Analysis of Professional Magazine Contents PagesEmma Riddiough
The page numbers
contained inside of the contents page are all going down
in order
Shows that Q magazine has
put all the information into
columns in order to make the magazine
look more presentable
Shows that all of the of the cover and
headlines are all capitalised no
matter what the size of the font
as shown.
Shows that sometimes
magazines put in their website onto the contents page
along with the month or week in
which the magazine had been published
The headline consists of one or two words in order
to convey the genre of the magazine
The magazine contents pages
have a maximum of five or less images
on that one page
Magazine companies use
various headlines in
order to separate the
contents contained inside
the magazine
The issue number and the date can usually be found in the top right hand
corner of magazine cover
and contents page
Shows that contents pages can consist with up to 3 or 4 columns on the one page; e.g. in this particular case
its 3 columns
These are the three regular sections that appear in this
particular magazine
This shows me that the main
story images take up most of the contents page
Shows that most music magazine
images have numbers in the
bottom left corner relating it
to a particular page or article
Shows that some companies tend to highlight the
various names of celebrities
contained inside the magazine to
draw in the readers attention
Shows that some people tend to stick
with plain white background
instead of using a coloured one
when publishing a
music magazine
Shows that most people and
companies tend to use a font size no bigger than 11pt,
and the text is usually written in
black
Shows that most magazine
creators tend to stick to a pacific
and constant colour scheme; e.g. in this case,
red, yellow, orange and black
This particular contents shows an
example of a dog leg layout
Shows that people use one big image to fill the page and
then add a few small images to
draw in the interest of the
readers