of this sort of information.

The masthead names the page ‘contents’ to tell the reader directly what the title of the page is as well as the purpose while underneath is located three photos of other artists. In the centre of the page there is also an image of a celebrity relevant to that weeks issue. This attracts the reader as they will see that the magazine features a VIP causing them to want to read. There is also a date to inform the readers of when the issue was released.

On the left hand side, there is a list of top hits for music. This allows readers to stay up to date with the following top music and interest them more on the genre of the magazine. The colour scheme used is a plain blue, white and grey as the target audience is most likely young adults and adults. By having a wild colour pallet, the magazine may come across as childish and not as professional.

This magazine contents page was taken for Q, a music magazine. It is simple, much like Billboards contents page although even more. On the page there is essential information such as what the issue is. The masthead shows ‘Q’ as it would the logo and ‘contents’ in a bold black font. This informs the reader what the purpose of this page is while looking quite professional. On the left hand side, a list of the contents is located to inform readers what is within the magazine while as the bottom of the page there are more with images to state that those two articles are the most important within the magazine. In the centre of the page is the contents image which is large to state that this is the most important of them all.

On the left side there is also an image of Ed Sheeran who is quite famous amongst the British celebrity music industry with his individual music. This allows readers to want to read because they see that famous celebrities will be in the magazine.

The colour scheme to this magazine is a basic red and white with black text to keep the magazine looking basic and professional. This magazine seems to have an older target audience of a varied range of adults and young adults.

The layout of the contents page is very spread out and easy to navigate too. This is likely to show the simplicity of the magazine itself.

Summary of Contents Pages

My summary of these contents pages is that all the magazine features a masthead in order to represent to the reader what the page was for making it easier for people to understand which page is which.

The colour schemes to these pages are also quite basic due to the possibility that their target audience is young adults or older.

Also, the images used within the page are simple and feature relevant celebrities which persuade the readers to want to read the magazine because they are important people. The main image on the front cover is also generally on this page as well.

Having the heading of contents in a different colour to the rest makes them stand out so people are able to just see what page a certain article is in order to flip straight to it.

Extra information about the magazine such as the date and the number of the issue is also important because they inform the reader.

By having a simple and full layout, it is ensured that there wont be any confusion of where certain information can be found and it prevent the page from looking blank and empty which could possibly lose the interest of the reader and if they see that the magazine does not have a professional look, they may believe that is hasn’t been written well.