Analysis 3: Contents page

The title of the page is in a large clear bold font which stands out and is very striking for the reader, this is so that they read the title before starting to read the rest of the smaller text on the page. They have included the title of the magazine 'Billboard' but have made it a small text, which is not noticeable. For my magazine I will ensure that the title of the contents page is large and clear and stands out, but i will be putting the title of my magazine next to it, i may make this a smaller font than the 'contents' title put i will make sure that it stands out to a reader.

There are a number of images on this page, they all link with the stories that are featured in the magazine. the main image however is striking and catches the reader eye as the model poses with a direct mode of address which brings the reader into look at the main story. I believe that this magazine has used the right amount of images to look professional and organised, for my magazine i will also include 3-4 images that will draw a reader into the stories linked with the images.
The blue lines separate the text making it look professional and neat, they use their house style colour for these lines to represent the magazine. I like the idea of this to help make the page look organised and the fact that they use the house style colour. For my magazine i would like to do this to separate stories and their images, i will also use a colour form my house style colour scheme.

The page numbers are a clear black large font which stand out against the white background to make it clear to the reader what stories are on what pages. There are images that are shown to have page numbers that are layered ontop of of the images, these are readable and bold. this helps a reader notice a photo and go straight to the page with the story on. For my magazine i will ensure my page numbers are large, bold and probably in a black font so that they stand out, i want to also include page numbers on top or to the side of images, i would like to create colourful boxes for my page numbers so that it gives a little colour to my contents page.

The layout of the contents page is split into columns which is a good idea for readers to find what they are looking for. I believe this makes the page look a bit crowded and too much detail for a reader to handle, therefore for my magazine i will ensure that my contents page is neat and not crowded with too many stories or images. i like the idea of columns to split up to the page into sections, but i doubt that i will need to do this as i wont be including as many stories as this magazine.