Magzine Contents Page Analysis One

The contents page has the magazines logo in the top left again which relates to the front page. It is in red and white which appeals to the target audience. CONTENTS is in capitals and in bold which clearly shows us what the page is about. It is issue 232 (November 2005) which is also shown in a smaller font as it is not as important as the CONTENTS header.

The stories titles are in bold black text which draws the reader to them. The details about the stories are in smaller font as they don’t need to be as readable. This enables the reader to see the title so they can see whether they will be interested in reading it. If they are, they can refer to the page number in bold red rather than having to read through paragraphs and paragraphs of stuff they don’t want to read.

This issue is a John Lennon issue. It has its own silver lined box in the contents page to show it is a special section. This is appealing as silver stands out from the main red and black theme of the contents page.

James Blunt’s face appears as the main and only image on the page. This is unusal for a contents page. It resembles a front cover image. The fact that it is a big picture will draw the readers eye towards it and will see his eyes staring straight into yours which is inviting you to read the magazine. Towards the bottom of the page on the left, are the things which appear in every single Q magazine such as subscriptions, puzzles etc. They are divided up like this so the reader can see specifically what appears in every issue, and what is only in this particular one.

In conclusion, this contents page for this issue of Q magazine fits in to the usual contents page expectations. It features the same colour scheme as the front cover, it is divided up into sections enabling easy to read, understandable content, and the font sizes are different depending on how important the editor feels what they say are. The only part that is not necessarily ‘typical’ of a contents page is the very large image of James Blunt. Most content pages seem to feature one or two smaller images.