Contents Page Analysis

In the contents page, we see at the top in our view a welcome note fro the editor. This makes the magazine seem quite chatty and informal, and also makes it seem personal to the reader. The title is similar to the colours of the front page; this shows how continuity is brought through from the front cover. The contents page also shows the same pictures that were on the front of the magazine. As we see the Reading and Leeds picture is again shown on the contents page, but it now shows what page it is on. It also shows the other pictures which may be smaller and less interesting articles. Down the side on the page, in the right column inch we see we have a list of the different articles on all of the pages. This tells the reader what is in the magazine, and what it contains. We can see that the two articles that have been portrayed as the bigger and main articles have bigger pictures which show more importance to the other, smaller pictures. All of the pictures are tightly packed together, it also shows the use of thirds rule, where the pictures take up two thirds of the page. Most of the pictures show the people in the picture making direct eye contact with the camera; this shows direct address to the readers and makes it seem more personal.