Contents page planning

Contents Page planning

            For my music magazine contents page I have decide to have a similar layout compared to the magazine contents pages which I researched, Rolling Stones, and Q magazines. I plan to follow the magazine codes and conventions by having the image on the right hand side of the page with the text on the left hand side of the page. The title will be in the top left similar to other music magazines and the date and issue number in the contents page not on the front page for the reason that I believe that the front page should be as much about what is in the actual magazine not what issue the magazine was or when it is released.

There will be an editor’s note underneath the contents in the bottom left hand side of the page. It will be at the bottom of the page because it should be less important than the main stories that the reader should be more interested in. Again this is a similar to what the small texts role is in the contents page. It will be about something to do with what is to come within the magazine or a smaller sample of a larger story inside the magazine. The image will be a medium close up of a artist that will be fictional looking out at the reader much like in other magazines.