This documents consists of my research into contents pages which will hopefully help me gain an understanding of how I want my contents page to look.

1. Here are a fewexamplesof contentspageswhichIwouldlike tobase mymagazine contentspage
on.Similartothe frontcover;there will be one ortwo mainimageswiththe writingondominantly
one side of the page.I believe thisiseffectiveasitnot onlyadvertisesthe artist/swiththe main
image butit alsoallowsroomforother informationsuchasnew releasesoralbumstobe advertised
too.I also believe thatthe layoutof these contentspagesare effectivebecauseitiseasyto readall
of the writingsurroundingthe picturesandare organisedinsucha way that makesitappealingto
the eye. Many of the contentspageswhichIhave lookedathave similarlayoutsintermsof the
picture:textratio.Manyconsistingof abouta70:30 ratio as the picturesare commonlythe main
characteristicof the page andthe textfitsaroundit.I will follow thisconventionasIthinkitwill
appeal tomy target audience.The fontonthe contentspageswhichare shownabove are all fairly
small;apart fromthe titlesonthe actually‘contents’itself.AgainIwill follow thisconventiontosuit
my audience whichIamaimingto please.