LIIR Analysis Of A Contents Page 2

The use of the 'Q' logo next to the 'Contents' title creates familiarity for the reader and allows the target audience to relate to the contents page keeping the house style consistent. By having the Contents title within a black strip across the top of the contents page, it structures the page, allowing the reader to navigate easier to where they would like to read first. As the title is the largest white text on the page it draws the audiences attention straight to the title and the date and issue number. By having the features box against the red box it contrasts well allowing it to stand out more from the other text. The contents page is sectioned into two sections by the use of a black line, allowing the audience to decided which section to view first. A typical convention of a music magazines contents page, is that that it normally features a editorial note on the page. However this magazine contents page does not have one - breaking the stereotypical conventions of a contents page. A main image have been used to relate to the contents pages features, allowing the audience to relate back to the front cover articles (this may be what attracted the reader to read the magazine and they may want to read this article first)

By having the Oasis Special! boxed, seperated from the rest of the features,  it shows the importance of these articles and that they are exclusive to the magazine. The use of the gold text, reinforces this idea as the colour gold has connotations of fame, power and exclusiveness. As this is also not a typical house style for Q magazine,  it shows how exclusive and important these articles are.

The contents page has to stay consistent and match the rest of the magazine with the use of typical conventions and colours schemes, allowing the whole of the magazine to relate throughout the different pages. The target audience of the contents page would stay consistent with the audiences who where first attracted to the magazine on the front cover- as it is expected that the contents page would still appeal to the same target audience. The magazine should appeal to the same audience market so that it can attract regular readers or encourage others to subscribe to the magazine. This ensures that no dramatic changes to the magazine are changed and that is stays familiar and that the target audience can still relate to all of the magazine consistently.

 The target audience of the contents page would be the same that where interested with the articles on the front cover. This is because the magazine will want to appeal to the same audience market throughout and attract the regular readers/ subscribers of the magazine to ensure that the magazine stays familiar and that the target audiences can still relate consistently throughout the magazine.