Contents page analysis

In this pop magazine contents page, there are many elements to it. The main title tells you exactly what a contents page is "inside the mag...". The first thing that interests me is the use of the front cover in the actual contents page. They use arrows to indicate which article is from which page. This approach is very unique and can be a great selling point to the product as readers do not have to flip the page to see what the article they were interested in and find it on the contents page. The colours used on the page is pink, yellow, black and white. Creating complimentary colours to reflect off each other and stand out towards the audience. The contents page uses thumbnails to help the target audience recognise which article belongs to what and can alternatively help younger girls who struggle to read. The page has text boxes to distinguish which article belongs where and keeps them in order to make it easier for the targeted audience. On top of each text box, they all have sub titles to help categorise which article belongs where and what page number to find it on.




On the next contents page, they have something completely different with a small article written by the editor. This is unusual because most pop magazines who target teenage girls do not have this element, it is mostly used for women's magazines. Another feature is that the colour scheme is completely different with sky blue and orange. I think the use of the blue relaxes the mind and orange is a pop of colour to keep the target audience interested. Again they use thumbnails to indicate which artist/groups' article is on which page. This contents page also filled with pull quotes specifically on this page to give the audience a feel of what will be said in the interview, for example "I'd pose naked for about a hundred quid".



The two contents pages are completely different. The first page uses the traditional pink white and yellow which is used in many other magazines. However, the second page uses a different approach of sky blue and orange. I think this was done because it is unique unlike like most other pop magazines which follow the colour scheme trend. The second page uses a lot more thumbnails than the first crowding it up to burst out with information whilst the first one is more subtle and spacious. In my contents page, I will try to create a busy but also quite spacious layout so that my target audience isn't too overwhelmed by it.