Researching Current Music Magazines- Contents

When researching current music magazines I also had to look at the contents pages. This 'Q the music' magazine contents page follows the same formulae as most contents page;
A title for the page- including the white 'Q' on the red background which is on the front page and so follows the same theme
Subheadings- 'Features', 'Every month' and 'Q Review'. These also tie in with the theme seen on the front cover, and attention is drawn to them because it is the main colour (apart from the white background) on the contents page. These subheadings make it easy to locate a specific feature within the magazine, you simply look up which category it's likely to fall into.
Images- which are related to the contents stated on the page. The large image will be anchored to a feature of great importance or interest to the readers. the page numbers next to the features are in a different colour to the actual feature, making finding the right page quickly, easy.

This 'MOJO' magazine contents page is very different to the 'Q!' contents page.. for one thing it does not have a title which says 'Contents', but it says 'MOJO'. However it is still obvious to the reader that it is the contents page because of the features and page numbers down the middle of the page. Another reason it is different to other magazine's contents is because it has no subheadings over the features; it's just one list. This makes the page simpler. The general layout of the contents page is as though the contents are a list that someone has written; the titles of the features are in bold so they stand out from the description underneath which is written in italics- like somebody's handwriting. The list is made to look like it is overlapping an abstract image of some sort, at an angle, and the other images on the page are overlapping the 'list' also. The pictures on the right of the page do not relate to the rest of the features, but have their own title; but no description. This creates an interest to these images, because the reader won't know what the story behind the titlle and image is, making them want to read on to find out more. The fonts are simple, showing how MOJO appeals to a mature audience who do not need many fonts and colours to draw them into the magazine, just interesting features, images and stories.