Contents Page Analysis

I have analysed two contents pages, here is one. This contents page is very eye-catching mainly because of the interesting pose that the model is doing. It is very different from the standard straight-on shot and the attention is focused on her legs as opposed to her face. This gives a clue to the target audience of the magazine as it may be more focused on appealing to males than females.

We can tell it is the contents page because it has a title near the top but again this is displayed in an unusual way which makes it very appealing to look at.

The model in the image is a famous singer which shows us that the main article in the magazine is about her. This helps gain readers who are fans of the singer.

The articles listed in the contents page are divided into to headed sections; ‘Features’ and ‘Fashion’. The articles each then have the page number, a bolded title and a short description about what you can find on that page. Also listed with each article are the names of the photographers and writers who contributed to that article.

The colours used on the contents page are very neutral, including the colours of the models clothes. This gives a very modern and fresh feel to the page which is how the magazine would want to be represented.