Contents page

To create an effective and powerful content page that speaks to the target demographic of that magazine, the colours, fonts, and design of the page need to have a message to the audience. Contents pages have to be bold and big to capture the attention of readers, and must not be overwhelming with words and paragraphs. The best contents pages have catchy headlines involved and stand out to readers with colour schemes and fonts.

A contents page is where the reader decides what to read in the magazine so it needs to be clear and simple so the reader can immediately go into reading an article, it is a menu. Normally it is a page into the magazine so it is the first thing audiences see in the magazine. Sometimes it is a double-page spread but normally is a single page with one bold clear image but there can be more than one, on some content pages the name of the magazine is on the page so that it links to the cover.

Within this page, there need to be clear technical conventions so that it stands out and is bold.

These are:

• Language techniques
• Images
• Magazine name
• Page numbers
• Headlines
• Colour scheme
• Fonts
• Tone of voice
• Article names

Catchy headlines

Headlines are very important to have effects on the readers and to grab their attention, to build a desire within them to get them to turn to the page of that article. Language techniques should be used in headlines to stick in the reader’s mind so that they become interested in the article, headlines that include numbers are very attractive as people like numbers and they are easy to read.

Reflection

With these techniques of putting together an effective contents page, I hope to create a very powerful page with the correct colour scheme. My contents page should interest readers into the genre of Kpop and the articles about the music and celebrities involved in the magazine.

My contents page ideas

Contents page ideas are below to help me when designing my own contents page for the KSTORM magazine.