1. 1. Conventions of amagazine contents page Sacha Relf
2. 2. a magazine contents page has cer tain convent ions to make i t lookgood and appeal to the audience mak ing i t easier to read. Thereare a few main convent ions in whi ch ever y edi tor fol lows tocomplete designing a content s page including; the main image,di f ferent sect ions and the mas thead.Content s pages al so st i ck to the same spec i f i c colour s cheme asthe f ront cover so that the magaz ine f lows wel l .Overview
3. 3. ImagesUsually, on a contents page there should be only one main image or a fewimages which covers 50% of the whole page. Usually, the image is of aperson or thing in one of the main articles. So, in a music magazine thiscould be a particular artist such as; (if you are doing a pop magazine) JessieJ. When you take the image of the person, it looks much more professionalto take the photo of them against a blank coloured background, the bestbeing white. This means that all the readers attention goes to that mainimage to attract them to read on in the magazine and also makes thetypography easier to read.Every image has to contain anchorage text and a page number. It could alsohave a pull quote or description too!
4. 4. typographyContents page information is usually separated into at least 3 different sections, mainsections being; regulars, exclusives. Text on the page should remain the same size andfont apart from the exclusives. Exclusives are special meaning that they need to standout more from the other sections, this could be done by changing the size, style,boldness or colour of the font, or maybe even underline it!At the top of the page there always has to be the name of the magazine and the issuedate.The contents page also can include many other information anywhere on the page suchas:vPhotographer creditsvContact informationvWebsitevSocial Media info (Facebook page & Twitter)vImage of front cover