2. THE CONTENTS
The contents is within the first or the
first two pages of a magazine. The
contents allows the audience to see
hat stores are within the magazine
and what pages they can find them.
They can be on a single page or
across a double page spread. The
normal layout consists of 50% photos
and 50% text. This is usually the
second most important part of a
magazine as minus the front cover it
is one of the first people choose to
look at. The more interesting the
contents and the stories advertised,
the more likely people are to buy the
magazine. Music magazine contents’
are quirky and very unusual if they are
pop, hip hop, rock etc where as
classical music magazine would have
a more sophisticated look to it.
3. MASTER HEADING
The master heading on a contents can
either be the name of the magazine, or
can say contents. It is normally the same
font of as the masthead on the front
cover, this allows it to tie in with the rest
of the magazine, however sometimes a
plain font or italic is used which then
matches the subheadings for stories
within the magazine. The master heading
is normally in black or white but it always
fits to the colour scheme of the magazine.
The name of the magazine is always
presented somewhere upon the page
even if it is not the main title, if it is, then
the word contents is usually placed to the
right of the page in a smaller font.
Occasionally the magazine masthead and
the contents masthead can be presented
next to each other, and exactly the same
size.
4. This contents has the masthead
from the cover represented smaller
than the word contents which is
placed as the main title.
This contents has the masthead from the
cover as the title and then the word
contents placed in a smaller font to the
left of the page.
5. CENTRAL IMAGE
On the contents is a photo which is of
the same model on the front cover.
They are usually in a different pose
and this reminds the audience who
this edition is based on. The image is
normally slightly larger than the other
images and on a double page spread
is placed to the right underneath the
master heading.
6. OTHER IMAGES
On the contents there is always 50%
photo’s this allows the magazine
editors to be able to attempt to give
their magazine some more selling
points. For example if you opened a
magazine to read the contents and see
what stories are involved, if some of
the section titles had photos to go with
them it would allow you to feel more
familiar with the people/person
involved before you read that story.
This would tempt the audience to buy
the magazine as they would what to
know more on the story behind the
image and section title.
7. SUBHEADINGS &
ORDERING &
STRUCTURE
Magazine contents pages have their
sections separated into categories. For
example ‘on the cover’, ‘news’, ‘latest
music’ and so on. This helps the audience
to identify where the stories are and to be
able to find specific genres of what they
want easily. The font of the subheadings is
lager than the sections so it allows them to
stand out.
The order of the sections is usually is
chronological order, this helps the reader
identify where in the magazine the story is
they want to read. After the title of the
story, there is a few words to give brief
detail on the stories inside and also allows
the audience to see more on the stories
that weren’t on the front cover. This also
allows the reader to know if they want to
read these stories or not.
Subheadings
Sections chronologically
