Market Research.. Contents Pages

The contents page of NME shares many of the features as the front cover. This helps create the house style.

The colour scheme is normally always red,

white and black.

Subheadings.Breaks up the contents page into sections so what the reader wants to read is easy to find.

Main Image.The main image on the page is the biggest, this suggests it’s an important article and they want their readers to notice this.

Every issue says ‘THIS WEEK’ on the contents page, this means it’s a weekly magazine. Every week the contents looks similar to this, it makes it familiar with the reader.

The title appearing on the contents page creates house style. The contents page shares similarities with the front cover. E.g. same colours , style.

The main image is seen as the ‘big’ and most important article, like in most magazines.

‘The worlds biggest and best music guide’.

Like most magazines the contents page tells the reader how often the magazine is issued.

Editors Letter.Makes the magazine personal to the reader.

Subheadings.Like in NME using subheadings help with breaking up the contents pageand the magazine.

The main image looks fun and exciting, the reader will be interested in this and want to read it. It has page numbers so that the reader knows

A chance for the magazine to Get readers to subscribe to Them. This is a convention to magazines as it is in every magazine.