Analysis 2: Contents Page

Q’s house style colours red, black and white are used throughout the contents page. The white background ensures that the black text is clear and is readable. The font is very straightforward as this is more of an informative page than for instance, a front cover which needs to draw readers in. I will ensure that for my contents page that my text is clear and readable, i would also like to you my house style colours that i use for the front cover of the magazine.

The contents page contains different categories such as ‘features’, ‘reviews’ and ‘every month’. The features and every month are down the left hand side of the page, this could be because they are most important to read as people read from left to right therefore this will be read first. There are only two images to go with two stories that are featured. For my magazine i would prefer to use a minimum of 3 images to go with the stories that are featured in my magazine, as i believe this makes it more fun for the reader to read.

Because this issue of the magazine is about Oasis, they have created an ‘Oasis special’ dedicated to the band, it uses gold numbers, a gold title and is rimed  in a gold box. The colour gold represents luxury and importance. It makes the reader think they are getting an exclusive on the band. This will attract Oasis’s fans, as there are a lot of stories that are dedicated to them in this issue of the magazine. I think this is a great way to get readers attention, i would like to include this is my contents page to ensure that my readers know who is the main feature of the issue of the magazine.

The page numbers are very simple and are the same font size as the description of the stories featured, and in the colour red which is one of the house style colours. I would like to make my page numbers large so that they stand out i will also use my house style colours to do this.