Q Contents page

The contents page is set out on a double page spread, this is unusual for a magazine as normally a code and convention of a contents page is on just a single page. The page is image dominated with many images spread out across the two pages, on one side there is an image of fifty cent in sunglasses and looks striking with the read light shining on one half of his face, this works well as the main colour on this page is red and is very effective that this is taking up part of the photo. All the main stories have a picture for them and a big bold number of the page number, I think this way is a good way of doing it instead of doing it in a typical bold text and is more appealing to the reader as if they wanted to read about their favourite artist they would just have to look out for the photo. The left page includes all images of all the people on the front cover so the theme is carried throughout; they have took images of lady gaga and Dave Grohls double page spread this is a different way to portray the information and I think it looks good and different. There is 3 main colours on this page red, black and white, this theme is followed through from the front page minus the orange colour, I think this is as they already have the readers attention. Red stripes are used to section off each story, which makes the stories more approachable and easy to read as well as the capital writing of each Artist, instead of having a block of writing which is unappealing to the eye. San serif font is used which is simple text, underneath the capital block writing to tell a little bit about what is going to come up. This is a typical code and convention of a contents page as readers want to know what they are going to read about. There is also an image of the front cover on the page, I think this is good as it highlights the theme that is running throughout both pages especially with the thick red stripe going across the top.