This document analyzes and compares the contents pages of three magazines - Mixmag, NME, and an unnamed third magazine. Some common conventions identified across magazine contents pages include featuring 3 main images of artists with their page numbers, using a limited color palette (often white background with colored text), and including varying fonts to draw attention. The document also notes specific aspects of each magazine's contents page design, such as Mixmag using an exclusive "VIP" section to engage readers and NME centering the cover image artist and including a band index.

1. Contents AnalysisThis is the contents page from mixmag, a DJ magazine.Having looked at previous contents pages I see that a common convention is that there are 3 main images with page numbers of the artists in them, they are the main appeal of that edition of the magazine. Another one is that the background is white whilst the text is pink, black and yellow, breaking the 3 colour rule. It has lots of varying fonts for different headers, the page numbers and articles, the VIP section within the magazine means that the reader get the impression that they are the VIP and are privy to information that is exclusive,

2. Contents AnalysisThis is the contents page from NME a English rock magazine.Having looked at previous contents pages I see that a common convention is the image at the centre is related to the cover and is usually what's “hot” at that time. Another one is that the background is the colour pallet and the band index allowing readers to skip to their preferred bands and the right hand side is the usual contents layout of any magazine.At the bottom they have a subscription offer that implies that they are attempting to gather more readers and money.

3. Contents AnalysisThis contents page makes the artist the main feature as she takes up most of the space on the page and is the first thing you see. The writing is what could be classed as “classy” which implies that what shes doing is classy as well, due to its size it means that your attention is drawn to the woman even more so.It has lots of varying fonts as well as colours, it follows the 3 colour rule as her outfit matches the colour featured in the page. The use of different fonts makes different parts of the article eye catching.