Contents Page Analysis 4

This magazine contents cover if from the popular teen music magazine 'We ♥ Pop.'
The style of these contents pages is always the same, they all include the 'We ♥ Pop' masthead (the name of the magazine inside a white banner) in the top right corner, the title of the contents is always 'WE LOVE THIS...' and the main feature story is always placed in the middle of the page, bigger than the rest of the features, as shown in the photos below...

 

These features are what makes the magazine easily identifiable as it is not that much of a well known magazine and so the constant codes and conventions used with this magazine will start building up a memorable image and the brand will soon be recognisable.  

The magazines masthead is easy to recognise due to the heart emoticon which makes it more modern as teenagers nowadays use 'emojis' on their phones and computers all the time in modern society. It also makes the masthead a bit more fun as most are just writing but the heart breaks up the writing with some colour as opposed to the rest which is just black san-serif writing in a black speech bubble on a white background. The use of the speech bubble adds a more personal touch to the writing as it's like the author is saying that they love pop and they want to share it with the reader, creating synthetic personalisation. 

The main feature's page number on the contents page is always white but the background is always a shade of gold or a gold/yellow colour. This could be highlighting the significance of the article, like awarding it a gold medal at the Olympics as it is the best feature. The other articles that are featured with pictures usually have the same coloured puff for their page numbers but they can sometimes be slightly more yellow than gold.

                                

Only the articles that the producer deemed to be the most important features have pictures along side them, this draws more attention to them as there is colour and visual aid to break up the blocks of text because the reader will not want to read massive amounts just on the contents page as it is not part of the actual reading and the audience is supposed to be teenagers who will not want to waste their time reading things that won't appeal to them.

This contents page only really features three main colours: white, blue and gold. These colours create a nice contrast as blue is quite a cold colour but gold is a warmer colour. In addition, blue is generally known as a more boyish colour while gold is rather sparkly, leading to it being thought of as more of a feminine colour, and white is a very plain and neutral colour, this will mean the magazine can appeal to all genders. There is small sections of other colours, such as in the photo next to the article about JLS, Marvin from the band is wearing red, the same red that is featured in the heart in the masthead in the top corner.

Near the bottom of the page there is a banner which highlights the free products included with this issue of the magazine, in this case there is free posters. The banner shows a small version of all of the posters in the magazine to give a brief view of what to expect and to excite the reader about what is to come in the magazine.

In a banner along the bottom of the contents page there is the magazines website which will further promote the brand, but also help the reader as there may not be some information they would like in the magazine or they may have questions or want to subscribe to the magazine so including the website is a smart business idea and it's one I would definitely use in my own music magazine.