Inspirational contents pages, Hand drawn mock ups and 5 catchy headlines…

Commentary and reflection Technical conventions of a contents page and an overview of the reason behind them.

The contents page in a magazine is usually one of the first three pages in a magazine. The contents page tells the reader exactly what is included in the magazine and on which page numbers. There are also other features added onto the contents page in order to engage the reader for example catchy cover lines/ headlines that purposefully create interest in order to attract the reader to a certain page while also helping them through the magazine.

The technical conventions of a contents page include the main image which the eye is usually drawn to before anything else as its the most interesting aspect of the page, above the main image you usually would find the main headline, the biggest text on the page. Under the main headline you will usually find the subheadings telling the reader what the magazine includes under the categories and where to find them in the magazine using page numbers as a without this feature the reader would struggle to find the page they are particularly interested in amongst the hundred pages of the magazine. Although contents pages are layout in endless different ways depending on the genre and conventions of the magazine in order to specifically attract the magazines target audience.