Contents Page Analysis

I looked at the contents page of Rock Sound and have analysed the presentational features and the language used. I can then conclude as to what conventions I may use for my contents page.

 

The Image of Rock Sound’s contents page takes up about ¾ of the page. The image links with the main article within the magazine and the page number and description for this article is the bigger than the rest and is the only one that isn’t placed on the column and is placed on the actual image – this shows what the main feature is within this issue. Usually it is an artist who is on the front page, but this time it isn’t which could show that there are two main features in this issue.

The colour scheme of the page is mainly black and white as the natural background of the photograph is very dark. The dark colour could represent the genre of the music that this magazine is aimed towards. They have cleverly linked the green from the front page to the contents page by having the page numbers and the border around the words “main features” green. Also, Oli Sykes (the man in the photograph) is wearing a top that is white and green which fits in with the colour scheme – this is important because of how much focus the image is on this page.

The top of the contents page says “Rock Sound” and has the issue number and date on it – Rock Sound is written in the same font as it is written the masthead which is important.   

To write the pagenumbers and description title they use a larger font than the use for the description which is a convention which most magazines tend to use for their contents pages. Reasons for this are because it is a lot easier for the reader to understand what goes where therefore they can find the pages they are looking for easily.

There are yellow and red buttons on three of the article titles - this shows the main features of the magazine.