When looking at Q magazine’s contents page, the first thing that strikes me about it is the professional and neatness of it. It is all very conventionally set out with the columns at the side, and the titles and page numbers, with a few images. It’s set out well and simple to read. The image of Adele shows her to be the more prevalent than anyone else on the page, being the biggest asset on the page makes her seem the most important. It indicates her page number where you can find her section, and under it, it says that she is “Britain’s brightest new talent” which is a big accolade and will create the need for people to read on to that, and find out about this hot new star. This style of contents is very well received seeing as its very clearly noted where you can find the certain topic you want.
Each section of the magazine is under a certain section, for example on the left side we see that some are seen as ‘features’ such as ticket touting and the Q list, where as others are seen as ‘women in music’ and something that would only appeal to women. Under each of the main titles is a little short sentence or description giving a basic summary of what will be on that page, or section. That is a good decision because if the immediate title of the feature doesn’t sound good, a more description on the topic might make it clearer.
The colour scheme through out the whole contents page is consistent, all the writing is black, and on either a white or grey background making a good classy look. There is red for titles which makes it clear for the eye where to look, and red for the numbers of the page, this would of been used so it was easily visible, and stands out well.
At the bottom, was a very interesting section called ‘Review’, where they have certain reviews about new albums, music artists and other topics that would be interesting for readers. This feature would be important for the contents page because it is just another reason to carry on reading through the magazine, and making the read interesting and worth while, rather than just untrue garbage, such as heat magazine front covers.
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