codes and conventions of contents page in a music magazine

2.  The masthead is also put on
the contents page, keeping its
unique font which is never
used again in the magazine.

3.  The contents page is laid
out into different
sections, like ‘features’,
‘regular content’ and
‘reviews’.
 Sometimes contents
page is over a double
page spread.

4.  List of topics with their page
number, usually listed along
the right hand side.
 The magazine will normally
have regular content that is
used often over again;
o News,
o Upcoming gigs,
o Reviews.

5.  The main image found on
the contents page is
normally linked to the main
image on the front cover.
 Normally they will be
surrounded by smaller
images.

6.  The contents page will
also follow a colour
scheme alike the front
cover, it normally keeps
to around 3/4 colours.

7.  The font size on a
contents page is usually
11pt.
 East to read and
consistent throughout.
 There is always a short
amount of text about
each page.