Q Contents page

Pull quote

Subheading

Logo Issue number/ date/ website

Main image

Secondary image

Page numbers/ feature name/ brief description of feature

puff

Logo

The logo/ masthead is reprinted on the contents. It is recognisable and keeps to the house style. It is also a convention of a contents page.

Main image

The main image relates to a feature in the magazine. The Courteeners are a band typically featured in Q. They way they are dressed indicates to the reader what kind of music they play as they are slightly scruffy, dressed in jeans and t shirts. A look associated with indie rock bands.

Pull quote

The pull quote is taken from the article about the band pictured. It gives the reader an idea of the tone of the feature.

Issue number/ date/ website

This is a convention of a magazine contents. It shows clearly the information which is in smaller font on the cover

Page numbers/ feature name/ brief description of feature Page numbers, headings, sub headings and feature names all help to keep the contents page in an organized format . The brief description of the feature tells the reader what the feature will entail.

Rule of thirds

This contents page sticks to the convention of having the page in thirds. The main image and puff take up two thirds of the page and the height of the puff is roughly a third of the page vertically.

Rocksound Contents page

Editor’s letter

Subheading

Logo/ Issue number/ date

Images

Description of feature

Pull quote

puff

Logo/ Issue number/ date

The logo/ issue number/ date is reprinted on the contents. It is recognisable and keeps to the house style. It is also a convention of a contents page.

Editor’s letter

This is a convention of a contents. It gives a brief over view of what will be in the magazine and sometimes a personal insight. In Rocksound the editor’s letter is normally quite light hearted and funny which in keeps with the informal tone of the magazine. It is also accompanied by a different picture each week which has some time to do with one of the features.

Pull quote

It comes from an article in the magazine and relates to the picture it’s next to. It hints at the tone of the article and entices the reader to find out the content of the piece. The use of colour highlights the important part of the quote and fits in with the colour scheme.

Puff

The puff is in the style of a speech bubble to separate the editor’s letter from the rest of the page.

Images

The images correspond with the page numbers to give a taste of what the features will contain.

Kerrang! Contents page

Editor’s Letter

Images

Issue number/ date

Page numbers/ feature name/ brief description of feature

Masthead

Issue number/ date

The issue number/ date tells the reader information and keeps to the house style. It is also a convention of a contents page.

Images

The images correspond with the page numbers and give a taste of what the features will contain.

Editor’s Letter

This is often a magazine convention. It gives a brief over view of what will be in the magazine and sometimes a personal insight. It also is often in keeping with the tone of the magazine.

Masthead

The masthead is often re printed in the contents page. It is a convention of a contents page and the masthead is easily recognisable.

Page numbers/ feature name/ brief description of feature

These keep the contents page in an organized format and help the reader to locate the features they want to read.